I guess that to me it's just self evident that everyone would want to live in a country where nobody ran the risk of starving in the street or dying for lack of money to pay for medicine. I mean, stuff like that is what government is *for* - protecting the people who live in that country. And let's face it, rugged individualism is fine in a country where you can live off the land, but in this day and age we all depend entirely on the labour of others for all our needs.