Top 5 Reasons Why The World Needs More Libertarians

3. They will actually reduce the size of government.

Republicans brag about cutting government agencies and programs.  It sounds great, and it really gets the crowds going when they hammer their Democratic counterparts on it.  The only problem is that the GOP never actually does it.  They only want to grow the government at a slightly slower pace than the Democrats.

We’re approaching $20 trillion in national debt this year.  Both parties deserve plenty of blame.  Democrats and Republicans have figured out that there are plenty of people who like getting free stuff from their neighbors, and the major parties are happy to take turns driving the bus, even if it’s headed for a cliff.

The great Libertarian economist Milton Friedman made no bones about the fact that he would cut almost every major cabinet level department.  I say let’s do what Dr. Friedman said and cut all cabinet departments except State, Defense, Justice, and the Treasury.

For example, the Department of Education is unnecessary because education is not one of the enumerated powers in the Constitution.  Decisions about schools should be at the state and local level.  President Carter created the Department of Energy in 1977, in part, to reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil after several gas shortages in the decade.  Today the agency commands a $30 billion annual budget, and yet not a single oil refinery has been built in the United States in forty years.  President Bush’s Department of Homeland Security eats up over $40 billion per year, and instead of stopping terror attacks, their TSA agents have beaten up disabled people.  Government should do few things, and do those things well.  That’s the Libertarian way.