[DubaiSis]

I think, and I can't admit to knowing as much about Libertarianism as I should, that they think the government just doesn't need to be involved in these issues. Why should the president or your congressman care who is with you in a hospital room? It's this kind of stuff that makes me love the libertarians. It's when people start to twist it from government stays out to something that is exactly NOT that that I have a problem.

But there are a lot of issues where people say, "well, not THAT... the government needs to interfere with THAT..." and it's not a system that will work very well if you pick and choose. For example, you can't cut taxes down to literally the bare minimum but keep military bases in Germany. Doesn't work both ways. Using the military again, you have to reassess what it REALLY means to have a national defense. A true libertarian should think we defend our own borders, and our national defense does NOT mean protecting our oil. And regarding abortions, their stance (and it sounds like it is) should be, if you don't believe in them, don't have one... the government doesn't dictate. And I'd be ok with from viability as long as tax dollars didn't go toward saving any babies that should be miscarriages. And ALL drugs should be legal. What you do to yourself in your own home is your business. Not that you get to rob banks, beat your wife, burn down your neighbor's house, etc., in the process. That's infringing on someone else's freedoms. But if you can afford it and want to ruin your life, go for it.

If I could get a group of libertarians to be THAT, I'd be all in.