Mike ter Maat: Economist, Cop, and Presidential Candidate

0:00 – Intro: Mike ter Maat, Libertarian presidential candidate
1:03 – How the Libertarian Party's open convention works
2:11 – From Republican banker to free-market economist
3:14 – Working as an economist for the White House
4:18 – "You're a libertarian" and pissing off both sides
6:23 – Driver's licenses and other strange state permissions
7:26 – What the Libertarian Party can accomplish
8:33 – Censorship and the First Amendment
10:36 – Fighting back toward the Constitution
11:43 – Culture wars when the government picks sides
12:48 – Keeping government out of science
14:56 – The pandemic, lockdowns, and loud voices
17:09 – Libertarians as heirs to the founders
18:12 – The Rage Against the War Machine rally
19:15 – What libertarians like about RFK Jr.
21:24 – Where RFK Jr. and libertarians split
22:32 – Open carry and how people react
25:40 – Mass shootings, media coverage, and fear
26:44 – Carrying in all 50 states
27:50 – Why a 62-year-old economist became a cop
31:03 – The officer as the last wall for individual rights
33:11 – Criminal justice reform from the inside
34:11 – Disarming citizens and self-defense in New York
36:19 – Local leadership and police culture
38:28 – What the federal government can do
39:34 – Should cops carry malpractice insurance?
42:49 – Police unions and equal pay for unequal work
43:55 – Maniacs on the New York subway
45:00 – Using force in self-defense
47:05 – Why shoplifting should still be prosecuted
50:15 – Lou's subway scare next to his wife
52:24 – Aligning police with the community's principles
55:38 – Local leaders and public employee unions