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2000 Libertarian Vote freedom

Question:

VOTE LIBERTY VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE VOTE LIBERTARIAN Who needs faith in Washington Anyway? George Bush wants to leave your freedoms in the hands of the States and local municipalities. He still wants your money. Al Gore wants your freedom in Washington, and he wants even more of your money. Both make promises upon promises, promises you and I both know that will never be fulfilled. The old saying goes "If you want something done correctly, better start doing your homework and do it yourself."  It is now time to stop breastfeeding from the government’s contaminated nipple and time to take responsibility for our own actions and become the great and free nation our Founding Founders originally intended. The Libertarian Party is the largest third party in the country, with over 1400 elected officials nationwide, and 205,029 registered voters with thousands more signing up by the day. As the only third party on the ballot in all 50 states and DC, with over $2.7 million raised by private individuals, we are also the only national party with an absolute ban on "soft money". Further, the Libertarian Party accepts contributions only from those able to vote. No corporations, foreign governments, foreign nationals, foreign military officials, multinational corporations are allowed to make any financial contribution to our campaigns or our party. No exceptions. Right now the Libertarian party is leading all other parties in several western states, so much so that the Republican Governor of Colorado Bill Owens publicly warned voters that the libertarian party "threatens our long-standing two party tradition." Imagine that, a governor scolding his fellow citizens for choosing to speak out on election day and vote for greater personal autonomy and libery, rather than continuing the trend of increasing governmental interference in their daily lives! It is however sadly predictable that either a Republican or Democrat would criticize voters’ choices which may in fact jeopardize their very job. While Democrats and Republicans continue to assail liberty of choice at the voting box, they carry on perhaps their most incidious fraud: Saving the Social Security Trust Fund. The so-called "lockbox" both Al Gore and George W. Bush continue to tout is, in fact, an item of fiction.  It simply does not exist. If such a lock box did exist, what would be found inside is a series of government sponsored IOU’s. You see, Social Security has been raided for decades by both Democrats and Republicans seeking funding for projects which often serve no national interest but instead award huge contracts to large campaign contributors in a specific district. However, during each and every election cycle we hear the same promises repeated again and again. When a politician offers to "save" Social Security or any other entitlement program, what you are hearing is a pathetic plea for another chance to save a system from which they themselves have bilked trillions of dollars to sponsor more often than not corrupt or failed governmental programs. Quite simply its a case of the fox guarding the henhouse. Now I don’t know about you, but I believe it is time for a change. The only person who should be able to determine how you, the average citizen, invests your money, be it for retirement, education, charity or any other endeavor, should be you! When the greedy hand of government gets involved in the personal finance choices of the private citizen, then the Government inherently has a heavy hand in deciding how that money is spent. Even a small investment in a common savings account would yield earnings far greater than Social Security ever could, considering the fifteen percent or more currently taken from the wages of the average American worker.  However, Social Security will forever be kept alive by Democrats and Republicans because it is a political program created for political purposes far removed from you, the American Citizen. After watching the debates, I can no longer allow myself to idly sit by while both Republicans and Democrats offer "solutions" to problems they themselves created. The  "fixes" they offer merely chip further away at our ever eroding freedoms. It is often said that those who vote for neither a Republican or Democrat are "wasting their vote". Do not allow yourself to fall into the "wasted vote" lie. Wasting your vote means voting for the same promises that are repeated every 4 years. Twenty-million votes were cast in 1992, twenty million angry voices convinced they had been abandoned by the political elite. John F. Kennedy was far behind Nixon in the election of 1960 because he was "too young", "too inexperienced", and thus "couldn’t win." An obscure mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and former professional wrestler named Jesse Ventura was cast aside as an outsider with no chance of winning by the previous Governor of Minnesota.   The only wasted vote is a vote with its roots in fear. The Republican and Democratic elite are the only ones with genuine reason to fear the future. Using demogogery, scare tactics and blatant lies, both parties will stop at nothing to prevent you, the American Citizen, from voting your conscience because they just might end up losing their job. Do not give in. Imagine if abolitionists just decided to quit their efforts because ending slavery would "ruin" the nation’s economy. Imagine if Martin Luther King and Malcom X, among many others, just decided to accept Jim Crowe laws because it "might make things worse". As a matter of fact, why not just play dead, because to your government you just might as well be dead. Those who never try are forever doomed to fail. You may not agree with my views, those of the Libertarian Party or Mr. Browne. Unlike the current polarized political establishment, The Libertarian Party welcomes and embraces ideological diversity as part of the great American tradition known as liberty. Choosing to think and act in life as you wish is synonymous with the same activism and inquest that Republicans and Democrats abhor and seek to destroy. Why? Because free thinkers among the entire political and ideological spectrum brave enough to speak out have long posed the greatest threat to monolithic ideologies throughout history. Great movements always start with a small step. http://www.harrybrowne2000.com Please feel free to forward this to your co-workers, friends and family. Even if you disagree with everything said herein, in "Marketplace of ideas," there is no such thing as a wasted message. Bush and Gore and many others have long sought to prevent such a marketplace from forming, however ideas have and will continue to flourish. VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE VOTE FREEDOM VOTE LIBERTARIAN

Response:

VOTE LIBERTY VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE VOTE LIBERTARIAN Who needs faith in Washington Anyway?

This message couldn’t be clearer! Let’s get this obscene montrosity we call government out of our lives! The debate last tuesday made ir obvious that it was not really a debate at all. Both candidates really want to control your life and my life. When govt creeps into our bedrooms, our medicine chests, and lord knows what else it has gone too far! I say NO to Washington, and I hate both dems and repubs! If you want to live your life in slavery to the state, that;s your business. But I want to be free.    I will vote LIbertarian! I hope you’ll join me!!!

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