A Government-Free Breakfast?

by Zoë Pollock

NPR's Robert Smith visits a libertarian summer camp at breakfast time and comes away disappointed:

[A]s George is making the omelets I spot something. His eggs come in big racks approved by the USDA. And the propane he’s using to cook the omelet — didn’t someone have to pay gas taxes on that? “Unfortunately, it’s impossible to live completely state free,” George says.

Jason Kuznicki takes issue with Smith's takeaway:

No one asks the advocates of single-payer health care to do without private health care until their preferred system is enacted. No one asks the opponents of free immigration to abstain from all products and services ever touched by undocumented workers (though I admit, it would be a hoot if they tried).

Erik Kain applies the same logic to our higher education system.