Liberty Pen: Walter E Williams: 'Departure From Liberty'

Source:Liberty Pen- George Mason Professor Walter E. Williams.

"Professor Williams discusses the impact of America's departure from Constitutional principles  on individual liberty. Liberty Pen." 

From Liberty Pen

Whenever Americans lose some of their freedom, they really only have themselves to blame, by voting for and reelecting politicians that pass new taxes and regulations on them. And pass legislation that weakens our constitutional rights and civil liberties. Things like the Patriot Act, indefinite detention, the so-called War on Drugs, and so-forth.

Where I disagree with Walter Williams and where I believe a lot of so-called Libertarians (whether Walter Williams is a Libertarian or not) is labeling everything that government does that they disagree with as unconstitutional. He said in his lecture that it says in the Constitution that one of the roles of the Federal Government is to: 

"The Preamble states that an overriding purpose of the U.S. Constitution is to “promote the general welfare,” and then Professor Williams contradicts himself and says that nowhere in the Constitution does it give the Federal Government the authority to give farm subsidies and a whole host of other Federal programs. 

Whatever you think of the public safety net, it's constitutional under the Welfare Clause and perhaps Commerce Clause. I think Libertarians (whether they're self-described Libertarians or not) would be better off trying to make the case for why they oppose this government program or that one, instead of labelling everything that government does that they disagree with, as unconstitutional.