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National Platform of the Libertarian Party
Adopted in Convention, July 2, 2006, Portland Oregon
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. Freedom of Communication
3. Freedom of Religion
4. Property Rights
5. The Right to Privacy
6. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
7. Conscription
8. Reproductive Rights
9. Sexuality and Gender
II. Trade and the Economy
1. Government Debt
2. Corporate Welfare, Monopolies & Subsidies
3. Public Services
III. Domestic Ills
1. Crime and Victimless Crime
2. The War on Drugs
IV. Foreign Affairs
1. Immigration
Statement of Principles
We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent
state and defend the rights of the individual.
We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their
own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as
they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in
whatever manner they choose.
Governments throughout history have regularly operated on the opposite
principle, that the State has the right to dispose of the lives of individuals
and the fruits of their labor. Even within the United States, all political
parties other than our own grant to government the right to regulate the lives
of individuals and seize the fruits of their labor without their consent.
We, on the contrary, deny the right of any government to do these things, and
hold that where governments exist, they must not violate the rights of any
individual: namely, (1) the right to life -- accordingly we support the
prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others; (2) the right to
liberty of speech and action -- accordingly we oppose all attempts by government
to abridge the freedom of speech and press, as well as government censorship in
any form; and (3) the right to property -- accordingly we oppose all government
interference with private property, such as confiscation, nationalization, and
eminent domain, and support the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and
misrepresentation.
Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we
oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual
relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their
lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by
government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic
system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the
free market.
I. Individual Rights and Civil Order
No conflict exists between civil order and individual rights. Both concepts are
based on the same fundamental principle: that no individual, group, or
government may initiate force against any other individual, group, or
government.
I.1 Freedom and Responsibility
The Issue: Personal responsibility is discouraged by government denying
individuals the opportunity to exercise it. In fact, the denial of freedom
fosters irresponsibility.
The Principle: Individuals should be free to make choices for themselves and to
accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. We must
accept the right of others to choose for themselves if we are to have the same
right. Our support of an individual's right to make choices in life does not
mean that we necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. We believe
people must accept personal responsibility for the consequences of their
actions.
Solutions: Libertarian policies will promote a society where people are free to
make and learn from their own decisions.
Transitional Action: Repeal all laws that presume government knows better than
the individual how to run that person̢۪s life. Encourage private sector
dissemination of information to help consumers make informed decisions on
products and services. Enforce laws against fraud and misrepresentation.
I.2 Freedom of Communication
The Issue: We oppose any abridgment of the freedom of speech through government
censorship, regulation or control of communications media, including, but not
limited to, laws concerning:
a) Obscenity, including "pornography", as we hold this to be an abridgment of
liberty of expression despite claims that it instigates rape or assault, or
demeans and slanders women;
b) Reception and storage equipment, such as digital audio tape recorders and
radar warning devices, and the manufacture of video terminals by telephone
companies;
c) Electronic bulletin boards, communications networks, and other interactive
electronic media as we hold them to be the functional equivalent of speaking
halls and printing presses in the age of electronic communications, and as such
deserving of full freedom; d) Electronic newspapers, electronic "Yellow Pages",
file libraries, websites, and other new information media, as these deserve full
freedom; or
e) Commercial speech or advertising. We oppose speech codes at all schools that
are primarily tax funded. Language that is deemed offensive to certain groups is
not a cause for legal action.
We strongly oppose the government's burgeoning practice of invading newsrooms,
or the premises of other innocent third parties, in the name of law enforcement.
We further oppose court orders gagging news coverage of criminal proceedings --
the right to publish and broadcast must not be abridged merely for the
convenience of the judicial system. We deplore any efforts to impose thought
control on the media, either by the use of anti-trust laws, or by any other
government action in the name of stopping "bias."
The Principle: We defend the rights of individuals to unrestricted freedom of
speech, freedom of the press and the right of individuals to dissent from
government itself. We recognize that full freedom of expression is possible only
as part of a system of full property rights. The freedom to use one's own voice;
the freedom to hire a hall; the freedom to own a printing press, a broadcasting
station, or a transmission cable; the freedom to host and publish information on
the Internet; the freedom to wave or burn one's own flag; and similar
property-based freedoms are precisely what constitute freedom of communication.
At the same time, we recognize that freedom of communication does not extend to
the use of other people's property to promote one's ideas without the voluntary
consent of the owners.
Solutions: We would provide for free market ownership of airwave frequencies,
deserving of full First Amendment protection. We oppose government ownership or
subsidy of, or funding for, any communications organization. Removal of all of
these regulations and practices throughout the communications media would open
the way to diversity and innovation. We shall not be satisfied until the First
Amendment is expanded to protect full, unconditional freedom of communication.
