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Libertarian ‘Prosperity Plan’ repeals income tax, ends corporate welfare
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Plan scraps IRS, balances the budget, curbs tax hikes, prohibits bailouts WASHINGTON — The Libertarian Party seeks to abolish the income tax, enact a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and eradicate corporate welfare under an ambitious three-point legislative plan unveiled by America’s third largest party Tuesday. […]
LPNY Supports Lawsuit Against Corporate Welfare
On Dec. 7, 2009, the Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) State Committee passed a resolution supporting a lawsuit seeking to end corporate welfare via the New York State Constitution. "The LPNY endorses the Stop The Pork Lawsuit filed by Jim Ostrowski to enforce the prohibition in the State Constitution against grants or loans of […]
June Supreme Court Update
Last month saw several major decisions handed down by the Supreme Court that had an impact on a variety of factors affecting individual sovereignty, including reproductive freedom, the freedom to direct the religious education of one’s own children, and the freedom from state discrimination based upon sexual orientation. The following is a brief synopsis of […]
LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark: The Case for Our Own Party
CATO Unbound invited LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus Matt Nye, and journalist Graham Vyse to write essays on whether Libertarians should work through the Libertarian, Republican, or Democratic Parties to achieve freedom. Mr. Sarwark started the conversation with “Be Libertarian: The Case for Our Own Party”: American politics has devolved […]
LNC resolution supports immigration, opposes border wall
The Libertarian National Committee passed the following resolution regarding immigration and the border wall on Feb. 11, 2019, elaborating on longstanding support for property rights, individual freedom, and unhindered immigration in the Libertarian Party platform: WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party believes that the only proper role of law is in the protection of the natural rights […]
Washington Times explains Libertarian Party ideas
Planning for the 2020 Libertarian National Convention in Austin, Texas, is well under way with a theme contest that has brought in more than $14,000 in donations so far to help cover convention expenses. The field has been narrowed to the top 16 most popular, with support nearly neck and neck for the top two. […]
Dates of interest to Libertarians: 2019
The following is a list of dates of interest to Libertarians in 2019, compiled by Dr. James Lark, Libertarian National Committee regional representative and former LNC chair. January 6 Pres. Franklin Roosevelt delivers his “Four Freedoms” speech (1941) 10 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published (1776) 16 Ratification of the 18th Amendment to the […]
Libertarians clean up capital mall, now it’s time to clean up government
The partial federal government shutdown is entering its fourth week. So far, the biggest inconvenience to the general public seems to be overflowing trash cans in national parks. Libertarians advocate private, voluntary solutions to public problems, so a group of Libertarians in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia decided to take direct action by cleaning up […]
Libertarian Party celebrates 47 years, prepares for challenges ahead
The Libertarian Party was conceived 47 years ago in the living room of David Nolan, and officially founded in Colorado Springs on Dec. 11, 1971. The issues that inspired the creation of the Libertarian Party in 1971 are still pressing in 2018, and have become even more serious. The Vietnam War, the longest war in […]
Politicians stoke voter fears every Halloween season
Every October before an election, both Democrats and Republicans ramp up fear-based campaigns. The Halloween season isn’t only for supernatural stories and macabre imagery, it’s also for frightening voters as a strategy for getting out the vote. The phenomenon even has a name, the “October surprise.” This election year, Republicans are trying to panic voters […]
All Libertarians say no to sexual assault
Whenever somebody joins the Libertarian Party, they first thing they are asked to do is to check the box next to these words: “I certify that I oppose the initiation of force to achieve political or social goals.” This is often called the non-aggression principle. Libertarians are unalterably opposed to using force or fraud in […]
