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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?
Answer
this poll question:
As soon as is
practical, how much should we cut federal government taxes and spending?
Vote
now.
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
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
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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- Tech companies, diverse organizations,
thousands of individuals announce plan to 'Reset the Net' on anniversary
of first Snowden surveillance story
- Take the Poll: How much should we cut
federal government taxes and spending?
- Washington Times: Gov. Gary Johnson
calls for more choice in presidential debates
- Good news from Oklahoma on ballot
access
- Libertarian Party applauds Ron Paul
suing IRS, calls for end of income tax
- Missouri LP places 30 candidates on
primary ballot
- Libertarian Party responds to
Republican weekly address on unemployment, jobs training
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.
Answer
this poll question:
As soon as is
practical, how much should we cut federal government taxes and spending?
Vote
now.
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?
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.
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."
Dr. Cisse Spragins
Chair, LPMO
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.
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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