Transitional Action: We advocate the abolition of the Federal Communications
Commission.
I.3 Freedom of Religion
Issue: Government routinely invades personal privacy rights based solely on
individuals̢۪ religious beliefs. Arbitrary tax structures are designed to give
aid to certain religions, and deny it to others.
Principle: We defend the rights of individuals to engage in (or abstain from)
any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others.
Solution: In order to defend freedom, we advocate a strict separation of church
and State. We oppose government actions that either aid or attack any religion.
We oppose taxation of church property for the same reason that we oppose all
taxation. We condemn the attempts by parents or any others -- via kidnappings or
conservatorships -- to force children to conform to any religious views.
Government harassment or obstruction of religious groups for their beliefs or
non-violent activities must end.
Transitional Action: We call for an end to the harassment of churches by the
Internal Revenue Service through threats to deny tax-exempt status to churches
that refuse to disclose massive amounts of information about themselves.
I.4 Property Rights
The Issue: The right to property and its physical resources, which is the
fundamental cornerstone of a free and prosperous society, has been severely
compromised by government at all levels. Public Policy instruments including
eminent domain, zoning laws, building codes, rent control, regional planning,
property taxes, resource management and public health legislation remove
property rights from owners and transfer them to the State, while raising costs
of property ownership. Public ownership of real property, beyond that which is
explicitly authorized in the Constitution, and claims against resources both
owned and unowned (such as the oceans or waterways) is illegitimate and creates
scarcity and conflict where none would otherwise exist.
The Principle: Only individuals and private entities have the full right to
control, use, dispose of, or in any manner enjoy their property without
interference, until and unless the exercise of their control infringes on the
valid rights of others. Resource management and planning are the responsibility
and right of the legitimate owners of land, water and other natural resources.
Individuals have the right to homestead unowned resources, both within the
jurisdictions of governments and within such unclaimed territory as the ocean,
Antarctica and extraterrestrial bodies.
Solutions: All public lands and resources, as well as claims thereto, except as
explicitly allowed by the Constitution, shall be returned to private ownership,
with the proceeds of sale going to retire public liabilities. Resource rights
shall be defined as property rights, including riparian rights. All publicly
owned infrastructures including dams and parks shall be returned to private
ownership and all taxing authority for such public improvements shall sunset.
Property related services shall be supplied by private markets and paid for by
user fees, and regulation of property shall be limited to that which secures the
rights of individuals. There will be no legal barriers to peaceful, private,
voluntary attempts to explore, industrialize and colonize any extra-terrestrial
resources. The federal government shall be held as liable as any individual for
pollution or other transgression against property or resources.
Transitional Action: Rescind all taxation of real property. Property, resources
and rights taken from their legitimate owners by government or by government
supported private action, shall be restored to the rightful owners. Reverse the
Supreme Court decision regarding eminent domain - Kelo v City of New London.
Repeal all legislation that transfers property rights to the state, including
those enacted in the name of aesthetic values, risk, moral standards,
cost-benefit estimates, the promotion or restriction of economic growth, health
or national security claims. Sunset all federal agencies that own, regulate or
administer property, as well as agencies at the local level which exercise
control over private property and resources. Rescind and oppose all
international treaties that exercise government control over unowned resources.
I.5 The Right to Privacy
The Issue: Privacy protections have been eroded gradually over many years. The
Social Security Number has become a universal ID number, causing rampant and
massive identity theft. Government routinely keeps records on the bank accounts,
travel plans, and spending habits of law-abiding civilians, for no other reason
than they “might� commit a crime in the future.
The Principle: The individual's right to privacy, property, and right to speak
or not to speak should not be infringed by the government. The government should
not use electronic or other means of covert surveillance of an individual's
actions or private property without the consent of the owner or occupant.
Correspondence, bank and other financial transactions and records, doctors' and
lawyers' communications, employment records, and the like should not be open to
review by government without the consent of all parties involved in those
actions.
Private contractual arrangements, including labor contracts, must be founded on
mutual consent and agreement in a society that upholds freedom of association.
On the other hand, we oppose any use of such screening by government or
regulations requiring government contractors to impose any such screening.
