Ask a Libertarian: "What Should Be Done About Everything?" #4

Welcome to Ask a Libertarian with Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. They are the authors of the new book The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America. 

Go to http://declaration2011.com to purchase, read reviews, find event dates, and more.

On June 15, 2011 Gillespie and Welch used short, rapid-fire videos to answer dozens of reader questions submitted via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Reason.com. In this episode, they answer the question:

"What should be done about everything?" asks Reason's movie columnist, Kurt Loder.

For the complete series, go to http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/10/ask-a-libertarian and Reason.tv's YouTube Channel at http://youtube.com/reasontv

Produced by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein, Josh Swain, with help from Katie Hooks, Kyle Blaine and Jack Gillespie

Comments

[mitch]

Finally, somebody willing to speak out against The Wisdom People.

[Danny]

Wow.

Soooo deep, man.

And taking the soft-ball questions from your own in-house writers.

You're really trying so darn hard to win the "away" game, aren't you, guys?

[SugarFree]

Please don't feed the troll.

[Danny]

Why? Are you on a diet?

[JW]

Something. ANYTHING. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

Wait, sorry, that's the non-libertarian response.

[mr simple]

Take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[R C Dean]

What should be done about everything?

For values of "everything" that exclude the use or threat of force, or fraud, the government should do nothing.

[Joe M]

Kurt Loder get a question? Nepotism!

[TheSporadical]

My Solution is Simple

[CE]

What should be done about everything? Take care of yourself first, your family second, and then figure out what you can do to help others, instead of forcing other people to do what you want.

[scarpe Nike Store]

is good