Excellent article. One of the things that throws me off libertarianism is the lack of social welfare. I come from the land of free health care and education so

Excellent article. One of the things that throws me off libertarianism is the lack of social welfare. I come from the land of free health care and education so minimal social welfare is a strange concept to me and, I say this without exaggeration, seems almost evil. However a BIG is something I would definitely go for. The reduced bureaucracy, better flexibility for people to use the money as they wish, potential economical benefits etc. are all great. I still think I'd take a reduced BIG in exchange for some sort of free health care (if we got rid of that we'd just be shifting the bureaucracy from government to insurance companies) but something where consumers have more choice and we have a more competitive market.