April 12, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty,
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LP Monday Message: Flyer for Tea Parties and Tax Protests
April 5, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, The April 15 tax filing deadline is right around the corner (a week from Thursday), and along with it, lots of tax day protests and Tea Party protests. In addition to other groups’ events, your local Libertarian Party affiliate may have protest plans for that day.
Libertarians: Obama should end Afghanistan War
For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON – After President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan over the weekend, Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today: “President Obama just called the Afghanistan War ‘absolutely essential.’ Nothing could be further from the truth. The U.S. armed forces are being […]
LP Monday Message: National Convention and more
March 29, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, A few items of interest for you: Registrations for the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in Saint Louis are rolling in. Early bird pricing ends this Wednesday, so please take advantage of it and register now! After Wednesday, prices will be higher. The convention takes place over Memorial Day […]
LP Monday Message: Why Massachusetts should have voted Libertarian
March 22, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, Like you, I am upset that the health care bill passed last night. Another huge expansion of government spending and government control is not good for our freedom or our health.
Libertarian Party opposes health care plan
For Immediate Release Friday, March 19, 2010 WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party adamantly opposes the health care bill passed on Christmas Eve by the US Senate that is currently being considered in the US House of Representatives. The Libertarian Party calls on the US House to vote down this disastrous plan, and instead to pass […]
News coverage of Libertarian position on census
(updated March 28, 2010) The Chicago Tribune writes: Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian Party, cited a Cato Institute report that census information was used during World War I to locate draft resistors and during World War II to round up Japanese-Americans and put them in internment camps. "Breaches happen on purpose or by […]
Libertarians oppose census questions
For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 16, 2010 WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party (LP) Chairman William Redpath released the following statement today regarding the 2010 census: “The Libertarian Party believes that the federal government’s current census procedures are unconstitutional, unnecessary, and too expensive. We believe that the census is constitutionally limited to collecting only one piece of […]
LP Monday Message: Join our growing list of 263 candidates
March 15, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, I gave a speech to the Libertarian Party of Maryland state convention on Saturday about how "Libertarian Candidates Make a Difference." Maryland has a nice slate of Libertarian candidates for the 2010 elections. See our entire list of candidates sorted by state.
Please help us get ballot access!
Dear Friend of Liberty, I need your help to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Illinois. The Illinois LP has developed a great slate of candidates this year. But Illinois voters won’t get the chance to vote for them unless the Illinois LP gets ballot access. To do that, the state party needs […]
LP Monday Message: 2010 St. Louis Convention Early Bird Deadline March 31
March 8, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, The Early Bird registration deadline for the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis has been extended to March 31. I hope you’ll visit the registration page and purchase a discounted convention package today.
LP Monday Message: Upcoming Events
March 1, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, I’ve been in Austin, Texas the last few days to attend the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance conference. It was a great event, well-attended by Libertarian activists and state chairs from around the country. I’d like to share a schedule of some Libertarian Party conventions coming up over the […]
