Libertarians: considered conservative by most liberals and liberal by most conservatives. Libertarians are known for their position on personal freedoms and liberties, more open borders, less war, less government spending, and Gary Johnson pretending to have a heart attack. The Democrat and Republican responses to Obama's last eight years are pretty predictable. But what about Libertarians? Personally, I think Obama is a cool guy and did an okay job as this nation's leader. However, from a Libertarian point of view, there are some serious bones to pick.
1. Bombs away
British news outlet, The Guardian, recently released an article highlighting the Obama administration's use of bombs. In 2016 alone, America dropped 26,171 bombs while Obama was our commander-in-chief. 26,171. That's over 71 bombs per day. Three bombs every hour, 24 hours a day, and your tax dollars payed for it. Keep in mind, these bombs were delivered with love to the Middle East and Africa by the dude who one the Nobel peace prize in 2009. Obama's extrajudicial, omnipresent drone usage has set a dangerous precedent in the White House. At least Obama's predecessor isn't an egotistical megalomaniac...oh wait.
2. War, war, war
In addition to the half-hazard bombing of half the world, Mr. Obama has been at war longer than any president in America's history (as reported by The New York Times). Granted, he did inherit a mess from George W. and has scaled back operations in most places. Nonetheless, any illusion of Obama being an anti-war president dissipated as reality proved otherwise these past eight years. As a wise man once said, "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing."
3. Double the debt
Bombs are expensive. So were most of Obama's policies. (Although it seems not even Republicans care about a balanced budget anymore.) The Washington Times once described Obama as "the $20 trillion man." Thanks to Obama's latest spending agreement, when he leaves office the USA will be $20 trillion in debt. 20,000,000,000,000. When Obama came into the White House, this nation owed it's lenders $10.6 trillion, meaning he has nearly doubled our debt.
Though his farewell speech was emotional, and he was well-liked, some of Obama's policies will not be missed. Especially not by Libertarians. I wish Obama the best of luck in his next endeavors. Who knows, maybe in four years even Libertarians will wish they had him back. But probably not.
