October, 2007Archive for

Free Market Thinking on Commuter Gridlock

16 miles from work takes an hour and a half to commute? Here is another clip from Drew Carey on Reason.TV discussing how gridlock can be alleviated with libertarian minded solutions. Pittsburgh may not be so bad as L.A., but this shows how privatization is not the evil big government apologists want you to believe.

Ron Paul in City Paper

A local member of the LP forwarded this LTE to the City Paper regarding a recent article worth reading on Ron Paul:   Thank you for the great article on Ron Paul by Charlie Deitch.  He obviously put a lot of time into it and talked with a lot of people to produce a well-balanced piece.  I would like to point out a subtle distinction in Dr. Paul’s reasoning for his Congressional votes that is apparently lost on most people.  He is accused of being indifferent to human suffering becau...

We Can’t Argue With Ron Paul

Why would a Libertarian Party website post a video of a Republican presidential candidate? He may be a Republican by Party, but he's Libertarian by action. Libertarians believe the job of government is exclusively to protect the freedom, liberty, and property of the individual. It believes the right of individual consent is far higher than the whims of voters and politicians. In other words, you should have the right to say "no thanks" to other who want to confiscate what rightfully be...

Libertarians Say “No!” to Drink Tax Bailout of Inefficient Government Transportation

Private businesses and citizens are scrambling to protect their pocket books as local politicians seek ways of dodging the real problems of public transit (e.g. government supplied transportation) -- an inefficient and bloated socialist model -- by using a drink tax to dump the problem on the backs of local citizens who deserve better. Libertarians do not support dumping the cost of one persons' needs on the backs of others. It also does not support pitting citizen against citizen in fights ...

Tired of Republican and Democrat Hypocrisy?

David is right! If you happen to live in California, give that number on the video a call. Otherwise, help strengthen your local libertarian party in Pittsburgh and in Pennsylvania -- a region currently dominated by collusion between the big two Parties and their same old pork spending ideas -- by contacting us as soon as possible!

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