[Aevery_Freeman]

Exactly right!

We should develop and fund a Bureau of Lake Management (BLM) to prevent this happening to anyone (one death is too many).

Can't trust the people to determine ice safety. Do it for the children!

[mountainlion]

If I pole fun at a Democrat/liberal/progressive I am a racist. This must also be racism.

[chajin]

Hans-Hermann Hoppe is not amused (but I am :> )

[jcon40]

Ah yes, Some good mourning humor on less government

[Responsibility2nd]

Ok I’ve clicked many of the links and looked at many of the jokes and cartoons. They are not funny. Kinda stupid really.

Just like libertarian ideas.

[driftless2]

Funny article, but the fact is many cities homeowners have to pay extra if they want their sidewalks or alleys paved. A friend of mine had to go around his neighborhood getting signatures to get his alley paved. Because he and his neighbors had to pay for it.

But getting to the heart of the argument, I doubt there's many conservatives or libertarians arguing for no government. Government is simply the org. that enforces the rules the citizenry agrees on. Government should not go beyond its carefully delineated provisions. What really irritates me is conservative candidates who do not rebut Dem/leftists when they say we want to eliminate all government.

[tophat9000]

Funny..of course the statist version doesn’t change someone falling through the ice..they just pick some one to toss out there..

[Mariner]

the libertarian lifeguard is a HOOT

[lavaroise]

Libertarians are for small government... but also pot shrunk small testicles.

[jonno]

So many straw men, so little time...

[exDemMom]

I followed the link to the libertarian quiz (near the bottom of the article), and scored 54 out of 160:

51-90 points: You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much.

That is probably because the private sector has never spontaneously devised a mechanism to do some things that it seems only government does efficiently, like oversee drug approval and regulation. Government is the tool for making sure things get done that the citizenry decides need to be done.

[ChessExpert]

Thanks for the article. Here’s another one from the same author on the history of the income tax:

https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/is-today-the-anniversary-of-the-income-tax-the-worst-day-in-american-history/

I think it can be appreciated by conservatives and libertarians alike.