Libertarians are NOT right wing shills. Perhaps some are, but none of the libs I know.
Most of the Libertarians I know are 20somethings that grew up with the internet, and began to see coprorations and their legislative puppets start to pass laws restricting personal freedoms.
These people aren't out to underfund schools as the article implies. Nor are they corporate shills, nothing could be further from the truth. Ask them what they think of the RIAA-- you'll get pure, unmitigated hatred in response.
It is from democrats and republicans both they view the loss of personal freedoms happening. Indeed, the DCMA and patriot act both had strong bipartisan support, so this belief is based on fact.
Libertarians by and large aren't out to destroy America's schools, but instead want to protect the bill of rights and personal freedoms.
I am not a libertarian myself, because I view trusting corporations and downsizing government to the degree of the official LP party line as too dangerous. My motto is trust no one, we need a good system of checks and balances to ensure that neither government nor corporations abuse their power.
However, I do believe in the bill of rights and personal freedom as they do, and it saddens me to see more and more bills sponsored and written by corporations passed through with bipartisan support that strip our rights away.
The upcoming INDUCE act, sponsored by the corporate puppet Orin Hatch, is a good example of this. (sadly, it's also cosponsored by democrats)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d108:75:./temp/~bdopUw:@@@P|/bss/d108query.html|
(edit: link got butchered, try this instead:
http://xrl.us/cr98 )
In the remake of the Manchurian candidate, electronic mind control is needed to control politicians. In the real world, we know it's much easier and cheaper than that.