Excuse me, I guess I have no right to get in this debate, as I am a Libertarian and most Libertarians I know are well educated, even if it is self-educated. To make an overall statement like that is really not well thought out. Where I lived, the Republicans regularly had meetings and studied the constitution and I am not talking about a few people showing up, it was sometimes 100. Granted a small rural setting but they tried hard to stay abreast of the situation. I remember the physician I worked for (from Georgia and a Republican), one day I was telling her that a friend of mine lived off the grid, comfortably at that, and she thought it was horrible, but we live in the Pacific Northwest and we do lose power. I told her that when the power goes out for us, it doesn't for them. I also know a dentist in Reno who totally lives off the grid as well. I don't think that these Republicans/Libertarians are uneducated morons. Personally, I try to study 10-15 hours a week on economics and other issues. Yes, there are some idiots, but they are on both sides. However, anybody who thinks that the government owes them a livelihood, well they are pretty lazy in my book, as I could have gone on SSI myself probably 20 years ago because of physical ailments that affected my work, but I did not because even though I am slower (I get paid for what I do and not by the hour - medical transcription) I still take pride in what I do and have taught at a local college. And those coal miners in West Virginia, they work damn hard.