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Libertarians' believe that they as individuals should be free to do whatever they want with themselves and their property as long as it does not affect the everyday life of those who surround them. Libertarian theories believe that people own themselves fully and owe no service to others except through voluntary action. Libertarians favor an ethic of self-responsibility and strongly disagree with a organized group helping an individual because they believe forcing someone to provide aid to others is ethically wrong. Libertarians argue that rights rest originally in individuals and never in groups such as nations, races, religions, classes, or cultures, and distinguish between a wrong done to individual members of a group and the group itself.
In the article Income Distribution by John Isbister there can be many points viewed in a variety of ways. Here are a few examples of how a Libertarian would view the issues discussed. The article says "A good way of looking at the income distribution in a country is to compare the portion of the total national income going to the poorest 20 percent of the population with the portion going to the richest 20 percent. Each group of 20 percent is called a quintile." It also says "The average pay of a CEO in a major corporation was $11.9 million in 2000. The latest estimates are that the poverty line is about $20,000 for a family of four in the United States, and almost 17 percent fall below that threshold." These two quotes taken from the article are very informative to the human eye, but for a libertarian these figures do not mean a thing. The libertarian would say that everyone's destiny is in their own hands. It is up to the individual t ...