lib govt: keeps you from infringing on my liberties.
c'est tout.
you have an army? no worries. you decide your army is going to venture into the neighbors yard? lib. govt. stomps you.
you want to get together with a group of friends and surrender all possessions and live the John Lennon 'Imagine' dream? no problem, go to it. You want to make me participate? get a Lib Govt. boot in the a$$.
of course, today, people have come to feel entitled to everything, so might choose to define liberties as unlimited health care, a new hummer H2, and free college education. How can I pursue happiness without a new Hummer H2?
I think lib goverment can simply yield social programs and other things to private enterprise. The US public lands used for grazing that cost mucho dinero to maintain is a good example. will a farmer treat his own land or public land with more respect? But, we've all seen the brownfields produced by bad industry. Love canal anyone?
Should we have universal health care? maybe- but should it be run by the government? libs will say absolutely not.
Libertarianism is not the denial of the effectiveness or need for any programs, but rather the desire that if one wishes to not pay for it, they are permitted to do so.
I'd like a line-item veto on my taxes. Do I want $4 of my taxes to go to cause X?... No.... ok, deduct $4 from taxes. Do not expect benefits from cause X foundation in the future. Be warned, we warned you.
Do I want the military to protect me and my house from terror? No. Deduct $999 from taxes. A list with my name has been sent to the middle east. discout ammo available at
www.formersovietammodump.com. happy hunting.
total tax bill? $0 Thank you for choosing to live in the united states. Please dispose of your own sewage in an environmentally friendly manner. Use taxes are payable to the owners of every other property adjacent to yours.
I think there are too many of us to achieve a libertarian ideal. more people = more people unwilling/unable to support themselves. pure libs and repos will say screw 'em, let 'em work for a living or rot. I can't buy that answer. self reliance contains in it behaving in your own best interest. Taking care of those around you certainly fits that bill. See appendix A: class revolutions past and present.