Solutions: We support the protections provided by the Fourth Amendment and
oppose any government use of search warrants to examine or seize materials
belonging to innocent third parties. We oppose all restrictions and regulations
on the private development, sale, and use of encryption technology. We
specifically oppose any requirement for disclosure of encryption methods or
keys, including the government's proposals for so-called "key escrow" which is
truly government access to keys, and any requirement for use of
government-specified devices or protocols. We also oppose government
classification of civilian research on encryption methods. If a private employer
screens prospective or current employees via questionnaires, polygraph tests,
urine tests for drugs, blood tests for AIDS, or other means, this is a condition
of that employer's labor contracts. Such screening does not violate the rights
of employees, who have the right to boycott such employers if they choose. We
oppose the issuance by the government of an identity card, to be required for
any purpose, such as employment, voting, or border crossing. We further oppose
the nearly universal requirement for use of the Social Security Number as a
personal identification code, whether by government agencies or by intimidation
of private companies by governments.
Transitional Action: We also oppose police roadblocks aimed at randomly, and
without probable cause, testing drivers for intoxication and police practices to
stop mass transit vehicles and search passengers without probable cause. So long
as the National Census and all federal, state, and other government agencies'
compilations of data on an individual continue to exist, they should be
conducted only with the consent of the persons from whom the data is sought. We
oppose government regulations that require employers to provide health insurance
coverage for employees, which often encourage unnecessary intrusions by
employers into the privacy of their employees.
I.6 The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Issue: Governments at all levels often violate their citizens̢۪ right of self
defense with laws that restrict, limit or outright prohibit the ownership and
use of firearms. These “gun control� laws are often justified by the mistaken
premise that they will lead to a reduction in the level of violence in our
society.
The Principle: The Bill of Rights recognizes that an armed citizenry is
essential to a free society. We affirm the right to keep and bear arms.
Solutions: We oppose all laws at any level of government restricting, regulating
or requiring the ownership, manufacture, transfer or sale of firearms or
ammunition. We oppose all laws requiring registration of firearms or ammunition.
We support repeal of all gun control laws. We demand the immediate abolition of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Transition: We oppose any government efforts to ban or restrict the use of tear
gas, "mace" or other self-protection devices. We further oppose all attempts to
ban weapons or ammunition on the grounds that they are risky or unsafe. We favor
the repeal of laws banning the concealment of weapons or prohibiting pocket
weapons. We also oppose the banning of inexpensive handguns ("Saturday night
specials") and semi-automatic or so-called assault weapons and their magazines
or feeding devices.
I.7 Conscription
The Issue: Any form of coerced national service program is a type of involuntary
servitude. Examples include conscription into the military and compulsory youth
labor programs.
The Principle: Coerced national service programs presume the government can
claim ownership of the lives of individuals. Such programs are a form of
involuntary servitude and are a clear violation of the US Constitution 13th
Amendment.
Solutions: All forms of national service will be staffed by willing participants
without the need for conscription or other means of mandating such service. When
people perceive a just cause, history has shown that they willingly volunteer to
serve.
Transitional Action: All schemes for automatic registration through government
invasions of the privacy of school, motor vehicle or other records should be
immediately eliminated. The still-functioning elements of the Selective Service
System should be abolished and all associated records should be destroyed. The
President should immediately pardon, providing unconditional exoneration, for
all who have been accused or convicted of draft evasion, desertion from the
military in cases of conscription or fraud and other acts of civil resistance.
I.8 Reproductive Rights
The Issue: The tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies are
aggravated and sometimes created by government policies of censorship,
restriction, regulation and prohibition.
Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold
good-faith views on both sides, we believe that government should be kept out of
the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious
consideration.
The Principle: Individual rights should not be denied nor abridged on the basis
of sex, age, dependency, or location. Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for
other people's abortions, nor should any government or individual force a woman
to have an abortion. It is the right and obligation of the pregnant woman
regardless of age, not the state, to decide the desirability or appropriateness
of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, voluntary surrogacy
arrangements and/or home births.
Solutions: We oppose government actions that either compel or prohibit abortion,
sterilization or any other form of birth control. Specifically we condemn the
practice of forced sterilization of welfare recipients, or of mentally retarded
or "genetically defective" individual. We support the voluntary exchange of
goods, services or information regarding human sexuality, reproduction, birth
control or related medical or biological technologies. We oppose government laws
and policies that restrict the opportunity to choose alternatives to abortion.
Transitional Action: We support an end to all subsidies for childbearing or
child prevention built into our present laws.
I.9 Sexuality and Gender
The Issue: Politicians use popular fears and taboos to legally impose a
particular code of moral and social values. Government regularly denies rights
and privileges on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Principle: Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual
practices and personal relationships. Government does not have legitimate
authority to define or license personal relationships. Sexuality or gender
should have no impact on the rights of individuals.
Solutions: Culture wars, social friction and prejudice will fade when marriage
and other personal relationships are treated as private contracts, solely
defined by the individuals involved, and government discrimination is not
allowed.
