[SoConPubbie]

Well wouldn’t it be true that a more libertarian America would do more to reward merit and less to reward leeching?

That’s one way to fight the illegale problem. Make yourself not such a doggone honey pot.

I agree totally with small "l" libertarianism and small, limited-government that Ronald Reagan communicated so well, but disagree totally with the "L" Libertarian approach of Open borders, and a complete lack of any Social conservatism support.

And yes, for the most part, I agree with your post as I believe you are stating that removing the freebies would remove the attraction.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I posit that “social conservatism support” would be there in small-l libertarianism, buttressed by a lot of private evangelism. Many causes that we take as social conservative today were actually incursions of government where it had long refrained — especially those that demonize items rather than their misuse.