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'''Less Antman''' is a radical libertarian who has written many essays about minarchist/anarcho-capitalist tensions in the party.<ref>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/less-antman-on-restoring-the-libertarian-brand-name/</ref><ref>http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/antman1.html</ref> He is a Certified Public Accountant, personal financial planner and owner of the Simply Rich website, and has written CPA exam study materials.<ref>http://www.simplyrich.com/</ref> Like most libertarians, Less Antman has rewritten his personal history so that he can claim to have been one since birth. He remembers being impressed as a youngster with the philosopher Lao Tzu who, in the Taoist classic Tao Te Ching, stated that the ideal ruler for China would be one who sat quietly doing absolutely nothing. He joined the Libertarian Party in 1978 and, over the next 5 years, was an activist, financial contributor, campaign brochure writer, publisher of the state newsletter Caliber, speech writer, and 2-time candidate. His campaign in 1982 for state treasurer received 167,207 votes, the most in a partisan race by any Libertarian candidate in the nation, and earned the LP permanent ballot status in California. In 1983, he won the Karl Bray Award for Libertarian Activism. Then, he decided to get a life. He remained a member of the party, but devoted his activist time to writing and persuading outside the LP. He returned in 2008 at the insistence of his market anarchist wife, Diane, who hopes someday to be first lady of a government that is funded by an annual Labor Day Telethon. | '''Less Antman''' is a radical libertarian who has written many essays about minarchist/anarcho-capitalist tensions in the party.<ref>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/less-antman-on-restoring-the-libertarian-brand-name/</ref><ref>http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/antman1.html</ref> He is a Certified Public Accountant, personal financial planner and owner of the Simply Rich website, and has written CPA exam study materials.<ref>http://www.simplyrich.com/</ref> Like most libertarians, Less Antman has rewritten his personal history so that he can claim to have been one since birth. He remembers being impressed as a youngster with the philosopher Lao Tzu who, in the Taoist classic Tao Te Ching, stated that the ideal ruler for China would be one who sat quietly doing absolutely nothing. He joined the Libertarian Party in 1978 and, over the next 5 years, was an activist, financial contributor, campaign brochure writer, publisher of the state newsletter Caliber, speech writer, and 2-time candidate. His campaign in 1982 for state treasurer received 167,207 votes, the most in a partisan race by any Libertarian candidate in the nation, and earned the LP permanent ballot status in California. In 1983, he won the Karl Bray Award for Libertarian Activism. Then, he decided to get a life. He remained a member of the party, but devoted his activist time to writing and persuading outside the LP. He returned in 2008 at the insistence of his market anarchist wife, Diane, who hopes someday to be first lady of a government that is funded by an annual Labor Day Telethon. | ||
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Less Antman is a radical libertarian who has written many essays about minarchist/anarcho-capitalist tensions in the party.[1][2] He is a Certified Public Accountant, personal financial planner and owner of the Simply Rich website, and has written CPA exam study materials.[3] Like most libertarians, Less Antman has rewritten his personal history so that he can claim to have been one since birth. He remembers being impressed as a youngster with the philosopher Lao Tzu who, in the Taoist classic Tao Te Ching, stated that the ideal ruler for China would be one who sat quietly doing absolutely nothing. He joined the Libertarian Party in 1978 and, over the next 5 years, was an activist, financial contributor, campaign brochure writer, publisher of the state newsletter Caliber, speech writer, and 2-time candidate. His campaign in 1982 for state treasurer received 167,207 votes, the most in a partisan race by any Libertarian candidate in the nation, and earned the LP permanent ballot status in California. In 1983, he won the Karl Bray Award for Libertarian Activism. Then, he decided to get a life. He remained a member of the party, but devoted his activist time to writing and persuading outside the LP. He returned in 2008 at the insistence of his market anarchist wife, Diane, who hopes someday to be first lady of a government that is funded by an annual Labor Day Telethon.