Republicans are inconstant in their defense of individual liberties.

"Apparently he doesn't believe that economic constraints could interfere with freedom." We all have economic constraints. But they do not interfere with our liberty, because we are free to change them if we choose to put forth the effort. Individuals are free to pursue various methods of self-improvement to make themselves more valuable to their employer, other employers, or their customers. "Let's take two individuals, one wealthy and one not. Both of them receive health coverage from their employment. Which one has the freedom to walk away if he chooses?" Both have the freedom to walk away, hopefully (for the individual who is not wealthy) to another employer who also offers benefits. Also, since it is difficult to get wealthy working for others, the wealthy person probably walked away from several undesirable jobs in the past to pursue more lucrative options. He may have even gone without a health plan for a while. "Republican economic philosophy is the free market. Free market means the privatization of everything." Wrong. I have a t-shirt that says "PRIVATISE $ EVERYTHING," but again, I'm a libertarian. And even I don't want to privatise everything- just those services which are not absolutely necessary for the government to provide-- military, police, and national defense. But as far as republicans go, they are open to significantly more government control. Most would rather fix the social security system than scrap it. Most would rather reduce the federal income tax than abolish it. They want school choice vouchers, not a privatized school system. Republicans do not want to privatise EVERYTHING. Having to respond to your repeated exaggerations is distracting. "You would probably agree that the Libertarians in the Republican Party are probably constant in their support of individual liberties." Yes. Because we want to keep government out of our wallets AND out of our bedrooms. We believe people are entitled to nothing but their freedom to live in safety, work toward what they want, and keep the lions share of what they earn. We believe that no truly free individual is responsible for guarantying a favorable outcome for another. But we are in the minority of republicans, and consider ourselves republicans only by party, and not by ideology. "The Paradigm of Republican philosophy. And in their perfect world, everything should be privatized." Where is you evidence of that, even on a philosophical level? The conservative philosophy espouses minimal government, not anarchy. There were times in history when this country was once representative of "their perfect world"-- when government was limited to it's original purpose (the purpose our founding fathers had in mind). Was EVERYTHING privatized? Absolutely not. "He has the audacity to claim 'you still provided no evidence that privatized services would be less available or less effective than those currently provided by the government.' Well, to the readers, I pose 3 questions to think about." And again you STILL did not provide any evidence that privatization would be less effective than government. You just asked some questions, the answers to which could be argued either way (and probably more persuasively in favor of privatization). Your opinion might be popular, but it cannot be proved. But this point is of no consequence, because extreme privatization is not an aim of the republicans or their philosophy. In closing, I will submit that Republicans ARE on the side of personal liberty when it comes to defending our right to keep and spend as much of our own money as possible. This is evidenced by their support of minimum taxation to fund government in its defense of our basic liberties. Republicans also support additional government services (education, welfare, social security), but only for U.S. CITIZENS, and only to those who are truly in need. However, such government-legislated altruism has nothing to do with the principles of individual liberty in its strictest sense. The more blatant inconsistency is seen in the republicans' willingness to toss aside even the most elementary principles of liberty in their efforts to intrude into our personal lives and impose their morality on the rest of society.