Comparing where the candidates stand on religion.

[TaraJo]

No, but he certainly sounds like one, sometimes. The fact that he invited douchebag Grover Norquist onto 'Bullshit' as the reasonable voice speaks volumes to me.

Do you understand what a Libertarian is? If not, very (very) basically:

Social issues: Liberal.
Economic issues: Conservative.

However, one is incorrect to say that Libertarian = Conservative or Libertarian = Liberal (unless you are talking about classical liberalism). It is incorrect to say Libertarian = Republican as well. Libertarians have their own political party for a reason.

This said, it doesn't surprise me that they invited a conservative economist to support their show.

I do understand, but I still think Norquist is a major douchebag and if Penn is in agreement with him, he's douchebag too. Making politicians promise not to raise taxes is an unreasonable policy.

For the record, I do think the tax code is a bit too complicated, but I'd suggest we balance things out: eliminate a bunch of those tax loopholes that complicate things and even things out by lowering the base tax rate.