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To: Hyrulean King who wrote (13)	6/28/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: Turboe	Respond to of 13056

Hiya Chief! If you go that page you can see what the Party has adopted for a platform. All the Table of Contents from below are linked there... 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