The libertarian unease with conservatives

I never thought I'd see a tax cut I didn't like... but even I can't work up too much enthusiasm if it's made possible, not by cutting wasteful or unconstitutional spending, but by taking on debt. That's just trading off a present tax burden for a future one.

...Libertarians, left-liberals, and conservatives all have their own conceptions of human dignity and the inherent worth of the individual. The libertarian one gives pride of place to autonomy and inviolability; the left liberal to the positive, material ability to realize our capacities and enjoy a good standard of living; the conservative to our realization of certain virtues. I don't pretend that any of these groups lacks a conception of human dignity, and what it means to respect that dignity, even if I happen to think the others undervalue the aspects I find more important. And if you put a gun to my head and forbade me from adopting the libertarian conception, I'd probably opt for the liberal as falling less wide of the mark.