The Libertarian Pledge To America

I am trying to catch up on my Lew Rockwell daily pages and I missed this article by Laurence Vance prior to the 2010 election. This pledge is good for 2012 also! Click on the link for the full article.

Here is the Libertarian Pledge to America:

• I promise to end the war on drugs.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Energy.
• I promise to abolish all anti-trust laws.
• I promise to abolish the Federal Housing Administration.
• I promise to abolish the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
• I promise to abolish the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddy Mac).
• I promise to abolish the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).
• I promise to repeal the Fair Housing Act.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• I promise to abolish the Federal Trade Commission.
  
• I promise to abolish the EPA.
• I promise to abolish the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Education.
• I promise to end federal funding and control of education.
• I promise to cease funding Head Start.
• I promise to cease funding the National School Lunch Program.
• I promise to repeal the federal minimum wage.
• I promise to repeal the National Labor Relations Act.
• I promise to repeal the PATRIOT ACT.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Homeland Security.
  
• I promise to abolish the TSA and return airport security to airports and airlines.
• I promise to repeal all federal gun regulations.
• I promise to abolish NASA.
• I promise to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts.
• I promise to abolish the National Endowment for the Humanities.
• I promise to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• I promise to cease all drone attacks and covert activities.
• I promise to bring all U.S. troops home from foreign soil.
• I promise to close all foreign military bases.
• I promise to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries.
  
• I promise to limit the Department of Defense to actual defense.
• I promise to end all federal bailouts.
• I promise to stop funding the UN, World Bank, and IMF.
• I promise to end all foreign aid.
• I promise to end all farm subsidies.
• I promise to repeal all trade restrictions, import quotas, anti-dumping laws, and trade agreements.
• I promise to abolish the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
• I promise to repeal the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• I promise to repeal all Affirmative Action, minority set-asides, and public accommodations laws.
• I promise to repeal the Family and Medical Leave Act.
  
• I promise to cease funding Planned Parenthood.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Health and Human Services.
• I promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• I promise to end Medicare and Medicaid.
• I promise to end all federal funding and control of medicine and medical research.
• I promise to abolish the FDA.
• I promise to abolish NPR.
• I promise to abolish the Department of Labor.
• I promise to cease funding any scientific research on climate change.
• I promise to end the FED.

It May Not Be Franchising But It Sure Ain't The Free Market!

As if the Wichita City Council was not busy enough with giving out special deals and tax incentives to their buddies in the name of "downtown revitalization", now they want to tell us who we can hire to haul off our trash. I cannot wait until they tell me what grocery store or convenience store I can shop at. I had no idea that trash trucks were so destructive to city streets, silly me, I thought it was the hundreds if not thousands of cars traveling on them everyday! I will be contacting my council woman and voicing my displeasure at this obvious encroachment on my rights as a free citizen.

Wichita Seeing A Surge In Counterfeit Bills

I know where the Wichita Police Department can find real counterfeiters! It would be in Washington DC and the man they are looking for is grayish bearded and balding. He goes by the alias of Ben.......

Dr. Vance's 40 Miracle Cures for the Disease of Obama Care

Read the above linked article by Dr. Laurance Vance and then read this list. I have added a few things that Dr. Vance did not mention. Forget Obama Care! If you want real health care reform you have to allow a free market in health care!

It is surreal to think that in a supposedly free country we are talking only about HOW government should fix health care rather than WHY government should fix health care and the fact that government BROKE the free market health care system we once had in the first place!
If the Republicans and Democrats in Congress were really serious about health care reform then they should all be for a free market in health insurance and freedom in medical care by supporting things like:

