poll: libertarians' priorities

[gusl]

In our way to an ideal state, which piece of evil would you end first? In your evaluation, consider the cost the item has on your pocket.

* corporate welfare (These corporations deserve your money)
* decency laws (I can't stand you doing that, therefore you should be stopped)
* immigration laws (you were not born here. So leave.)
* laws against guns (you don't have the right to protect yourself)
* laws regulating drug use, for recreation or medication (The FDA knows better than you)
* market regulations to pretending to prevent "savage capitalism" (anti-trust, anti-dumping, laws,etc.)
* labour laws (you can't "exploit" workers)
* professional licensing laws (you must have a degree in order to do that)
* publicly run services (mail, garbage, street-cleaning, etc.)
* red tape
* state-funded development projects
* unnecessary military action
* welfare for the poor
* zoning laws

other: what?

It would be interesting to see how much each of these costs compared to their alternative, both in cash and social value.

Comments

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

For the good of America, I would choose:

(1) corporate welfare
(2) market regulations
(3) drugs
(4) military action
(5) zoning laws
(6) welfare for the poor
(7) immigration
(.) the rest

although, given my personal situation, "immigration" would be my first pick.

[ninjalawyer.livejournal.com]

1. laws against guns (not because it's the most objectively important, but because the right is in such jeopardy right now)
2. laws regulating drug use (because of the huge economic and social costs involved)
3. welfare for the poor (again, because of the huge economic and social costs)
... and then everything else.

Fortunately, these aren't necessarily battles that we'll have to fight individually. If we can get a few more decent Supreme Court justices who take their oaths to preserve the constitution half-seriously, we might be able to trim the Federal govt. down to constitutional levels in a matter of months... I wouldn't really count on legislative solutions.

[selfishgene.livejournal.com]

Gun laws - this is the power on which all freedom really depends. Constitutional rights are only words without brute force to assert them.
Fiat money - free the economy from the 'legal' phoney money which corrupts the whole system.

[scottsch.livejournal.com]

1) End the drug war. This would solve a lot of personal freedom issues (e.g. asset forfeiture), avert the situation in Columbia (which I believe will be like Vietnam), and de-fund a lot of nasty people (domestically and internationally). It also sets the stage for returning a lot of other personal freedoms.
2) End the income tax. This gives individuals personal freedom (in not having their finances scrutinized) and economic freedom, and forces the govt to cut its budget.