What are the fundamental beliefs of libertarianism?

[panda]

What are the basic political and social beliefs of libertarianism?

[Cupid]

Idiocy and Stupidity.

Oh I get a thumbs down, for telling the truth.

[Agnes G]

Ask Tim Mcveigh and Terry Nichols.

[bosbrened]

We believe in smaller government, less government intrusion, less taxes, less intervention in other countries, and strict interpretation of the Constitution.

The Founding Fathers share our beliefs and the Founding Fathers would be libertarians if they lived today.

[joy d]

Sit back and watch the other people make a fool of themselves.

In Ralph Nadar's case, spoil the election by wasting votes.

[nora version 3.0]

Libertarians, to oversimplify things, are socially liberal and economically conservative. Here is a site about libertarian beliefs: http://www.libertarianism.com/what-it-is.htm

A good quote that sums up libertarian beliefs is: "[L]ibertarians believe you should be free to do as you choose with your own life and property, as long as you don't harm the person and property of others."

[Bobbie R]

They seem to want a larger more powerful government. They act as if they would like to have more social programs even for people who don't always need them. They also seem happy when companies are regulated by the government sometimes to the devastation of the company. And many more but they probably wouldn't see things that way.

[bookish]

Libertarianism believes in small, hands-off government. They believe the free market will take care of itself and that minimal governmental controls are necessary. They believe in the legalization of marijuana, and I'm not sure, but I think they wouldn't be much in favor of gun control, either. And, of course, a very small government would need much less tax money to run it.
In a way, it's a bit of a naive system. Rampant, uncontrolled capitalism tends to lead to abuses. Sure, if people know, for example, that you're putting rats in your hot dogs, they won't buy your hot dogs, so you won't put rats in them. But without government inspection, how do people find out what you're putting in the hot dogs? What about companies that pollute the environment? Etc. We had this kind of system in the late 19th century, early 20th century. Yes, there was incredible growth, but at a very high price. Tenements, child labor--and that's when Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle.
Some of their basic ideas are quite good, but I just don't think they are practical in our current society.
Bobbie--You are confusing "liberals" with "libertarians." They are almost the total opposites.

[Mark D]

Libertarianism distinguishes itself from modern liberalism and modern conservatism in this way: Today's liberals believe that "liberty" means being free of government regulations on matters that pertain to morality, such as sexual mores, but that "liberty" should not encompass economic liberties, i.e., "laissez-faire." Today's conservatives believe the opposite; "liberty" means having less government regulation of economic interests, but that traditional moral values should still be upheld by the government. So libertarianism combines the concepts of "liberty" that both liberals and conservatives believe in: that government regulation of both economic interests and traditional moral values should be kept to a minimum.

[mapaghimagsik]

You can find out from the libertarian party web site.