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Few Issues Of Importance
Click
It Or Ticket
Should
you be required to wear a seat belt? Should our state police, funded
by our deficit ridden state budget, be paying overtime to create
"Click it or Ticket" checks across our state? Should the
federal government mandate that states adopt mandatory seat belt
laws or loose federal highway funds?
The
Libertarian Party says no. Yes, it is a good idea to wear them,
and yes, if you don't and you do have an accident your chances of
injury are higher, and yes, it may cost your insurance company more
money. If people who don't wear seat belts cost insurance companies
money we do not need federal mandates to solve the problem. There
are private sector solutions. For example auto insurers could charge
more for drivers who do not wear seat belts or limit their liability
in cases were a person is injured while not wearing a seat. Much
like life insurance companies charge more to insure a smoker.
Libertarians
are not against seat belts we just think you are smart enough to
decide for yourself.
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Gun
Laws
"The people
shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves
and the State."
—The Constitution
of the State of Indiana, Article 1 Section 32
Libertarians,
like other Americans, want to be able to walk city streets safely
and be secure in their homes. We also want our Constitutional rights
protected, to guard against the erosion of our civil liberties.
In particular, Libertarians want to see all people treated equally
under the law, as our Constitution requires. America's millions
of gun owners are people too.
Law-abiding,
responsible citizens do not and should not need to ask anyone's
permission or approval to engage in a peaceful activity. Gun ownership,
by itself, harms no other person and cannot morally justify criminal
penalties.
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Securing
Your Retirement
Politicians
in Washington are stealing your future.
Every
year, they take 12.4% of your income to prop up their failed Social
Security system - a system that is heading toward bankruptcy.
If
you are an American earning the median income of $31,695 per year,
and were given the option of investing that same amount of money
in a stock mutual fund, you would retire a millionaire - without
winning the lottery or a TV game show.
That
million dollars would provide you with a retirement income of over
$100,000 per year - about five times what you could expect from
Social Security.
Even
a very conservative investment strategy would yield three times
the benefits promised by Social Security.
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Education
Government
schools are supposed to provide a good education for our children.
More often than not, they don't. Each year public schools graduate
more and more students who are unable to read, write, or do basic
arithmetic. Our children's talents are wasted because we continue
to trust politicians to do this important job. Politicians have
had decades to fix these problems, and they haven't been able to
do so.
In
recent years, government involvement in education has grown rapidly.
At the same time, the quality of the education offered to most public
school students has gone down. We are finding, as with so many other
government efforts, that throwing more money or more regulations
at this problem does not fix it. The best way to end the crisis
in education is to deal with the main cause -- government involvement.
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Working
to slash your taxes!
The
Libertarian Party is working every day to cut your taxes. By contrast,
professional politicians from the other parties just want more of
your money, and are busy increasing the size of government.
In
the last few decades, the federal government has exploded in size.
No area of your life or business is free from the meddling of politicians
-- especially your wallet. In Indiana the state budget has increased
over 40% in just six years.
It
doesn't have to be that way. With less government and lower taxes,
you could keep more of what you earn. It would be easier to start
new businesses, build new homes, and fuel stronger economic growth.
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