@ Chuck

And just how well has the government run Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid so far? Are they all not facing financial trouble? You're right it is societies responsibility to help people, but not the governments. I'm not saying we should necessarily defund these things, only allow private enterprise to lower the costs of operating them.

I can't see why anyone would be against making something operate more efficiently and cost less money. Go to reason.tv and check out the videos of how charter schools are making a real difference to Oakland and Cleavland inner city students, it's amazing.

Liberal Progressivism leads to socialism/communism, while Conservative Progressivism leads to fascism. Both communism and fascism lead to totalitarianism. Libertarianism leads to anarchy (no government at all). As I said Chuck, these are not absolutes only the slippery slopes on which these ideologies sit. If you think Libertarianism is about uncontrolled greed, then you don't really know anything about it.

For me it's about transparency / accountability of government, shouldering your own responsibilities, and allowing the private sector to generate enough wealth to pay for the costs of government. Without that wealth you have nothing at all. The more rules and regulations you pile on, the less these private enterprises make, the less money people who work for them make, and the less revenue the government receives as a result.

Although what is fueling our budget crisis is not a revenue problem but a spending problem. It didn't cut it's way into this crisis it spent it's way into this crisis. I noticed they had to steal from Social Security to help pay for Obamacare too. Do you still think politicians should be running it? No, entitlements themselves are not breaking the bank, yet, the waste in them, and all sectors of government, are. The problem is this waste is a systemic part of being run by the government. If you want to remove the waste you have to remove government control.

Every time I have to go to Malaysia I have to bring a bribe in order to do business there. Whether it's money or gifts, that's just the way it is. In America you just need to give the right candidate enough of a campaign contribution to get what you want. Is it the businesses fault for offering the money or the politicians fault for accepting?

Is a bigger more complicated and intrusive government, really better for our economy and our personal freedoms? The evidence so far says no and I'm not really willing to let us slip further down that rabbit hole to find out if it gets better, the bigger it gets. As far as I'm concerned big government has had it's shot at running things and has failed miserably. It's time for some real change.

What it comes down to is this, vote Democrat, if you want a bigger more intrusive government, vote Republican, if you want a bigger more intrusive government, or vote Libertarian if you want a smaller less intrusive government. As always the choice is yours and just that simple.