nrh@inmet.UUCP (02/10/84)
#R:umcp-cs:-491000:inmet:7800056:000:2593 inmet!nrh Feb 9 02:24:00 1984 David Bergland for President Jim Lewis for Vice president LIBERTARIAN PARTY: - US out of Central America, the Caribbean, Lebanon, France Germany, Japan, and (ultimately) as far as possible out of North America. - Stop the arms buildup (At least, the PUBLIC, THEFT-SUPPORTED arms buildup). - Your money for what you want, not for programs decided on by others for "your own good", or for the "good of society", or "for the workers". - Fight elitist, political methods of decision-making. - For a tiny, little, hardly-there-at-all Government. - Deregulation of all drugs. (Note -- this form taken from charm!tpkq's Socialist party blurb -- I couldn't resist). I plan to vote for these people for two reasons: 1. IT WORKS: Do Democrats cut taxes? Do REPUBLICANS? Nope. Do Libertarians? Yup -- Dick Randolph managed to get the Alaska Income tax repealed. I doubt that Bergland will get the Office, but even if he doesn't, the vote's not wasted -- those votes COUNT -- pols watch them, and react to them. I'd like to tell Reagan, Mondale, and all the others that they'd better rein in the Government. This'll help. 2. ON PRINCIPLE: Where do you stand on farm price supports? On the draft? On the regulation of drugs? On what consenting adults may do in private? How's this for a rebuttal: I don't care where you stand -- I shouldn't have to. On the other hand, you shouldn't care where I stand. The only way we can come close to making it truly not matter is to remove Government's power to interfere with people's lives. What! you say! Where will this country find soldiers to fight a war? (Same place we found 'em in WWI -- with no draft) What about the chaotic drug situation? (This is bad and worse. Do you really LIKE prohibition, though? Do you really think it makes reduces drug use? Do you think Prohibition reduced Alchohol use and helped society more than it hurt?) I've rambled overlong. Let me just close this way. The Democrats and Republicans have brought you The Drug Enforcement Administration, the IRS, the Deficit, Inflation, Prohibition, and Ronald Reagan. The Socialists have brought you Stalin, British Socialized Medicine (check THAT out for usefullness sometime), rent control (and the delightful ease in finding apartments in New York City (not to mention the cheery responsiveness of New York City Landlords), Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and Welfare. The Libertarians (or people close to them in avowed rhetoric) brought you the Bill of Rights. Which group would you choose?