btw i am a libertarian

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principles, they just get too weird on others.  You really can't bring all the troops home from everywhere, all at once.  Much as you'd like to, you really can't shut down the IRS on Monday, the FBI on Tuesday, the CIA on Wednesday, etc.  What has taken a century to evolve cannot just be abolished with the stroke of a pen.  And phasing-out does not seem to be in the Libertarian lexicon.  (cool alliteration??)

Having said that, I will add that I like the concept of everyone taking responsibility for themselves.  I like the idea of government doing only what government constitutionally must do and leaving us the H alone otherwise. 

We really have such a strange  way of going about things.  You may not shoot up drugs;  here's a nice free clean needle.  Marijuana is a gateway drug; pass the bourbon.  You may not learn about abstinence in school.  Instead, we will teach contraception (yeah, that's working out great)  here's a free condom, or an abortion, or we'll pay for you to raise your kids - forever.  Firearms should be banned; think the criminals will obey?  Does the government REALLY want everyone to stop smoking, considering all the taxes it reaps on cigarettes?

Am I the only one that thinks government sticks its nose way too far into our personal business?   And that with all these mixed messages it is creating really schizzy generations who have no clue what is expected of them?