Libertarianism is the politics of the adolescent, as well as the perpetual adolescent who happens to be 40 years old.
huh, I had it wrong all along.
Asking to live without government assistance/ intrusion, and at the same time not being robbed to provide for others is pretty grown up. Being an active community member and volunteering my time and money to better my neighbors is not acting like a "perpetual adolescent". Too bad there are so few of us free thing individuals anymore. Too few of us who really belive that the concept of liberty is not dead to stand up and dig in our heels and counter the meddlers, thiefs and "government knows best" types,(like you?) out there.
Good to see a 'conservative' calling the Framers a bunch of adolescents. About what to expect from most Republicans these days. The point is that as a Constitutional Republic it is not now, nor was it ever, the intention of the Framers for the general government to take on the responsibilities it has taken on. We hear cheers for 'conservative' NCLB, prescription drugs, or inventing whole new bureaucracies (Homeland Security) that are not needed and could be handled by the government already if it were run more efficiently. Is that what conservatism has devolved to? Partisan cheering for government waste?
Furthermore, Ron Paul is right on the issues that would win him a lot of crossover votes in the General election. He’s the only hope you’ve got, Republicans. And he’s one of the last hopes for our Constitutional Republic.
And Republicans have to ignore him. Because to return to the intended level of government the control they, in fact all politicians, would lose is unfathomable to them