Hi

Ok,
I listen to Penn Jillette on my iPod. He has a weekday radio show which I like. But after hearing him for some time there is one thing that gets me and I want to know if it is just me ok
Penn is a Libertarian this means he thinks that the government should have no more power then we give it in the Constitution. For some things I think this is great but here is the problem, All the things the government does to help the poor, children and the elderly are not in the Constitution.
Now I wrote him and said that and he wrote back and said well if the government did not take so much is taxes we could give the money to charities that would do the things that the government does. The problem that I see with this idea is two things. First things is that without school and social workers children who are abused would never be found out and two is that many people already use all the help the government gives and still need more help from charities.
Also is there any guarantee that all the money that the government gives to people in need would be given to charities if the people had the money. Because ask any charities today and they will tell you that there biggest problem is funding always they have more people to help then money to run there programs with.
Every time people talk about how if we get ride of the government the "people" will step in and do it or some company will I ask them to read Dickens because he was writing about a time and place were the government did not help the weak and poor and see who stepped in to help. Yes some did but not enough for all the people in need.

OK deep Breath
All I want to know is can people in need really get all the help they need if the government was not part of the answer?