Yes, I am a libertarian. Just take away the capital L. I’m also a deist, transhumanist, and a citizen soldier. There are some other labels you could throw my way if you wanted. Just don’t call me a Republican

In my experience, government does everything by gunpoint. If they didn’t then why bother threatening me with financial extortion and jail time if anything is misrepresented on my college loan application. Why is government even involved in that process? Obama will offer me more of these type of forms, wherein I’m forced to sign myself over as an indentured servant to get anything done in life.

That’s mostly how I see it.

As far as Obama not using force to implement his programs I respectfully disagree. All government programs operate via the monopoly on force. I should know since I carry a gun on behalf of government – Georgia National Guard member.

Think of this – to get a student loan in this country you have to fill out a FAFSA (Federal application for student aid). To get the money, I have to sign a document that threatens me with financial extortion and jail time (implemented by force) if I misrepresent anything on the form. The form is mostly useless information the government already has on file. Why is this threatening process necessary?

What will Obama do to mitigate the threats of force in the fine print at the bottom of almost every federal form I’ve ever filled out?

#5: Bingo!

I’m not going to pretend to speak for Trevor, but coming from a similar mindset as him I will speak to my own view of the situation. Public school is middle class welfare, plain and simple. It’s forcing those who don’t have children to subsidize the education of others’ children–others who, perhaps, do deserve a break, but who also wouldn’t generally need the middle class welfare were they not being taxed out the butt to fund wars, bureaucracy and more of the welfare state. In other words, shouldn’t the break that they deserve come in the form of a much smaller, sustainable government instead of at the expense of the rest of society?  Also, this is where Trevor speaks specifically about Obama’s policy (or lack thereof). http://willtoexist.com/ready-obamanomics_1415/

PS~Why is it always about the roads?  I’m so sick of hearing how we’d have no roads without the government! If the government just magically ceased to exist, I assure you that intelligent as we are, we’d find a way to get from point a to point b.

I’ve painted you with the red paintbrush of the GOP.  I do apologize for that.  I arrived at your blog post directly via StumbleUpon so I wasn’t familiar with the rest of the blog.

My responses:
1.  Gotcha
2.  Gotcha
3.  Yep
4.  I was asserting that the GOP had been using these tactics, not you.
5.  Are you a Libertarian? 

I don’t think he thinks government is the best solution to every social ill in the country and will do it by gunpoint, not even speaking figuratively.  Don’t you think that assertion is a little absolute and extreme?  Don’t confuse populist policies with socialism.

I fully support your vocalizing your feelings.  Please keep it up.  I can identify with what you are saying to some extent but I do think what you are asking for is unrealistic.  From what I’m reading, you don’t think you should have to pay taxes to a government that does things in a way that you disagree with.  The problem is, if the Federal government only collected taxes for those who support it fully, what would we have left?  I hate paying taxes to but I needed an education when growing up and I need roads to get from place to place.  Some things are more efficient (though not ideal) when made public.  Imagine if all of the roads were privately owned.  Would there be toll booths everywhere?  Imagine if all of the schools were private… Think of all of the people whose kids would be without an education and the problems that would bring.  Some might say “well if they can’t afford the private school for their kids, screw ‘em – that’s their fault”.  The problem is, this will be the case for a fairly large portion of the population – not everyone can be wealthy enough to afford private schools and you will have to share the country with a lot of uneducated people.

When I read “private sector” I think corporations.  So its either the government or the corporations that handle the building blocks of our society.  I can understand why the government hasn’t earned your respect and trust – a lot of times, I don’t trust it either but I trust corporations much much less.  Look at the average salary of a corporate CEO and how much it has increased over the past ten years. Imagine having to pay a higher toll on a road because some executive retired and they gave him a $100 million golden parachute.

It seems to me that as voters, we have to choose whether our society is run by an elected body – the government or the corporations – which we “elect” via our purchasing dollar.  I’ll never be comfortable with having corps run everything so my vote goes to the candidate who best intends to run it to benefit the people.  The Republicans, whom I know you don’t count yourself as among, have made it pretty clear that they think the less accountable the corporations are, the better.  The Democrats (and Obama) have their faults too but I think they stand for you and I a lot more than the Republicans.