The question is, who exactly is being targeted in this statement:
But it’s a messed-up libertarianism that looks at that situation and says, "Man, first thing we gotta do is get rid of that welfare!"
Looking at the article from which the quote comes, the target of the discussion is apparently this quote, to which he claims to have a "sequencing objection":
The Libertarian Party supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope or power of government at any level or for any purpose.
The problem here is that I see nothing in that quote that says "first thing we gotta do is get rid of that welfare".
What is possibly going through Jim Henley's head? The quote that he's attacking does nothing except oppose increasing government and support reducing government, period. Nothing there about what sequence to do it in. The sequencing stuff seems to be something that Jim Henley just made up, so that he would have something to attack.
As things stand, the quote looks like a straw man and a smear. A smear is guaranteed to make the blood boil. Hence: politics is the mind killer.
Unfortunately, my impression here is based on general experience and observation; there isn't a specific document that contains the libertarian view.
But in general, a lot of people who describe themselves either as libertarian, conservative, or pro-small government are opposed to welfare with near-religious fervor, but are likely unaware of the issue of occupational licensing and (in some cases) basically indifferent to charter schools or education related issues. It's just the interesting observation that even though there are numerous types of bad govern...
It looks like, this month, I get to be the one to start the quotes thread.