Words Heard at the Libertarian Town Hall

Adam C.
Former Governors Gary Johnson of New Mexico and William Weld of Massachusetts are running for President and Vice- President, respectively, on the Libertarian Ticket. They appeared in a Town Hall on August 3, 2016 to clarify how the Libertarian perspective on the issues differs from that of the two major parties, Democrat and Republican, and to answer audience questions. Here are 15 vocabulary words from the Libertarian Town Hall.
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  1. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
    Well, their own interests, if you will, that they're making money off of this. That they're making money off of this. That as secretary of state, Bill goes out, does a million dollar speaking gig and then the next day, Hillary signs an agreement with the sponsor of that speaking gig, and, you know, that's not good. That's beholden, if you want to say that.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  2. aerate
    expose to fresh air
    So, I appointed this commission under the leadership of a very dedicated fellow named David Lafontaine (ph), and they held hearings around the state and really aerated this issue.
    - Gov. William Weld
  3. libertarian
    an advocate of freedom of thought and speech
    We both reject the notion that Libertarian are isolationists. We're not isolationists, we're non-interventionists. We don't want to get involved in regime change that really has, the unintended consequence of making the world less safe.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  4. remedial
    tending or intended to rectify or improve
    We did away with social promotion so that you didn't graduate from high school when you really had to check in to remedial reading and remedial math as soon as you got to community college.
    - Gov. William Weld
  5. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
    I just posed the question if either or Clinton are elected that things will be more polarized than ever. Neither side is going to get along with the other. And what if you elect a couple of former Republican governors, two-term, re- elected, running as Libertarians? What if you elect them as president, vice president, calling out both sides?
    - Gov Gary Johnson
  6. echelon
    level of authority in a hierarchy
    And we took out the top three echelons of organized crime by concentrating all the knowledge in one place, and tips and hotlines.
    -Gov. William Weld
  7. ratchet
    move by degrees in one direction only
    No, it's, it's ratcheting up, we're reaching 25 million people now, social media wise.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  8. crony
    a close friend or associate
    And I think that, unfairly, the world has really connected crony capitalism and free trade.They've kind of -- the thought is, is that it's one and the same, when in fact it's opposite. So we're all about free trade.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  9. caveat
    a warning against certain acts
    We should have gotten out with the caveat that we'll come back if Osama Bin Laden raises his head.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  10. increment
    the amount by which something increases
    We did it with an increment in funding.
    - Gov. William Weld
  11. encompass
    include in scope
    Right now that is a category of weapon that encompasses 30 million weapons, semi-automatic.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  12. disillusioned
    freed from false ideas
    I was really disillusioned when it came to politics.Having never been involved politics before, I found out that my supposed role models weren't necessarily role models. They were individuals more concerned about getting reelected than not getting reelected.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  13. bureaucratic
    of or relating to unnecessary procedures and red tape
    Well, first of all, the Department of Education, I do believe, needs to be eliminated. Let's take New York as an example. New York sends Washington 13 cents. It goes you this the bureaucratic wash and dry cycle and it comes back to New York 11 cents. How do you like that equation?
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
  14. incarcerate
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    They're four times likely to be incarcerated if they have intersection with law enforcement as white people are.
    - Gov. William Weld
  15. sinew
    a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
    To me, the real reason might be that we're decent people, we are both inclusive to the tips of our toes, great big, open, loving, if you will, society. And we know that this country has always been a melting pot. We know that's the strength -- the sinew of this country and we want to keep it that way.
    - Gov. Gary Johnson
Created on Thu Aug 04 04:45:38 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Aug 04 05:18:08 EDT 2016)

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