Some new political thinking is that the American center-right belongs to libertarians.

In the Washington Times, Joseph Cotto discusses this subject and a few other current event items with Aaron Clarey, who is known as “Captain Capitalism” and is the author of the book “Worthless: The Young Person’s Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major.

Cotto: Many pundits say that the future of the American center-right belongs to Libertarians; specifically those of the Ron Paul variety. Do you think that the U.S. economy would fare well under strong Libertarian influence?

Clarey: Yes, because the economic policies are not only the same as the Republican Party, but they’re less corrupt. The Republican Party has an economic platform that is the same as the Libertarian platform, but they never implement it and are completely inept at politics.

They [Republicans] fail to convey and explain the economic philosophy of free markets to the American people and let malarkey like “socialism” and “hope and change” sway lesser-minded voters. In short the issue is not one of economics. It’s not even about politics. It’s about having a spine and marketing. The Republicans fail miserably on both accounts.

Cotto: An increasing number of people believe that, due to exorbitant tuition rates, college is no longer worth the money. What are your views about this idea?

Clarey: They are correct. It’s a bubble. Unless you’re in a field that rationalizes what your spending on tuition and provides a decent ROI, then college MATHEMATICALLY is not worth the money. If young students are too blinded by their idealism or feelings or whatever brainwashing they received from their parents and teachers about “you’re the greatest, you do what you want and the money will follow, follow your heart, you’re on to great things,” they will suffer an incredibly rude awakening when they graduate with $75,000 in debt and their 20s half over all because they told themselves “Education isn’t all about the money.  It’s for the experience and being well-rounded.”

Cotto: What would you say is the most serious economic challenge facing America?

Clarey: Entitlement spending manifesting itself in the form of debt. No question about it. We can debate whether illegal immigration and the apparent indifference Americans have to whether we protect our own borders, let alone, whether we want a country is important.

We can debate about whether radical Islam is a threat. We can worry about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Those are moot compared to our crushing debt. If we can’t even pay for what we spend, then there’s no point worrying about anything else because we lack the responsibility, maturity and basic math skills to even have a country.