Libertarian Party Rant

"The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government." So says a post from someone that was in my FB feed this morning.

Now that is the exact wording of the intro entry for the Libertarian Party in Wikipedia. The entry further goes on to say that the Libertarian Party has never had more than 3% support of voters in a national election and usually votes cast for the party are well under 1%. Might I say a fringe group of fanatics.

They were founded in 1971 by some people who felt Richard Nixon wasn't right wing enough.

Let's consider a nation organized by libertarian party principles. No public schools. You go, you pay. Your home catches on fire... you better be paid up to your local fire company or they may let your house burn. Maybe they will save the home of an unsubscriber but will send a bill afterwards that if not paid then the owner would lose the saved home to the fire company. They favor a totally free market health care system. All streets, roads and highways would have tolls. Of course no medicare or social security. That would be the first to go. No trashcans in city parks. What about street lights? Run the government like a business but they would need very high property taxes. Very high. Colorado Springs tried it.

I've read the Libertarian Party statement and found it to be full of bullshit. Politicians who generally embrace libertarian principles are generally idiots. IMHO