When Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were arrested and convicted for crimes surrounding the 2005 shooting of drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, they became a symbol of the immigration problems facing the United States. They were given a prison sentence of more than 10 years for what some believed to be them "just […]
"But, sweatshops are evil!" you say. Tell that to the kids collecting plastic out of smoking piles of refuse in the landfills of Cambodia for $.05 a pound. At least in the sweatshops you don’t get run over by garbage trucks. In a nation where minimum wage is $6.55 (and more than 98 percent of […]
For Immediate Release Sunday, January 18, 2009 Article Originally Published in the LA Times In 1996, as a freshman member of the House of Representatives, I wrote the Defense of Marriage Act, better known by its shorthand acronym, DOMA, than its legal title. The law has been a flash-point for those arguing for or against […]
The Libertarian National Committee would like to recognize Daniel Kamerling as an outstanding and exceptional volunteer. As a person who has been voting Libertarian for almost a decade, Daniel volunteers because he "thinks the Libertarian Party has a lot of good ideas to help America, and [he] wanted to spread those ideas beyond [his] own […]
Not everybody is pumped about Obama’s $825 billion stimulus plans, especially the part that includes billions of taxpayer dollars being spent by the government in the hopes of jump-starting the economy. Here’s what we’ve said about it: If Obama’s Plan Doesn’t Seem to Make Sense, it’s Because it Doesn’t We’re Not Going to Spend Our […]
For Immediate Release Friday, January 16, 2009 Libertarian Party Faults Bush Administration With Pushing Idea that Government is an Agent of Good America’s largest third party says the most dangerous part of President George Bush’s legacy is that which cannot be seen. “President Bush leaves office after eight years having pushed the idea that people […]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Endorses Obama Proposal Former Congressman Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s 2008 nominee for president, issued a statement Wednesday morning applauding President-elect Obama’s reported plan to close the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where many suspected terrorists have been held, often without hearings, since shortly after 9/11. […]
The Libertarian State Leadership Alliance (formerly LP State Chairs) will be holding its annual conference from February 27 to March 1, 2009, in Charleston, SC – and you don’t have to be a state chair to attend. The conference is open to anyone who has an interest in the future and direction of the Libertarian […]
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Libertarian Party Says Obama Plan Based on Failed Economics America’s largest third party says that President-elect Barack Obama’s spending plans are based on flawed economics. “If you think Obama’s economic plans don’t make sense, it’s because they don’t,” says Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath. “Americans are taking […]
As we move closer to Jan. 20 and the end of the Bush administration, the push to salvage the legacy of the Bush administration becomes stronger and stronger. However, even from an objective standpoint, there is little that Bush has done in the last eight years that has made America safer, stronger or freer. As […]
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation recently released a video with Cato’s Daniel Mitchell explaining the failed logic behind Keynesian economics. It’s a great watch, since Keynesian theory is the driving force behind President-Elect Barack Obama’s latest stimulus plans:
For Immediate Release Friday, January 9, 2009 Calls Blagojevich Impeachment Premature and Irresponsible Former Congressman Bob Barr issued a statement today criticizing the Illinois House of Representatives for its resolution impeaching Governor Rod Blagojevich, calling such a move ‘premature’ and ‘irresponsible.’ ‘To impeach a duly-elected governor against who there has been no formal charges whatsoever […]
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