Five Reasons Conservatives Should Vote Libertarian
3. Libertarians support free markets and limited government regulation
Libertarians defend the right of individuals to form corporations, cooperatives, and other types of entities based on voluntary association. They also oppose all forms of government subsidies, not just social welfare programs, but bailouts to business, labor, or any other special interest. This is based on the limited government principle that the government should not compete with private enterprise.
As David Boaz wrote, “Libertarians developed a pre-Marxist class analysis that divided society into two basic classes: those who produced wealth and those who took it by force from others.” It’s no coincidence that Thomas Paine titled his book Common Sense, as he had also written, “There are two distinct classes of men in the nation, those who pay taxes, and those who receive and live upon the taxes.”
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