Path: utzoo!hoptoad!well!rab
From: rab@well.UUCP (Bob Bickford)
Newsgroups: alt.individualism
Subject: Re: Read it and weep...
Message-ID: <5433@well.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 88 23:15:08 GMT
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Reply-To: rab@well.UUCP (Bob Bickford)
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Lucien Van Elsen writes:
+Don't forget Ron Paul!  (Who?)  The Libertarian Presidental candidate
+this year.  A refreshing change from the current flock of Democrats
+and Republicans - how many of them would actually come out in favor of
+abolishing the income tax, the gold standard, and personal freedoms?

  Uh, in case that's not entirely clear, Ron wants to:

1) Abolish the IRS and the income tax as quickly as possible,

2) Implement sound money, the gold standard, and put an end to
   government/central bank manipulation of the currency = inflation,

3) Maximize personal freedom of expression, lifestyle, etc., by
   getting the government "the hell out of the way".


  Ron served four terms as a Congressman from Texas, served on the U.S.
Gold Commission, has the best-ever vote rating from the National
Taxpayer's Union, and has many other things going for him.
  The Libertarian Party expects to be on the ballot in all 50 states
again this year (as we were in 1980 with Ed Clark) and we expect to
get significant media attention.  Ron has already appeared on CNN several
times, on Buckley's _Firing Line_, and on _Crossfire_.  Both Ron and
his running mate, Andre Marrou (who was elected to the Alaska Legislature
as a Libertarian), have gotten excellent local media coverage of their
campaigns wherever they go.
  Ron was recently in California, and was introduced by Jim Eason on
KGO radio with the following words (among others):

   "Unlike these other, *minor* candidates such as Haig and Simon,
   who *won't* be on your ballot in November, this man *will* be
   on your ballot, and you *will* have the chance to vote for him
   if you so choose."


  If you want more information, just drop me a note.  Thanks!

-- 
  Robert Bickford                 {hplabs, ucbvax, lll-lcc, ptsfa}!well!rab
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