Document:National Platform 1986: Difference between revisions

Because only actions that infringe on the rights of others can properly be

termed crimes, we favor the repeal of all federal, state, and local laws creating

a. the repeal of all laws prohibiting the production, sale, possession,

or use of drugs, and of all medicinal prescription requirements

and infringements of the ultimate right of an individual to

his or her own life.

We demand the use of executive pardon to free and exonerate all

those presently incarcerated or ever convicted solely for the commission of these

To incarcerate an individual not convicted of any crime, but merely asserted to be

incompetent, is a violation of the individual's rights. We further advocate:

a. the repeal of all laws permitting involuntary psychiatric treatment of any person, including children and those incarcerated

in prisons or mental institutions.

e. an end to criminal defenses based on "insanity" or diminished

capacity" which absolve the guilty of their responsibility..

===9. FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION===

individual may be convicted for violating government secrecy classifications unless

the government discharges its burden of proving that the publication:

a. violated the right of privacy of those who have been coerced

into revealing confidential or proprietary information to

b. disclosed defensive military plans so as to materially impair

the capabilities to respond to attack.

It should always be a defense to such prosecution that information divulged

shows that the government has violated the law.

and the material prosperity of every American. We, therefore, support the following

specific immediate reforms:

a. drastic reduction of both taxes and government spending;

e. the repeal of all controls on wages, prices, rents, profits, production,

and interest rates.

===2. TAXATION===

we oppose all government activity that consists. of the forcible collection of money or

goods from individuals in violation of their individual rights. Specifically, We:

a. recognize the right of any individual to challenge the payment of

taxes on moral, religious, legal, or constitutional grounds;

individuals who have been convicted of, or who now stand accused

of, tax resistance.

As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion

should be terminated immediately.

inflation, must immediately cease its expansion of the quantity of money. As interim

measures, we further support:

a. the lifting of all restrictions on branch banking;

g. the lifting of the prohibition of domestic deposits denominated

in foreign currencies.

===4. GOVERNMENT DEBT===

government to balance its budget, and also support similar amendments to require

balanced state budgets. To be effective, a balanced budget amendment should provide:

a. that neither Congress nor the President be permitted to over-

ride this requirement;

d. that no exception be made for periods of national emergency.

The Federal Reserve should be forbidden to acquire any additional

government securities, thereby helping to eliminate the inflationary aspect of the

policy". The unrestricted competition of the free market is the best Way to foster

prosperity. We, therefore, oppose any resumption of the Reconstruction Finance

Corporation, or any similar plan that would force the taxpayer to subsidize or sustain

any enterprise.

free to grow, sell, and buy what they want, in the quantity they want, when they

want it. Five steps can be taken immediately:

a. abolition of the Department of Agriculture

e. ending government involvement in agricultural pest control.

A policy of pest control whereby private individuals or corporations bear full

responsibility for damages they inflict on their neighbors should be implemented.