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Discrimination imposed by the government has brought disruption in normal relationships of peoples, set neighbor against neighbor, created gross injustices, and diminished human potential. Anti-discrimination enforced by the government is the reverse side of the coin and will for the same reasons create the same problems. Consequently, we oppose any governmental attempts to regulate private discrimination, including discrimination in employment, housing, and privately owned so»called public accommodations. The right to trade includes the right not to trade—for any reasons whatsoever. | Discrimination imposed by the government has brought disruption in normal relationships of peoples, set neighbor against neighbor, created gross injustices, and diminished human potential. Anti-discrimination enforced by the government is the reverse side of the coin and will for the same reasons create the same problems. Consequently, we oppose any governmental attempts to regulate private discrimination, including discrimination in employment, housing, and privately owned so»called public accommodations. The right to trade includes the right not to trade—for any reasons whatsoever. | ||
==20. WOMEN’S RIGHTS== | |||
We hold that individual rights should not be denied or abridged on the basis of sex. We call for repeal of all laws discriminating against women, such as "protective†labor laws and marriage or divorce laws which deny the full rights of men and women. We oppose all laws likely to impose restrictions on free choice and private property or to widen tyranny through reverse discrimination. | |||
Recognizing that each person mast be the sole and absolute owner of his or her own body, we support the right of women to make a personal choice regarding the termination of pregnancy. We oppose the undermining of that right via laws requiring consent of the pregnant woman‘s parents, consent of the prospective father, waiting periods, or compulsory provision of indoctrination on medical risks or fetal development. However, we also oppose all tax funding for abortions. It is particularly harsh to force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for another‘s abortion. We also condemn state-mandated abortions. | |||
==21. CHILDREN’S RIGHTS== | |||
Children are human beings and, as such, have all the rights of human beings. | |||
We oppose all laws that empower government officials to seize children and make them "wards of the state" or, by means of child labor laws and compulsory education, to infringe on their freedom to work or learn as they choose. We oppose all legally created or sanctioned discrimination against (or in favor of) children, just as we oppose government discrimination directed at any other artificially deï¬ned sub-category of human beings. Specifically we oppose ordinances that outlaw adults-only apartments. | |||
We also support the repeal of all laws establishing any category of crimes applicable to children for which adults would not be similarly answerable, such as curfew, smoking, and alcoholic beverage laws, and other status offenses. Similarly. we favor the repeal of “stubborn child" laws, and laws establishing the category of "persons in need of supervision." We call for an end to the practice in many states of jailing children not accused of any crime. We seek the repeal of all "children‘s codes†of statutes which abridge due process protections for young people. We further favor the abolition of the juvenile court system, so that juveniles will be held fully responsible for their crimes. | |||
Whenever parents or other guardians are unable or unwilling to care for their children, those guardians have the right to seek other persons who are willing to assume guardianship, and children have the right to seek other guardians who place a higher value on their lives. Accordingly, we oppose all laws that impede these processes, notably those restricting private adoption services or those forcing children to remain in the custody of their parents against their will. | |||
Children should always have the right to establish their maturity by assuming the administration and protection of their own rights, ending dependency upon their parents or other guardians and assuming all the responsibilities of adulthood. | |||
=TRADE AND THE ECONOMY= | |||
Because each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market. and because government interference can only harm such free activity. we oppose all intervention by government into the area of economics. The only proper role of existing governments in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. | |||
Efforts to forcibly redistribute wealth or forcibly manage trade are intolerable. Government manipulation of the economy creates an entrenched privileged class — those with access to tax money — and an exploited class — those Who are net taxpayers. | |||
==1. THE ECONOMY== | |||
Government intervention in the economy imperils both the personal freedom and the material prosperity of every American We therefore support the following speciï¬c immediate reforms: | |||
a, drastic reduction of both taxes and government spending; | |||
b. an end to deficit budgets: | |||
c. a halt to inflationary monetary policies: | |||
d, the removal of all governmental impediments to free trade: and | |||
e. the repeal of all controls on wages, prices, rents, profits, production, and interest rates. | |||
==2. TAXATION== | |||
Since we believe that all persons are entitled to keep the fruits of their labor. 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: | |||