1.  Medical savings accounts and health savings accounts.
2.  Allowing the use of pre-tax dollars to purchase medical insurance.
3.  A 100% tax credit for medical insurance and expenses.
4.  Medical insurance sales across state lines.
5.  Complete de-regulation of the health insurance industry.
6.  Unrestricted freedom of contract between insurers and insurees.
7.  Unrestricted freedom of contract between doctor and patient.
8.  The freedom of insurers to discriminate based on the perceived risk or any individual or group.
9.  Insurers absolute right of refusal for any pre-existing condition.
10. The repeal of any federal laws related to drugs, health insurance or medical care.
11. Opposing medical licensing laws.
12. Opposing mandatory health insurance.
13. Closing down the Food and Drug Administration.
14. Closing down the Department of Health and Human Services.
15. Closing down the National Institute of Health.
16.  Ending Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP.
17.  Ending the War on Drugs.
18.  Oppose restrictions on the sale of medical devices.
19.  Oppose federal laboratories.
20.  Oppose federal funding of community health centers.
21.  Oppose federal funding for family planning clinics.
22.  Oppose community rating laws.
23.  Oppose mandated insurance coverages.
24.  Oppose medical record requirements.
25.  Oppose federal databases of American's medical records.
26.  Opposing import quotas on sugar and corn subsidies that together encourage the use of high fructose corn syrup.
27.  Opposing special privileges for the American Medical Association and Big Pharma.
28.  Opposing the Emergency Medical Treatment and active Labor Act which forces hospitals to treat anyone regardless of ability to pay.
29.  Opposing restrictions on a free market in human organs.
30.  Opposing federal nutrition guidelines.
31.  Opposing federal vaccination programs.
32.  Opposing federal HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives including AIDS funding for Africa.
33.  Opposing government mandates,controls, or regulations of any kind on physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives, psychiatrists, psychologists, hospitals, pharmacists, insurance companies, nursing homes, drug companies, or practitioners of holistic, chiropractic, homeopathic, nutritional or other forms of alternative medicine.
34.  Supporting the re-establishment of charity hospitals, lodge systems, mutual aid societies and sickness funds.
35.  Opposing Certificate of Need Regulations that limit the number of hospitals that can be built.
36.  Eliminate federal restrictions on the import of drugs.
37.  Oppose mandatory malpractice insurance laws.
38.  Reform the Tort System to eliminate frivilous lawsuits (loser pays).
39.  Abolish the patent system.
40.  Close down the Veterans Administration and veterans hospitals. Veterans would seek health care in the private free market sector paid for by the taxpayers because it was "promised" to them.

Roger Clemens is not a Criminal!

A grand jury has indicted former Red sox pitcher Roger Clemens for the non-crime of "lying to Congress". Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! We "the people" should indict the U.S. Congress for lying to us ALL OF THE TIME! They lied us into war in Iraq and they lied us into bankruptcy in 2008 just to name a few on a very long list. Roger Clemens took steroids. Big deal! It should not be a crime to put dangerous substances into your body as long as you do not harm anyone else after you have taken them. Who owns you? The Federal Government, or do you own yourself? Let MLB punish Roger by keeping him from obtaining employment from a franchise or as a broadcaster, denying him entrance into the Hall of Fame, or outright banning him ala Pete Rose. That punishment hits him where it really hurts, the wallet/bank account, and it disgraces him among his peers. Keep the Federal Government and the judicial system out of it! With the exception of the honorable Dr. Ron Paul and a scant few others, The U.S. Congress is full of hypocrites. Throw the bums out, without a doubt vote Libertarian in November!

What Did You Do For Liberty Today?

We all want a free, peaceful and prosperous country. How do we achieve that? Hoping for it? Check this list from the Foundation for Economic Education.......

Daily Liberty Checklist

 What Did You Do For Liberty Today?

(put a check mark next to any that apply):

____ I raised it in a conversation and hopefully turned on a light in at least one person’s mind.

____ I defended it when it was challenged by error.

____ I improved my own knowledge of the literature of liberty so as to become a better advocate.

____ I wrote a letter-to-the-editor in liberty’s defense.

____ I recommended a good article, book or film that advances values consistent with a free and civil society.

____ I sent a personal check to an organization I know to be working for the advancement of liberty ideas.

____ I resisted temptation to subvert liberty by accepting something from government that didn’t belong to me.

____ I took action to clean up my own act so that I can be a solid exemplar of the virtues necessary for a free society to flourish.

____ I checked out at least one textbook my son or daughter was assigned in school, explained to my offspring any fallacies I found, and complained to the school about any that were especially egregious.

____ I told at least one of my representatives that if he or she ever voted for more government again, I would pull out all the stops to see him or her defeated in the next election.

____ I told my college or university alma mater that if they didn’t start hiring faculty who know how to present and defend the case for free enterprise, they’ll never, ever get another dime from me.

____ I did nothing at all for liberty today, except enjoy the fruits of it while leaving the battle for its restoration and preservation to others. I was essentially a liberty freeloader today.

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New York.