Maybe instead of taking an article at face value, you should visit here:
http://www.cato.org to get an idea of how Libertarianism works. Like any political thought, there is not one "do all, end all" philosophy.
What I
do like is that Libertarians like me are scaring the shit out of big government left and right wingers.
Libertarianism is like communism works great in theory but in actuallity fails because people don't live up the the assumptions in the theory. I am saying this as someone who has voted for Libertarian canditates and agrees with some of their positions.
As for the Cato...
One of their reps was on CNBC the other day trying to argue that we are educating our workers too much and that is part of the problem with the current workforce. In the new economy he said many people won't even need a college degree because the jobs that are left won't require one so paying for degree is a waste of money. He was arguing that in general for a large portion of the population education was a waste.
I agree that some people shouldn't go to college. Some should go to trade school or just right into the workforce but the idea that we educate people too much in this country is insane. We are falling behind in math, science, engineering etc. when compared to the rest of the world.
The only way that makes sense is if you want a large underclass of people that you can take advantage of and trap in lower paying low skill jobs. Exactly what lots of corporations do want.
Case in point.
Morenci, Arizona is one of the last company towns in the US.
It used to be owned by the Phelps-Dodge company but is now owned by Freeport-McMoRan after they bought Phelps-Dodge.
My roommate in college worked there as an intern and later as an entry level engineer. The entire town population is employed by the company. The school teachers, police, shop owners, gas statioin EVERYTHING.
The company doesn't want an educated workforce they want to give them just enough education so that they can drive a haultruck like their dad did or work a drilling machine. The county the town is in had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state and country at one point. Not sure if they still do but probably. No sex education in schools and there is nothing to do in the town. There is one bowling alley/bar and that is about it. What do you think kids are going to do? Have sex and have kids at an early age.
Those kids doin't go to college because now they have their own kids. They have a low education level and go to work for the mine driving a haul truck. Their kids go to work for the mine in 18 or so years too and the cycle repeats itself. The company provides very cheap rent, 250 a month rent for a 2 bedroom house at the time my roommate worked there, which of course encourages the people to stay there.
None of the engineers and managment people are from the town. The lower level engineers and mangers live there but no one else does. Everyone else lives 45 minutes to an hour away.