want to then we should not get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. Not wearing a seat belt is not hurting anyone but ourselves. It’s just a way that we as people are choosing to live our lives. We are human beings are wise enough to decide what risks we want to take in our lives. An important policy that libertarians reject is no redistribution of income or wealth. “…support the less fortunate… should be left up to the individual to undertake, not mandated by the government” . Taxation for redistribution of wealth can be seen as theft because individuals are being taxed to support the less fortunate. No one asked them if they wanted to support them or not, their money is just being taken away. People work for their money so hard for it to be given to some people that are lazy and do not work when…show more content… There are government programs such as Medicaid and Medicare that are supported through the collection of taxes. These programs only benefit certain families that are low income or the elderly. Libertarians are against this because these government programs are been provided by people that have not given their consent to be taxed for the purpose of someone else. They are not benefitting in no way. They are taken way the right to give their consent by the government. Libertarians believe in people having their freedom of choice to choose what they want and what they do not want. Libertarianism contains the concept of distributive justice. Nozick has two requirements for distributive justice. First is justice in initial holdings, “… resources you used to make your money were legitimately yours in the first place” . It is how a person first comes to own a holding. When they acquire that holding then they are entitled to it. The government has no right to try to take what you have earned such as money. You have earned it with your
