Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
Best quote I've yet read on the subject:

Are ever-growing entitlement and military expenditures really consistent with a free country? Do these expenditures, and the resulting deficits, make us more free or less free? Should the government or the marketplace provide medical care? Should younger taxpayers be expected to provide retirement security and health care even for affluent retirees? Should the U.S. military be used to remake whole nations? Are the programs, agencies, and departments funded by Congress each year constitutional? Are they effective? Could they operate with a smaller budget? Would the public even notice if certain programs were eliminated altogether? These are the kinds of questions the American people must ask, even though Congress lacks the courage to do so.

Required reading: Our Nation's Fiscal Outlook: The Federal Government's Long-Term Budget Imbalance.
Good ol' Ron Paul. A dedicated Libertarian. Are you turning into a Libertarian on us, Lemur?

How much you trust corporations and corporate capitalism might determine where you end up. I'll welcome you with open arms to the libertarian socialist (aka anarchist) side of the big tent which is utter distrust of government.