I think you are confusing Libertarian with Anarchist. Libertarian does not preclude a president (who has a veto pen) and courts. In fact, courts are insanely c

I think you are confusing Libertarian with Anarchist. Libertarian does not preclude a president (who has a veto pen) and courts. In fact, courts are insanely critical to a Libertarian government in order to rule on cases where rights are violated and an executive branch is critical to make sure the court decisions are carried out. Furthermore, contract law is also hugely important to Libertarians and the Government needs to be able to enforce those contracts when the individual cannot. What a Libertarian would do is strike down all laws and government agencies that infringe on individual liberties. Especially laws that legislate morality and laws that legislate how individuals can spend their money and use their property. That means you can marry who you want, smoke what you want, and buy, sell, and contract with who you want as long as it does not infringe on other rights. Other misconceptions: - Libertarians as a whole do not want to eliminate tax. They want to replace income tax with flat tax and/or consumption tax and leave property tax up to the states. They only want to abolish the IRS because it is an inefficient organization, uses threat of force to collect taxes, and taxes do not need to be that complicated. - Libertarians are not anti union. People should have a right to assemble. They are generally against people being forced to join a union against their will. - Libertarians are not anti-government. They just feel the only valid role of government is to protect individual rights and defend our country from foreign invaders. - Libertarians are not anti-environment. In fact Libertarians often see polluting the environment as infringing on other people rights and therefor something the government can intervene in. A true Libertarian president would ask the following of every law: - Does this protect people from having their rights infringed on by either other people, government, or companies: YES, pass this law - If it does not meet the first test, does this infringe on other's right including their rights to do what they want with their own property/body: VETO