Comment: BigT

Would you not agree that economics is not an exact science, an art as much as a science? With this inexactness comes also the possibility that there may be more than one way to skin a cat.

If this is true, do you not think that there might be some middle ground on economic issues that advance both libertarian and progressive economic causes simultaneously?

Take for example, tax policy. What if we were to develop a tax system which was both voluntary (the chief libertarian concern) and progressive (the chief progressive concern)? Would you be amenable to a coalition candidacy which advocated such a policy?

Would you not further agree that such a candidacy advocating such a compromise in policy (that did not compromise anyone's principles) would be more likely to gain more votes than one which advocated either viewpoint without consideration of the other?