Libertarians don’t necessarily believe that everything a government does is bad. Rather, we believe that everything a government does can be done better by an enterprising groups of individuals with minimal oversight.
Government, at best, can be seen as a means by which a people can express their general interest.
- This implies that government subsidies of special interests are tantamount to a theft from the people (if the people under a government want to donate money to a special interest, they’re free to, if they don’t then there truly isn’t a good argument for forcing them to)
- This implies that a group of people who have no interests in common should not be subject to the same government
- This also implies that a government should not legislate beyond the common interests of its subjects (e.g. the only good purpose for the USA’s government is to protect the 50 member states from foreign armies, this nation doesn’t have another common interest)
- This implies that full-time legislators are unnecessary parasites, as a government need only convene when a problem is to be considered, and even then solutions from enterprising individuals should be attempted before taxation
Don’t confuse this with “trickle down economics.” It’s organic economics. Allow the system to fulfill its functions naturally and it will adapt itself to any new challenges with which it is presented.