Self-Government Quiz Are You a Libertarian? Scoring: Agree completely with no exception...............20pts. Agree most of the time...........................15pts. Maybe, sometimes or need more info...............10pts. Disagree most of the time.........................5pts. Strongly disagree.................................0pts. Mark each of the following with points indicated above. PERSONAL LIBERTIES TEST 1. Government should not prevent people from reading, writing or publishing or broadcasting whatever they want, whether it's political or sexual, savoury or unsavoury. 2. Government should not favour or interfer in whatever peaceful method worship people choose (no matter how strange). 3. Government should not restrain people from ingesting whatever substance they choose for medical use or personal pleasure. 4. Government should not prevent adults from buying and selling sexual favours or engaging in any other voluntary sexual behavior. 5. Government should not prevent people from defending themselves with their own chosen method (i.e. buying their own guns or paying dues to communist organizations) so long as they don't engage in aggression against other innocents. Total Personal Score =_______ ECONOMIC LIBERTIES TEST 1. Government should not force people to pay for programs they don't want to pay for. Taxation should be eliminated. Government should act like an honest business: charging only their willing customers for services rendered. 2. Government should not interfer in the private, peaceful market transactions between consenting adults. This means most government regulation and intervention in business should be eliminated. 3. Government should not favor any form of organization over any other. Small companies should not be forced to merge and large companies should not be prevented from growing. The best size and type of firm is whatever succeeds in open competition. 4. Government should not interfer in the movement of goods and people across borders. People should be allowed to live wherever they can afford to. We should immediately (and unilaterally if necessary) declare our country open to free trade with all the other people in the world. 5. Government should never take honestly earned income from Peter to pay Paul against Peter's wishes. This is true even if Paul is starving and even if a large majority voted democratically to do so. Rather, redistribution should be voluntary. Total Economic Score =__________ Now look at the Nolan Chart to see where you fit.