Would the quality, convenience and choice of the "free" stuff be equal to that of what you'd have to buy?
And it's only free to the user, not society.
I find it hard to understand why subsidizing something essential like health care with taxpayer money is ridiculed, while building roads, courthouses, and bridges with the same money doesn't get half the scutiny.
Because it's not feasible for individuals to build all those things. Theoretically, the government should only be financing and buying what it's impractical for individual citizens to do.
Are you *sure* you're a Libertarian????
Oh, no, I'm not a libertarian.