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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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To: miraje who wrote ()6/28/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: Turboe  Read Replies (2) of 13056
 
And from: lp.org

1996 National Platform of the Libertarian Party
Adopted in Convention
July 1996
Washington, D.C.

Preamble
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.

Consequently, we defend each person's right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.

In the following pages we have set forth our basic principles and enumerated various policy stands derived from those principles.

These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands.

Table of Contents
Statement of Principles
I. Individual Rights and Civil Order
1. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
2. CRIME
3. VICTIMLESS CRIMES
4. THE WAR ON DRUGS
5. SAFEGUARDS FOR THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
6. JUSTICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
7. JURIES
8. INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY
9. GOVERNMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
10. FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION
11. FREEDOM OF RELIGION
12. THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY
13. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY
14. GOVERNMENT SECRECY
15. INTERNAL SECURITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
16. THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
17. CONSCRIPTION AND THE MILITARY
18. IMMIGRATION
19. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION
20. WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ABORTION
21. FAMILY LIFE
22. SEXUAL RIGHTS
23. AMERICAN INDIAN RIGHTS
II. Trade and the Economy
1. THE ECONOMY
2. TAXATION
3. INFLATION AND DEPRESSION
4. FINANCE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5. GOVERNMENT DEBT
6. MONOPOLIES
7. SUBSIDIES
8. TRADE BARRIERS
9. PUBLIC UTILITIES
10. UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
III. Domestic Ills
1. ENERGY
2. POLLUTION
3. CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. EDUCATION
5. POPULATION
6. TRANSPORTATION
7. POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT
8. HEALTH CARE
9. RESOURCE USE
10. AGRICULTURE
11. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEATH ACT (OSHA)
12. SOCIAL SECURITY
13. POSTAL SERVICE
14. CIVIL SERVICE
15. ELECTION LAWS
IV. Foreign Affairs
A. Diplomatic Policy
1. NEGOTIATIONS
2. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
3. HUMAN RIGHTS
4. WORLD GOVERNMENT
5. SECESSION
B. Military
1. MILITARY POLICY
2. PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS
C. Economic Policy
1. FOREIGN AID
2. INTERNATIONAL MONEY
3. UNOWNED RESOURCES
D. International Relations
1. COLONIALISM
2. FOREIGN INTERVENTION
3. SPACE EXPLORATION
V. Omissions

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