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>>A minimum of laws, which is a worthy goal.

Indeed it it. See the first quote on my profile page.

"Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." - Ayn Rand, 'Atlas Shrugged' 1957"

Nice dialogue. That is the situation we now have - I'm not so sure that it was deliberate, perhaps just being more the natural result of the procession of government, as Jefferson famously noted, but we've gotten there all the same. So many laws that it's not possible to know them all, or to avoid transgressing them all, while it is possible to be under suspicion of any number of transgressions at any moment in time.

I'd love for all our legislative bodies to concentrate on nothing but repealing laws for a change, for several years probably, and quit adding more and more every session they hold. It would make a great platform for a candidate, but I'm not convinced it would play well with the modern citizenry. Of either party.

Let's be honest. Libertarians are wannabe anarchists.