Transitional Action: Repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act and state laws
and amendments defining marriage. Oppose any new laws or Constitutional
amendments defining terms for personal, private relationships. Repeal any state
or federal law assigning special benefits to people based on marital status,
family structure, sexual orientation or gender identification. Repeal any state
or federal laws denying same-sex partners rights enjoyed by others, such as
adoption of children and spousal immigration. End the Defense Department
practice of discharging armed forces personnel for sexual orientation. Upgrade
all less-than-honorable discharges previously assigned solely for such reasons
to honorable status, and delete related information from military personnel
files. Repeal all laws discriminating by gender, such as protective labor laws
and marriage, divorce, and custody laws which deny the full rights of each
individual.
II. Trade and the Economy
We believe that each person has the right to offer goods and services to others
on the free market. Therefore we oppose all intervention by government into the
area of economics. The only proper role of existing governments in the economic
realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal
framework in which voluntary trade is protected.
Efforts to forcibly redistribute wealth or forcibly manage trade are
intolerable. Government manipulation of the economy creates an entrenched
privileged class -- those with access to tax money -- and an exploited class --
those who are net taxpayers.
We believe that all individuals have the right to dispose of the fruits of their
labor as they see fit and that government has no right to take such wealth. We
oppose government-enforced charity such as welfare programs and subsidies, but
we heartily applaud those individuals and private charitable organizations that
help the needy and contribute to a wide array of worthwhile causes through
voluntary activities.
II.1 Government Debt
The Issue: The national debt imposes debt upon Americans without their consent,
and loads our economy with a fiscal anchor that will burden many future
generations. Our escalating national debt is nothing less than theft from our
grandchildren.
The Principle: The government should operate on a "pay as you go" basis, and not
incur debt.
Solutions: A debt-free government frees up economic resources, allowing for
lower taxes, economic growth and lower interest rates.
Transitional Action: Eliminate the national debt using an incremental approach,
being careful to avoid social disruption. We support the passage of a “Balanced
Budget Amendment� to the US Constitution that restricts Congress from spending
any more than it collected in revenue the previous year.
Eliminate earmarks, pork-barrel spending, and other forms of political
corruption.
Congress should sell assets and reduce spending on non-essential functions to
pay off the national debt as quickly as possible.
II.2 Corporate Welfare, Monopolies & Subsidies
The Issue: Subsidies, government-granted monopolies, and other forms of
corporate welfare today exist as privileges granted by government to those with
political access. These destroy the level playing field that free markets depend
on, create a corrupt relationship between government authority and special
interests, and are unconstitutional. Furthermore, the loans by
government-sponsored entities, even when not guaranteed by the government,
constitute another form of subsidy.
The Principle: Individuals must be free to be aggressive competitors and form
corporations, cooperatives and other types of companies based on voluntary
association in the market place, and must enjoy no state-sponsored advantage.
Those who best supply a good or service in the market will enjoy natural
dominance only as long as they continue to benefit consumers. Subsidies and
government-granted monopolies protect the non-competitive from market forces.
Solutions: Replacement of all government-granted monopolies and subsidies with
deregulated free markets and informed consumers will benefit both consumers and
producers, eliminate political favoritism, and maintain a strict separation of
markets and state authority. Genuine crimes committed to create a monopoly, such
as blackmail, bribery, fraud, libel or slander are prosecuted as any other
crime.
Transitional Action: Eliminate all federal grants of monopoly or subsidy to any
private companies, such as utilities, airlines, energy companies, agriculture,
science, medicine, broadcasting, the arts and sports teams. Repeal all
anti-trust laws. All federal agencies whose primary function is to make or
guarantee corporate loans must be abolished or privatized.
II.3 Public Services
The Issue: Federal, state and local governments have created inefficient service
monopolies throughout the economy. From the US Postal Service to municipal
garbage collection and water works, government is forcing citizens to use
monopoly services. These are services that the private sector is already capable
of providing in a manner that gives the public better service at a competitive
price.
The Principle: A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most
efficient manner.
Consumers of services should not have their choices arbitrarily limited by law.
Solutions: Libertarian policies will seek to divest government of all functions
that can be provided by non-governmental organizations or private individuals.
Transitional Actions: All rate regulation in utilities should transition to free
market pricing.
End the Postal Service's monopoly and allow for the free competition in all
aspects of mail delivery.
State and local monopoly services should be opened to free-market competition.
Local and state governments can auction assets such as utility systems and
landfills to private industry, thereby immediately reducing the tax burden on
their citizens.
