I finally figured out my problem with the American presidential race!

[knightmaar]

13. There would be taxes

And you'd have to pay them. The taxes would go to health care, excellent public education, child care, maternity leave, dental and drug benefits, police, fire and roads.

But the government wouldn't be in your bedroom. Two consenting adults could do whatever they want, marry whomever they wish, smoke whatever they wanted to smoke, live however they like as long as it doesn't harm other people.

The kind of libertarian you normally see is the right wing version, the guys who think they are true self made men and don't need (and have never needed) help from any government service (except maybe roads and contract enforcement, or whatever exceptions they personally make).

I admit left-leaning libertarianism seems like a contradiction, but if you think of it as "let's all take care of each other, but not interfere in other people's personal lives", it mostly works.