All about the money?

Sometimes the poorly-informed Leftist says libertarians are "all about the money" because they tend to oppose excessive taxation and increased State-expansion (even though the State is merely blowing up its welfare-system and distributing money to various groups of voters with some issues). The Leftist forgets that it's usually him who is demanding "more money" for this and that "underfunded x-system" (where x could stand for health-care, education or welfare). The Leftist hardly says a word without demanding more money. The Rightist rarely uses this approach - he does't say the health-care system needs less money, nor the education-system or the system which provides help to the needy. The Rightist simply points out that there is no justification for the State to forcibly take money from one person and give it to another (minus excessive administration-costs of course).

The private property of a person is an extension of his self-ownership (be it money, a house, a car or a cheer). The Leftist should comes to terms with his inner demons and simply admit his disbelief in the individual's natural right to own himself. Then the Leftist would free himself from uncomfortable philosophical conflicts with taxation versus individual freedom - whoever preaches one thing cannot support the other without logical errors in his way of thinking.