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Who Owns You?

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The question of who owns your body — the government, voters, or you — is asked in a different way in this Reason TV Video. Libertarians believe you own you, and by inference you own the byproducts of you — that your property really is a representation of you in the past, with all [...]

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Tags: Freedom · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty

Ron Paul: Libertarian or Republican? Does it Matter?

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

That’s Ron Paul on a recent episode of CBS’s “Meet the Press.” Libertarian ideas are libertarian Ideas, and Ron Paul generally speaks them well. That’s what makes the Libertarian Party different than other political parties. We are not about power and political convenience “just to get elected.” We are about a [...]

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Tags: Candidates · Election 2008 · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues

More Consumer Freedom for Beer Sales

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

A recent poll was commissioned by the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania [MBDAP] to gage public sentiment on allowing beer sales in supermarkets and convenience stores.
The poll, run by Terry Moddonna’s opinion research firm, found that a majority worried about increased underage drinking, although the figures were evenly split on allowing PA residents the [...]

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Tags: Drug War · Freedom · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · pennsylvania

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

October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Tags: Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Pittsburgh · Transportation