Ten Ways A Libertarian Society Would Be Different

							Ten Ways A Libertarian Society Would Be
Different
By Jacob Hornberger
February 3, 2013

How much would a libertarian
society differ from the statist
society in which we live? It
would be radically different.
Here are ten ways a libertarian
society would be different:
1. No more welfare-state
programs. A libertarian society
would be one in which there is a
total separation of charity and
the state, similar to the
separation of church and state.
No one would be forced by any
law or governmental program to
share his money with others or to
donate money to anyone. The
decision on whether to help out
others would be entirely
voluntary. So, no more Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, subsidies, foreign aid, SBA loans, food
stamps, public housing, education grants, FDIC, or any other program in which government forcibly
takes money from people and gives it to others.
                                                    2. No more income taxation and Internal
                                                    Revenue Service. Everyone would be free to keep
                                                    everything he earns or inherits (and would decide
                                                    for himself what to do with it).
                                                    3. No more drug war. All drugs would be
                                                    legalized. Everyone would be free to ingest
                                                    anything he wants, no matter how harmful,
                                                    dangerous, or destructive. Of course, he would
                                                    bear the responsibility for the consequences of his
                                                    decisions.
                                                        4. No more Federal Reserve System and
                                                        government-issued, irredeemable paper money.
                                                        The free market would decide the monetary unit.
                                                        The market would probably settle on gold and
silver coins but it is entirely possible that even sounder money could arise.
5. No more economic regulations. There
would be a total separation of economy and
state. Just as we do not permit the
government to subsidize or regulate religion,
so it would be with the economy. The
government would be prohibited from
subsidizing or regulating economic activity.
6. No more gun control. Again, there would
be a total separation of guns and the state.
People would be free to keep and bear arms
without governmental interference.
7. No more immigration controls. People
from all over the world would be as free to
travel to the United States to visit, tour,
work, invest, and open businesses as people
are free to travel domestically within the
United States.
8. No more trade restrictions, including
sanctions and embargoes. Americans and
foreigners would be free to buy and sell
whatever they want without governmental
interference.
9. No more state involvement in education. There would be a total separation of school and state,
similar to the separation of church and state. No more school compulsory-attendance laws, school
taxes, school districts, and school buildings. Families would decide the best educational vehicle for
their children, much as they decide matters relating to religion.

                                                  10. No more national-security state, including a
                                                  standing army, military-industrial complex, and CIA.
                                                  America would once again be restored to a limited-
                                                  government, constitutional republic. No more foreign
                                                  military bases, interference with the affairs of other
                                                  countries, support of dictatorships, foreign aid,
                                                  invasions and occupations, wars of aggression,
                                                  kidnappings, renditions, torture, assassinations, and
                                                  infringements on civil liberties.
                                                  Those ten libertarian principles would produce the
                                                  most prosperous, peaceful, harmonious, safe,
                                                  responsible, caring, compassionate, educated, healthy,
                                                  and free society in history. That’s what a full embrace
                                                  of liberty, freedom of choice, freedom of conscience,
                                                  and the free market would bring.



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