"When I came from Sweden to the U.S. in 1966 with a suitcase, $800 and a degree in Electronics Engineering I was almost a Social Democrat. Over the years I became more conservative, and at one time Rush Limbaugh was on my radio most days. My reading was almost only science and technology, and I felt that other people had their good handle on their specialties.

"It was another big surprise to me that in the field of economics, about 95% of its writers, teachers etc. did not have a good understanding of their subject. . ."

"Every person owns herself and Nobody has the right to initiate force. . ."

"Just like the Liberal label was hijacked by Social Democrats, the Libertarian label has now been hijacked by Minarchists (or worse). Therefore, I suggest that we start a new party called the NoTax Party. It is difficult to imagine how a NoTax Party could be hijacked by statists."

full story Bo Fredricsson: Why I was a Libertarian

[Although after reading this, I did wonder why Bo didn't explain what "Praxeology" was. From Wiki, 'Praxeology is a framework for modeling human action. The term was coined and defined as "The science of human action."' --MJ]