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 We strongly support all private sector units of trade and their use in international markets.
+==PLANKS NEEDING TO BE PLACED==
+===CONSUMER PROTECTION===
+The right to produce and purchase products and services must not be restricted by law.
+Regulations intended to protect consumers have often had the opposite effect, since government rarely knows as much about consumers' needs as they do. So-called consumer protection laws are often used by established businesses to stifle innovative rivals.
+In addition, such laws have caused considerable harm by lulling consumers into assuming that government would protect them from bad products and services. In the free market, consumers would be protected because:
+A. A good name is an asset to a business and it can best be maintained by fair and honest dealing.
+B. The use of certificates, guarantees, and warranties issued by manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services is a protection to the consumer.
+C. Both professional and non-professional people can voluntarily form associations for the specific purpose of maintaining high standards both in work and behavior.
+D. Privately-owned consumer protection organizations producing journals and magazines would proliferate in a free market.
+We therefore endorse and advocate the following:
+A. The elimination of all government consumer affairs bureaus or departments such as the consumer Product safety Commission, (CPSC,) and the food and drug administration, (FDA.)
+B. The repeal of all laws regulating the production, transportation, sale, possession, advertising, quality, safety, or use of any product or service
+===ENERGY===
+The provision of energy should be left to the free market. We oppose all government control of energy pricing, allocation, distribution, and production. We oppose all government subsidies for energy research, development, and operation. We support abolition of the Department of Energy and its component agencies.
+We oppose all government conservation schemes through the use of taxes, subsidies, and regulation. We oppose any attempt to compel national energy self-sufficiency. The government should not be in the business of stockpiling natural resources; therefore we call for the disbursement of the national strategic oil reserve.
+We favor the creation of a free market all forms of energy by respect for property rights and by the repeal of all government controls over output in the energy industry. All government-owned energy resources should be returned to private ownership.
+===FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION===
+The First Amendment to the Constitution is meant as an acknowledgment of an inherent right, rather than a granting of rights that can be restricted or revoked for so-called necessity. This Amendment is meant to limit government interference with this natural right, rather than to confine it to a realm of "acceptable speech." An important corollary to the right to speech is the right to silence.
+We defend the rights of individuals to unrestricted freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of individuals to unfettered expression. We recognize that freedom of expression is possible only as part of a system of full property rights. At the same time, we recognize that freedom of communication does not extend to the use of other people's property to promote one's ideas without the voluntary consent of the owners.
+We oppose any abridgment of the freedom of speech through government censorship, regulation or control of media.
+Language that is deemed offensive is not a cause for legal action. We oppose speech codes at all schools that are primarily tax funded, as well as laws against "hate speech".
+We call for the abolition of the Federal Communications Commission as we would provide for market ownership of broadcast spectra.
+We oppose government ownership or subsidy of, or funding for, any communications organization.
+We support the right to individual and group privacy via encryption, and oppose any government efforts to restrict encryption development or deployment.
+We oppose court orders or rules restricting news coverage of court proceedings. Members of the media should not have any special protections not available to everyone, including the right not to reveal sources to investigators or courts.
+===CRIME AND VICTIMLESS CRIME===
+Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. We support restitution to the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer.
+We believe individuals retain the right to voluntarily assume risk of harm to themselves. We favor the repeal of all federal, state, and local laws creating "crimes" without victims. In particular, we advocate:
+a. the repeal of all laws prohibiting the production, sale, possession, or use of drugs, and of all medicinal prescription requirements for the purchase of vitamins, drugs, and similar substances;
+b. the repeal of all laws restricting or prohibiting the use or sale of alcohol, requiring health warning labels and signs, making bartenders or hosts responsible for the behavior of customers and guests, making liquor companies liable for birth defects, and making gambling houses liable for the losses of intoxicated gamblers;
+c. the repeal of all laws or policies authorizing stopping drivers without probable cause to test for alcohol or drug use;
+d. the repeal of all laws regarding consensual sexual relations, including prostitution and solicitation;
+e. the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting the possession, use, sale, production, or distribution of sexually explicit material;
+f. the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting gambling;
+g. the repeal of anti-racketeering statutes such as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) that punish peaceful behavior -- including conspiracy to commit acts such as sale of sexually explicit material, and nonviolent anti-abortion protests -- by freezing and/or seizing assets of the accused or convicted; and
+h. the repeal of all laws interfering with the right to commit suicide as infringements of the ultimate right of an individual to his or her own life.
+We demand the pardon and exoneration of everyone who has been convicted solely for these "crimes." We condemn the confiscation of property via civil asset forfeiture that all too often accompanies police raids, searches, and prosecutions for victimless crimes.
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