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"Get the government out of it" is a good and constitutionally correct answer to many questions, but it's not a one-size-fits-all answer to all questions.

It may not be the one-size-fits-all answer, but it is most certainly the de-facto answer if you believe in liberty. I will side with social conservatives over progressives 9 times out of 10. But I can promise you this, the rope that the progressives use to hang us all will be the one social conservatives helped weave.

Government is too damn big, too damn intrusive, too damn expensive.

The feds have placed their tentacles into every aspect of Americans lives.

Laws stacked on top of laws on top of regulation on top of laws.

So many taxing entities throughout all levels of government sucking the juice of life outta our economy and livelihoods.

Ron Paul says a bunch stuff I don't necessarily agree with, but he is the closest candidate to true constitutionalism as one can get.

Problem is, we've moved so far from the original mandates and limitations of the constitution, most Americans don't even recognize liberty as intended by the framers.

We have millions of citizens who hold dual citizenship with divided loyalties...that's if they hold any loyalty to the U.S. at all.

Sorry, but I'm absolutely fed up with the same ol politicians spewing a bunch of regurgitated nonsense for the American electorate to just swallow up and lick their fingers like a piece of greasy Kentucky Fried Chicken.

When will we ever wake up and smell the damn coffee?

"Get the government out of it" is a good and constitutionally correct answer to many questions, but it's not a one-size-fits-all answer to all questions.

----It may not be the one-size-fits-all answer, but it is most certainly the de-facto answer if you believe in liberty.----

Sorry, but it's not. Liberty is won through the collective action of patriots. Areas where government breaks down - the failed states - are not places where people have liberty in any meaningful sense. (You can die, if you want, but on just about everything else it's whatever the local warlord / gang boss decides.)

The problem is keeping the government monster on a tight leash. That's what the Constitution was set up to do. The answer is not to "get government out of it" but to "get government focused on its proper role."

In today's political array, the libertarians are probably closer to correct than either of the major parties, but Ron Paul wants to gut defense when we're in a World War with Islamic extremism. That's not the path to liberty.

Ann Coulter's problem in this column is that she can't seem to tell the difference between the federal government and other layers. The federal government should get out of social issues - leaving them to the states or to the people. It should be strong on those powers granted to it by the Constitution. So Ron Paul is correct at least in that the federal government should get out of 'gay marriage' or any other marriage. Yet Ann is right in that it is very appropriate to prioritize on working the problem of unsustainable spending that is not authorized by the Consitution.