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To: RaceBannon
Here on this forum, espousing conservative principles is attacked from the Libertarians more than the liberals. At least some here believe in limited government, but too many have abandoned the moral imperatives that made conservativism work.

I think most libertarians would espouse limited government, the rollback of the welfare state, strict construction of the Constitution

I guess that it is the question of morality that sticks in your craw, but I think many, perhaps most libertarians agree with that as well. The difference is that the first three on the list require a government to be small and stay out of our lives. The fourth, for some, asks for a government that forces certain behavior upon all. Big difference.

12 posted on 03/02/2002 6:05:49 PM PST by RJCogburn
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