Document:Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Platform 2016: Difference between revisions

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=Complete Platform Text=

Adopted reorganization (order of planks can be amended in final pass through before May 1):

We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.

Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.  

We support reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and oppose increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose. While recognizing that change often takes the form of increments and transitions, the policies in the planks that follow are to be taken as quickly and efficiently as possible without interruption or delay.

f. the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting gambling;

h. the repeal of all laws interfering with the right to commit suicide as infringements of the ultimate right of an individuals to their own lives.

Where property, including land, has been taken from its rightful owners in violation of individual rights, we favor restitution to the rightful owners.

We specifically condemn current government efforts to regulate or ban the use of property in the name of aesthetic values, riskiness, moral standards, cost-benefit estimates, or the promotion or restriction of economic growth. We demand an end to the taxation of privately owned real property, which makes the State the de facto owner of all lands and forces individuals to rent their homes and places of business from the State.

==IV. The State==

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 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.

===19. International Travel and Foreign Investments===

We recognize that foreign governments might violate the rights of Americans traveling, living, or owning property abroad, just as those governments violate the rights of their own citizens. We condemn all such violations, whether the victims are U.S. citizens or not.

Any effort, however, to extend the protection of the United States government to U.S. citizens when they or their property fall within the jurisdiction of a foreign government involves potential military intervention. We therefore call upon the United States government to adhere rigidly to the principle that all U.S. citizens travel, live, and own property abroad at their own risk. In particular, we oppose — as unjust tax-supported subsidy — any protection of the foreign investments of U.S. citizens or businesses.

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