In truth, conservative politicians and leaders are really interested only in power. In other words, just like liberals, conservatives care more about symbolic triumphs than substantive changes. Conservative politicians are as fiscally imprudent as liberals, and liberal politicians are as contemptuous of social rights as conservatives. In the realm of either economics or personal behavior, they will vote enthusiastically to increase government. Conservatives and liberals sometimes advocate positions that are similar to libertarians.
Libertarians believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues at all times.
And if we want to be taken seriously by those who are sick of big government, we need to separate ourselves as far as possible from all other ideologies and politicians. For example . . . We want to reduce government so far that we can repeal the income tax completely and replace it with nothing. We want to get Social Security completely away from the politicians, so that Americans can use all of their own money in whatever way they want. We don't want to solve the education crisis by giving government the power to dispense voucher money according to the politicians' standards.