I break from the libertarians on environmental regulations and the ultra low tax policy . I believe in prioritizing freedom over safety for the most part , but I don ' t believe that economic sanctions are an adequate method for preventing wanton economic destruction . It is often easier and cheaper for companies to illegally or dangerously dump waste and risk the occasional fine than to properly dispose of their waste in a more expensive manner . And those externalities caused by environmental damage are often impossible to quantify or even identify the source of . If you live in an area with a lot of pollution and half of the area ' s kids are sick , who are you supposed to sue in a libertarian society ? Everyone ? No one ? And will the economic penalties make the sick kids whole ? Will it dissuade the company from polluting in the future ? I would guess no on both counts . And the uber economic freedom mentality just doesn ' t hold up to me . There is nothing wrong with encouraging the various government bureaucracies to be as efficient and streamlined as possible , but many of the government services are simply better off run by a centralized agency whose sole purpose is to provide that service . Relying on a company , whose sole purpose is to make money , to provide some services law enforcement , child protective services , etc . is woefully naive . What economic incentive is there for someone to be a social worker or to run a child protective service ? Beyond that though , I typically side with libertarians on most issues . I am more of a pragmatic libertarian than an ancap . I ' m not going to call for abolishing driver ' s licenses or holler about taxation being theft . But I do believe we should err on the side of civil liberties as much as possible . The Bill of Rights should be protected at all costs , with very few exceptions , IMO . This breaks from the orthodoxy of both the GOP and the Democrats however , as they are both OK with attacking the Bill of Rights to some degree they just differ on which rights to most aggressively undermine .