Jeffrey Miron
Here are some thoughts on what a libertarian might do as president of the United States:
Procedurally
- Issue no executive orders, other than to undo pre
–existing orders. - Try to convince Congress and voters to change policy in the ways described below.
Substantively
- Expand paths for legal immigration.
- Remove tariffs and other trade restrictions.
- Eliminate federal drug prohibition.
- Repeal federal laws that ban or restrict private discrimination.
- Abstain from foreign policy interventions.
- Scale back Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and other social welfare spending.
- Oppose federal laws that ban or mandate legal abortion.
- Support legality of same-sex marriage.
- End federal involvement in education.
- Leave economic regulation to individual states.
This article appeared on Substack on June 12, 2025.