[560] in libertarians
LP RELEASE: Challenge to the Republicans
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Winter)
Tue Jan 10 20:18:57 1995
Date: 10 Jan 95 20:12:09 EST
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
1528 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington DC 20003
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For immediate release: January 10, 1995
For additional information:
Bill Winter, Director of Communications
(202) 543-1988
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Libertarian Party issues "Challenge to the Republicans"
The Libertarian Party has challenged the Republican Party to live up
to its 1994 campaign promises, and "drastically reduce the size of the federal
government."
In a strongly worded "Challenge to the Republicans" - hand-delivered
to the offices of Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, House Majority Leader
Richard Armey, and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole - Libertarian Party
National Chair Steve Dasbach urged the GOP to immediately abolish 21 federal
programs, agencies, and policies.
"The ball is in the court of the Republican Party now. The next six
months will determine if Republicans can be trusted to start eliminating or
defunding many of the federal government programs and agencies that have no
place in a free society," said Dasbach.
On the Libertarian Party's 21-item "hit list" were Amtrak, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Civilian Marksman Program, Steamtown
USA, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Selective Service, the Economic
Development Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, Fossil Energy
Research, the Davis Bacon Act, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the
National Service Program.
Also included were FCC controls on 900 lines and cable TV, subsidized
grazing fees, the space station, the DC Domestic Partners regulation, shipping
quotas and subsidies, the Overseas Marketing Board, the semi-automatic weapons
ban, several "War On Drugs" civil liberties violations, and unnecessary NATO
and UN military spending.
"This is not just some idle wish list," stressed Dasbach. "Legislation
has previously been introduced in the House or Senate to abolish most of the
items on the Libertarian list. In the past, these efforts have been defeated.
Often, many Republican members of Congress failed to support attempts to
abolish these wasteful and useless government programs. Now is the time to
act!"
If fully implemented, the "Challenge to the Republicans" would produce
immediate savings to the taxpayers of at least $4.5 billion, and could
ultimately reduce the federal budget by hundreds of billions of dollars.
"The eyes of the Libertarian Party - and the eyes of all American
voters - will be on the Republicans. How successful will they be? Will they
carry out the mandate given to them by the American voter last November? Will
they drastically reduce the size of the federal government? As America's third
largest political party, we will be closely evaluating the job they do," vowed
Dasbach.
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