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job of legislator at most a part-time one with drastically reduced salaries, staff, and | job of legislator at most a part-time one with drastically reduced salaries, staff, and | ||
expenses. | expenses. | ||
===21. Secession=== | ===21. Secession=== | ||
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political entities, private groups, or individuals. Exercise of this right, like the exercise of all | political entities, private groups, or individuals. Exercise of this right, like the exercise of all | ||
rights, does not remove legal and moral obligations not to violate the rights of others. | rights, does not remove legal and moral obligations not to violate the rights of others. | ||
Those who wish to secede should not have to obtain permission of those from whom they | |||
wish to secede. | |||
==V. Individual Rights and the Economy== | ==V. Individual Rights and the Economy== | ||
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support: | support: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
A. The creation of free markets for all energy types through the repeal of all | |||
government controls over energy prices to consumers and costs to distributors. | government controls over energy prices to consumers and costs to distributors. | ||
B. The right of persons to build, own or use refineries, pipelines, power-generation | |||
units, or any other asset, as long as they don't violate the rights of others. | units, or any other asset, as long as they don't violate the rights of others. | ||
C. The abolition of the federal Department of Energy and the California Public Utilities | |||
Commission and their component agencies, without the transfer of their powers | Commission and their component agencies, without the transfer of their powers | ||
elsewhere in government. | elsewhere in government. | ||
D. Privatizing all government-owned energy assets such as the Strategic Petroleum | |||
Reserve, the power marketing agencies, and mineral-bearing on-shore and off-shore | Reserve, the power marketing agencies, and mineral-bearing on-shore and off-shore | ||
lands. | lands. | ||