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How do I get on that mailing list, Larry?
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> Posted in its entirety. Note that I personally do not think it's • appropriate
> to forward this to everyone in your address book as the message advocates,
> I'm a bit disappointed by that. I only forwarded it to those people that I
> felt were likely to be interested and not already certain to vote for • Harry.
>
> Harry makes excellent points about "wasted" votes which bear on what we • here
> are discussing.
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> Subject:
> Message from Harry Browne
> Date:
> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:32:52 -0500 (EST)
> From:
> Libertarian Party Announcements <owner-announce@lp.org>
> To:
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> To all LP Announcement list subscribers:
>
> Please send this message to everyone in your email
> Address Book. Since you know the recipients, it
> isn't Spam; it's a heartfelt plea that they vote
> in their own self-interest this year.
>
> Include those who don't intend to vote
> Libertarian, those who are on the fence, and those
> who do intend to vote Libertarian. Encourage
> everyone to resend this message to others. This
> article will help push the undecideds in our
> direction -- and will keep those who intend to
> vote for us from wavering at the last moment.
>
> And please, be sure to vote on Tuesday for all
> our Libertarian candidates. Thank you again for
> all your support - it is greatly appreciated.
>
> Steve Dasbach
> National Director
> Libertarian Party
>
> ======
>
> Do You Want Smaller Government?
>
> by Harry Browne
> Libertarian Candidate for President
> www.HarryBrowne.org
> www.LP.org
>
> The most important political question you can ask
> yourself is simply this:
>
> Do you want smaller government?
>
> Do you want an end to the welfare state, to
> government destroying our health-care system, to
> government at all levels taking 47% of the
> national income in taxes, to government intrusions
> into your life and your business?
>
> Do you want smaller government?
>
> If you do, the first step toward getting it is
> obvious:
>
> You must stop supporting those who are making
> government bigger.
>
> You can't go east by moving west. It's a physical
> impossibility.
>
> You can't make government smaller by rewarding
> those who make government bigger. It's a political
> impossibility.
>
> Only when you begin asking for what you really
> want do you have any chance of getting it.
>
> Al Gore wants to make government bigger. He's
> proposed a long list of new government programs.
>
> George W. Bush wants to make government bigger.
> He's proposed an equally long list of new
> government programs to show that he's as
> compassionate as Mr. Gore -- as though government
> taking your money is an act of compassion.
>
> Pat Buchanan says he wants a return to
> constitutional government. But he's made no
> specific proposals to reduce government, while
> proposing to have government fix what he thinks is
> wrong with America. For one thing, he wants to
> tell you what kind of car you can drive.
>
> And Ralph Nader wants to tell you whether you can
> drive a car at all. But that's the least of his
> many plans to make government much bigger.
>
> I am the only presidential candidate offering
> specific proposals to make government smaller --
> _much_ smaller:
>
> * I want to get the federal government
> _completely_ out of every area where it's made
> such a mess -- health care, education, law
> enforcement, welfare, foreign aid, corporate
> welfare, highway boondoggles, farm subsidies. Not
> only are these programs unconstitutional, they do
> tremendous damage to our lives.
>
> * I want to make the federal government so small
> you won't pay _any_ income tax. (The tariffs and
> excise taxes already being collected are enough to
> finance the constitutional functions of
> government.)
>
> * I want to free you immediately and completely
> from the Social Security system. I want to sell
> off government assets to finance private
> retirement accounts for anyone now dependent on
> Social Security -- so you and I and every other
> American can immediately stop paying the 15%
> Social Security tax.
>
> * I want to end the nightmare of Prohibition by
> stopping the insane War on Drugs. At least 90% of
> the invasions of your civil liberties over the
> last 30 years have been justified by the Drug War.
> You may have no interest in drugs, but the
> government still snoops in your bank account,
> monitors your email, and claims the power to
> search and seize your property without due
> process.
>
> * I want to restore completely your unconditional
> right to keep and bear any weapon necessary to
> defend yourself and your family. We can't end gun
> violence with new laws or by enforcing the laws on
> the books now. The gun laws are the principal
> _cause_ of gun violence, so we must repeal those
> laws.
>
> * I _don't_ want to appoint Supreme Court judges
> who are "strict constructionists" or who divine
> "original intent." I want to appoint judges who
> can read the plain language of the Constitution --
> who understand that when the Constitution says
> "Congress shall make no law" it means _Congress
> shall make no law_. I want judges who will strike
> down government programs that are not authorized
> by the Constitution.
>
> In short, I don't want to slow the growth of
> government. I don't even want to stop the growth
> of government. I want to _reduce_ government
> dramatically -- to the limits imposed by the
> Constitution.
>
> I want you to be free to live your life as _you_
> want to live it -- not as Al Gore or George Bush
> thinks you should.
>
> You're the one who gets up every morning and goes
> to work for 8, 10, or 12 hours a day. How dare
> politicians like George Bush or Al Gore presume to
> decide how much of what you earn you should be
> allowed to keep?
>
> I want you to be able to keep _every_ dollar you
> earn -- to spend it, save it, give it away as
> _you_ think best -- not just the crumbs the
> politicians leave for you.
>
> I want you to be able to use your own money to put
> your children in a school of your choice --
> private, religious, or home school -- without
> having to beg the state for a voucher or plead
> with the Board of Education for improvement.
>
> I want you to be able to use your own money to
> start your own business. Or to support your church
> or favorite charity in a way you've never been
> able to do before.
>
> I want you to be free. I want to get government
> out of your life.
>
> Isn't that what _you_ want?
>
> If so, why would you vote for someone who's moving
> in the opposite direction -- someone who's made it
> clear he intends to make government bigger, not
> smaller?
>
> I'm the only candidate who's running solely for
> the purpose of making government smaller. I'm the
> only candidate who doesn't presume to know what
> charities your money should go to, or how much of
> your income belongs to the politicians.
>
> Can I win?
>
> Probably not. But if you vote for anyone else, you
> won't win either. Your candidate might win, but
> _you_ won't get what you want. Government will
> continue to get bigger, more expensive, more
> intrusive, and more oppressive -- and you will
> have given your approval to this.
>
> No matter what your reason for voting for Mr. Bush
> or Mr. Gore -- to keep Al Gore out of the White
> House or to ward off the Religious Right -- your
> vote will be interpreted as an endorsement of
> every big-government proposal your candidate has
> made.
>
> Even though we Libertarians may not win this year,
> every vote I get will be an endorsement, a
> statement, a declaration on behalf of smaller
> government. No one can misinterpret a vote for me
> as a vote for more government.
>
> And if I get even one million votes, it could
> change politics in America forever. It could cause
> the press to pay more attention to
> smaller-government proposals, it could encourage
> other voters to abandon the big-government
> parties, and it could attract millions of
> non-voters who have given up on any hope of
> getting smaller government.
>
> Please don't let the old parties destroy your
> future by scaring you into voting _against_
> someone this year.
>
> Raise your sights. Vote in a way that could lead
> to a free America with a constitutional government
> before the end of this decade.
>
> For once, vote for yourself instead of a
> politician. Vote for freedom.
>
> Vote Libertarian.
>
> ======
>
> Harry Browne is the Libertarian candidate for
> President. More of his articles are available at
> www.HarryBrowne.org.
>
> Please visit http://www.LP.org?OD to learn more
> about the Libertarian Party and the Harry Browne
> for President campaign.
>
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