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Two questions for y'all libertarians

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The 1st Rule.
So question 1: Can a libertarian support free healthcare? Welfare? If not, what do you call someone then who is generally for smaller government? A conservative?

I don't support a system that requires citizens to have health care. If the government wants to provide health care free of charge, that's fantastic, but the Affordable Care Act doesn't do that. It requires someone to have some form of medical insurance or face financial penalties. That's not providing health care. In short, I'm all for free health care, if that's where the government involvement ends. I would prefer it if citizens took it upon themselves not to charge for medical services, but we all know that's never going to happen. In a realistic world, citizens should be free to have health insurance or not, but they should never be denied health care for inability to pay.

Aaaaand question 2: How does libertarianism deal with crony capitalism? How does it deal with unrestrained corporate interests that can bend the will of the government, however small, to its own whims with that lovely thing we made up called money? I want as little regulation of small businesses as possible, but yet when it comes to the big corporations I feel like letting them loose would be a bit unwise, considering the kind of influence they already have on our governments.

I support a business that acts responsibly. I don't support crony capitalism. If a business owner is successful and wants to make a donation to a candidate, fine, but it should be out of his or her personal wealth, not the company till. I don't think a business owner should be restricted in their ability to grow their business, unless growing their business infringes upon the rights of others. That having been said, I don't think a small business owner has a "right" to their business. In other words, Walmart isn't infringing on Uncle Bob's Bait & Tackle by setting up a store across the street from him, even if Uncle Bob has been there for a hundred years.

You have the right to own a business. You have a right to make that business work. If it doesn't work in a certain area, you have the right to move. If your business fails because your customers are shopping somewhere else, that's not an infringement of your rights. It's not "being mean." It's not unethical. You have the right to get a job doing something else, to move your business, or continue trying to make your business work.
 
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