Libertarians will never get me to go long with legalizing drugs until they successfully get rid of the social welfare state. All this will do is promote more bad behavior and allow a bunch pot smokers to do nothing other than live on taxpayer money. Put in personal responsibility into our system first where stupid people fail, and then and only then will I even entertain the idea.
Who says that small-l libertarians don't want to get rid of the social welfare state, at least, at the federal level?
Social welfare and combating drug abuse are not among the constitutionally enumerated powers of the federal legislature, and as such, per the Tenth Amendment, are powers exclusively reserved to the individual States and to their citizens.
Libertarians are very anti welfare state, not only seeing it as corrupting of the welfare ‘clients’, but no one has the right to take from you and your kids and give it to another, and also the political control the government welfare industry has over people. Entire cities are now human welfare farms who’s main reason for existence is to supply urban voters to state and federal Democrat politicians.
Libertarians favor smaller government - that would end the welfare state right there.
That is a libertarian principle as well.
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Yeah, and your War on Drugs sure prevents that, doesn't it?
Linking welfare and disability abuses to ending the War on Drugs is your way of saying that you're ok with a welfare state as long as you can keep pot illegal.