III. Domestic Ills
Current problems in such areas as energy, pollution, health care delivery,
decaying cities, and poverty are not solved, but are primarily caused, by
government. The welfare state, supposedly designed to aid the poor, is in
reality a growing and parasitic burden on all productive people, and injures,
rather than benefits, the poor themselves.
III.1 Crime and Victimless Crime
The Issue: Violent crime and fraud threaten the lives, happiness and belongings
of Americans. Government's ability to protect the rights and property of
individuals from crimes of violence and fraud is compromised because resources
are focused on vice rather than on real crimes. Laws that codify "victimless
crimes" turn those who simply conduct voluntary transactions and exercise free
choice into criminals. This results in the United States having one of the
highest percentages of the population in prison of any country in the world; yet
real crime remains prevalent in many parts of the country.
Principle: Government exists to protect the rights of every individual including
life, liberty and property. Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the
rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others
involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Individuals retain the right to
voluntarily assume risk of harm to themselves in the exercise of free choice.
Solution: The appropriate way for the federal government to address crime is
through consistent and impartial enforcement of laws that protect individual
rights. The law enforcement resources of the federal government can be used most
efficiently if limited to appropriate federal concerns. Limiting law enforcement
to true crime will restore respect for the law and those who enforce it.
Transitional Action: Immediately reform the justice system's mandatory
sentencing policies to ensure that violent offenders are not released from jail
to make room for non-violent offenders. Repeal criminal laws which work against
the protection of the rights and freedom of American citizens, residents or
visitors, particularly laws which create a crime where no victim exists.
III.2 The War on Drugs
The Issue: The suffering that drug misuse has brought about is deplorable;
however, drug prohibition causes more harm than drugs themselves. The so-called
"War on Drugs" is in reality a war against the American people, our Constitution
and the Bill of Rights. It is a grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic
order and to peace in the world.
The Principle: Individuals should have the right to use drugs, whether for
medical or recreational purposes, without fear of legal reprisals, but must be
held legally responsible for the consequences of their actions only if they
violate others̢۪ rights.
Solutions: Social involvement by individuals is essential to address the problem
of substance misuse and abuse. Popular education and assistance groups are a
better approach than prohibition, and we support the activities of private
organizations as the best way to move forward on the issue.
Transitional Action: Repeal all laws establishing criminal or civil penalties
for the use of drugs. Repeal laws that infringe upon individual rights to be
secure in our persons, homes, and property as protected by the Fourth Amendment.
Stop the use of "anti-crime" measures such as profiling or civil asset
forfeiture that reduce the standard of proof historically borne by government in
prosecutions. Stop prosecuting accused non-violent drug offenders, and pardon
those previously convicted.
IV. Foreign Affairs
American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world and the
defense -- against attack from abroad -- of the lives, liberty, and property of
the American people on American soil. Provision of such defense must respect the
individual rights of people everywhere.
The principle of non-intervention should guide relationships between
governments. The United States government should return to the historic
libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, abstaining totally from
foreign quarrels and imperialist adventures, and recognizing the right to
unrestricted trade, travel, and immigration.
IV.1 Immigration
The Issue: Our borders are currently neither open, closed, nor secure. This
situation restricts the labor pool, encouraging employers to hire undocumented
workers, while leaving those workers neither subject to nor protected by the
law. A completely open border allows foreign criminals, carriers of communicable
diseases, terrorists and other potential threats to enter the country unchecked.
Pandering politicians guarantee access to public services for undocumented
aliens, to the detriment of those who would enter to work productively, and
increasing the burden on taxpayers.
The Principle: The legitimate function and obligation of government to protect
the lives, rights and property of its citizens, requires awareness of and
control over the entry into our country of foreign nationals who pose a threat
to security, health or property. Political freedom and escape from tyranny
demands that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the
crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted
movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders.
Solutions: Borders will be secure, with free entry to those who have
demonstrated compliance with certain requirements. The terms and conditions of
entry into the United States must be simple and clearly spelled out. Documenting
the entry of individuals must be restricted to screening for criminal background
and threats to public health and national security. It is the obligation of the
prospective immigrant to demonstrate compliance with these requirements. Once
effective immigration policies are in place, general amnesties will no longer be
necessary.
Transitional Action: Ensure immigration requirements include only appropriate
documentation, screening for criminal background and threats to public health
and national security. Simplifying the immigration process and redeployment of
surveillance technology to focus on the borders will encourage the use of
regular and monitored entry points, thus preventing trespass and saving lives.
End federal requirements that benefits and services be provided to those in the
country illegally. Repeal all measures that punish employers for hiring
undocumented workers. Repeal all immigration quotas.