&gt; A huge reason I&#x27;ve lost my faith in libertarian politics is that the 2008 bailouts convinced me it&#x27;s a scam.<p>This is rediculous.  Libertarians were leading the charge against the 2008 bailouts <i>before</i> they even happened, and it was liberals, (e.g. barney frank, paul krugman) who were among the chief architects of the bailouts.