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Tech
companies, diverse organizations, thousands of individuals announce plan to
'Reset the Net' on anniversary of first Snowden surveillance story
A coalition of thousands of Internet users,
companies and organizations launched a campaign for a day of action to
"Reset The Net" on June 5, 2014, the anniversary of the first NSA
surveillance story revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Tens of thousands
of internet activists, companies and organizations committed to preserving free
speech and basic rights on the Internet by taking steps to shutting off the government's
mass surveillance capabilities.
Watch the campaign video and see a full list of participants.
Take the
Poll: How much should we cut federal government taxes and spending?
As soon as is
practical, how much should we cut federal government taxes and spending?
Washington
Times: Gov. Gary Johnson calls for more choice in presidential debates
From
a
Gov. Gary Johnson column in the Washington Times:
How would consumers like it if, when they go to buy a new car, they were led
to believe that the only real choice they have is to buy either a
Ford or a Chevy? What if, after they looked at the
Ford and the Chevy, half of all consumers weren’t satisfied
with either one?
Good
news from Oklahoma on ballot access
On April 23, the Oklahoma Senate passed H.B.
2134 by a vote of 28-16. The bill had already passed the House, but because the
Senate added some additional provisions, it must return to the House.
The bill lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 5
percent of the last vote cast, to 2.5 percent. If this provision were in effect
this year, the number of signatures for 2014 would be 33,372 signatures instead
of 66,744.
Libertarian
Party applauds Ron Paul suing IRS, calls for end of income tax
The Libertarian Party applauds Dr. Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty (CFL) for
filing suit against the IRS. The counterattack comes after the agency fined CFL
for its refusal to disclose its donors as a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization.
Political Director Carla Howell said on RT TV, "It's amazing after all
the news that's been out in the U.S. about the abuse of the IRS that they
continue to ... target political enemies."
"Many Libertarian Party candidates running this year have pledged to
completely abolish the IRS, completely abolish the income tax," she noted.
"We don't need it, and it will force the federal government to cut spending."
Missouri
LP places 30 candidates on primary ballot
Dr.
Cisse Spragins
Chair, LPMO
The Missouri Libertarian Party will have 30 candidates on the primary
election ballot this August.
Once again, the Missouri LP is running a full slate of candidates for
federal offices. The LPMO has run a full slate of federal candidates in each
general election going back to 1996, except in 2008, where the party had
candidates in seven of the nine available races.
Missouri used to have nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, but
lost a seat after the 2010 Census and now has eight.
Only one race will be a contested primary, the 4th congressional district
race between Herschel Young and Randy Langkraehr. This race also had a
contested primary among Libertarian candidates in 2012.
The Missouri LP is a state-recognized party, and all recognized party
candidates must participate in the primary election, which will be held on Aug.
5.
Libertarian Party responds to Republican weekly address on
unemployment, jobs training
Carla Howell, political director for the national
Libertarian Party, made a statement to Press TV on April 6 in response to
Republicans attacking President Barack Obama about high unemployment.
It can be listened to here.
Here's a summary of what was said:
On April 5 in the
Republican
weekly address, Sen. Tim Scott criticized President Obama because
unemployment in the United States remains high. He said that Obama's
job-training programs have produced no measurable results.
But the Republican called for replacing Obama's 35 government-run
job-training programs with
one government-run job-training program.
Republicans are saying that we need
another government program.
They presume that the government is qualified to train workers in the private
sector.
Libertarians say government bureaucrats are not qualified to dictate who is
or is not qualified for a job. Only employers can and should make that
decision.
Libertarians say the free market — through private programs and classes,
apprenticeships, and on-the-job training — is far more capable of producing
qualified workers for jobs than any government-run or government-funded
program.
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Here are the key findings from a survey of
1,000 likely U.S. voters conducted on April 19–20, 2014, by Rasmussen Reports
and other recent surveys:
