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[ASSIGNED-PENDING REVIEW]
[FINAL-APPROVED]


Government intervention in the economy imperils both the personal freedom and the material prosperity of every American. To ensure the economic freedom and enhance the economic well-being of Americans, we would implement the following policies:  
Government intervention in the economy imperils both the personal freedom and the material prosperity of every American. To ensure the economic freedom and enhance the economic well-being of people residing in the United States, we would implement the following policies:


a. Dramatic reductions in both taxes and government spending;  
a. Opposition to all taxation and government spending;


b. An end to deficit budgets;  
b. Opposition to deficit budgets;


c. A halt to inflationary monetary policies;  
c. Opposition to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies;


d. The elimination of all government impediments to free trade; and  
d. Opposition to government road blocks to free trade; and


e. The repeal of all controls on wages, prices, rents, profits, production, and interest rates.
e. Opposition of all government controls on wages, prices, rents, profits, production, interest rates, competition, alternative currencies, and anything else that may be beneficial to the economic wellbeing of people living within our nation.


===2. Taxation===
===2. Taxation===
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===5. Population===
===5. Population===


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Recognizing that the American people are not a collective national resource, we oppose all coercive measures for population control.
 
We oppose government actions that either compel or prohibit abortion, sterilization, or any other forms of birth control. Specifically, we condemn the vicious practice of forced sterilization of welfare recipients or of mentally retarded or "genetically defective" individuals.
 
We regard the tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies to be aggravated, if not created, by government policies of censorship, restriction, regulation, and prohibition. Therefore, we call for the repeal of all laws that restrict anyone, including children, from engaging in voluntary exchanges of goods, services, or information regarding human sexuality, reproduction, birth control, or related medical or biological technologies.
 
We equally oppose government laws and policies that restrict the opportunity to choose alternatives to abortion.


We support an end to all subsidies for childbearing built into our present laws, including welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children. We urge the elimination of special tax burdens on single people and couples with few or no children.
Recognizing that the American people are not a collective national resource. we oppose all subsidies and coercive measures aimed at increasing or decreasing birthrates.


===6. Transportation===
===6. Transportation===
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===11. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)===
===11. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)===


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We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. This law denies the right to liberty and property to both employer and employee, and it interferes in their private contractual relations. OSHA's arbitrary and high-handed actions invade property rights, raise costs, and are an injustice imposed on business.
We call for the repeal of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and any state level equivalent. These laws deny the right to liberty and property to both employer and employee, and interfere in their private contractual relations. The arbitrary and high-handed actions of OSHA invade property rights, raise costs, and are an injustice imposed on business. Instead, we promote free market solutions to help increase employee safety.


===12. Social Security===
===12. Social Security===
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[PENDING-ASSIGNED]
[PENDING-ASSIGNED]


American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world and the defense -- against attack from abroad -- of the lives, liberty, and property of the American people on American soil. Provision of such defense must respect the individual rights of people everywhere.  
The United States foreign policy should seek a nation at peace with the world. The principle of non-intervention should guide relationships between governments. The United States government should return to the historic libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, abstaining totally from foreign quarrels and imperialist adventures, and recognizing the right to unrestricted trade, travel, and immigration.
 
The principle of non-intervention should guide relationships between governments. The United States government should return to the historic libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, abstaining totally from foreign quarrels and imperialist adventures, and recognizing the right to unrestricted trade, travel, and immigration.




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====4. World Government====
====4. World Government====


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We support withdrawal of the United States government from, and an end to its financial support for, the United Nations. Specifically, we oppose any U.S. policy designating the United Nations as policeman of the world, committing U.S. troops to wars at the discretion of the U.N., or placing U.S. troops under U.N. command. We oppose U.S. government participation in any world or international government. We oppose any treaty under which individual rights would be violated.
We support the immediate withdrawal of the United States government from, and an end to its financial support for, the United Nations. Specifically, we oppose any US policy designating the UN as policeman of the world, committing US troops to wars at the discretion of the UN, or placing US troops under UN command. We oppose US government participation in any world or international government. We oppose any treaty under which individual rights would be violated.


====5. Secession====
====5. Secession====
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====1. Foreign Aid====
====1. Foreign Aid====


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The federal government has used foreign aid as a tool of influencing the policy of other sovereign nations under the guise of aiding needy people in those nations. This forces American taxpayers to subsidize governments and policies of which they may not approve
 
We support the elimination of tax-supported military, economic, technical, and scientific aid to foreign governments or other organizations. We support the abolition of government underwriting of arms sales. We further support abolition of federal agencies that make American taxpayers guarantors of export-related loans, and oppose the participation of the US government in international commodity circles which restrict production, limit technological innovation, and raise prices.


We support the elimination of tax-supported military, economic, technical, and scientific aid to foreign governments or other organizations. We support the abolition of government underwriting of arms sales. We further support abolition of federal agencies that make American taxpayers guarantors of export-related loans, such as the Export-Import Bank and the Commodity Credit Corporation. We also oppose the participation of the U.S. government in international commodity circles which restrict production, limit technological innovation, and raise prices.


We call for the repeal of all prohibitions on individuals or firms contributing or selling goods and services to any foreign country or organization.
We call for the repeal of all prohibitions on individuals or firms contributing or selling goods and services to any foreign country or organization.
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