Sangamon County Libertarians

Springfield, IL
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State/National Party News

This page will be a condensed view of what is going on state wide as well as nationally from the Libertarian Party.

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 Check out the footage from the Non-Intervention Rally on March 20, 2010

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

 

 A Call To Action

The Empire Strikes Back

The Libertarian Party of Illinois did a great job collecting signatures to get our candidates on the ballot, but our task is not over. People who are very afraid of our candidates and the coming Libertarian Revolution worked overtime to put together a challenge to our state-wide petition. It's no trivial task to comb through 2,583 petition pages and find something to object to on 26,978 individual signature lines. 

We need you to defend our signatures against this attack. We don't know the exact schedule yet, but sometime between July 7 - 30, we will need an estimated 12 volunteers per day to descend on Springfield. Each volunteer defender will be assigned to a computer along with an objector and a neutral representative from the State Board of Elections.

At the computer, all you do is look at our petitions and see if you can find matches in the list of registered voters. It's not hard to do, but we must to have people defending our side or the objections will stand and our candidates will be kicked off the ballot.

If you can support our team in Springfield, please email your name, phone, and how many days (1-3) you think you can attend to PDM@LPIllinois.org. Please also mention if you have an room to share with a fellow defender who is staying overnight. We will contact you as soon as we know the date the challenge will begin.

If you cannot be with us in Springfield, please donate to the Party so we can pay the legal fees that this objection will rack up. Donations by check can be sent to: Libertarian Party of Illinois, PO Box 6, Bloomington, IL61702-0006. Online donations gratefully accepted at LPIllinois.org.

Let's leap to the challenge and torch these objections with the FIRE OF LIBERTY.


What are they afraid of?

Our district candidates were all challenged as well as the state-wide petition. Here's where they stand:

- Doug Marks plans to continue his campaign for the 14th Congressional District as a write-in candidate.

- Kevin Hendricksonis seeking to have his objection withdrawn in the 69th Representative District.

 - Steve Funk will take up the legal battle to defend his right to be on the ballot in the 18th Representative District. You can read Steve's press release about the challenge and donate to his campaign to support his defense on his website VoteSteveFunk.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Taxes

Taxes - Inflation - Interest - Leaves you with debt, little ability to save and leads to dependence. Here is a short article from James Harris a writer at Liberator online.

 

 The Income Tax: Then and Now
 
As the dreaded April 15 approaches, it's worth remembering that the income tax, which is now mind-boggingly complex and afflicts vast numbers of Americans, originally was extremely simple and was intended to tax only the very wealthiest citizens.
 
There were only four pages in the original 1913 1040 form: a one-page 1040 form, two pages of worksheets, and one page of instructions.
 
Today, just the instructions for the 1040 runs... 175 pages.
 
You can see the original 4-page form here, courtesy of the Tax Foundation.
 
And what about tax rates? Economist Mark J. Perry of the free-market blog Carpe Diem tells us:
 
"Individual income tax rates started at 1% in 1913, and the maximum marginal income tax rate was only 6% on incomes above $500,000 ($11 million in today's dollars). The personal exemption was $3,000 for individuals ($66,000 in today's dollars) and $4,000 for married couples ($87,500 in today's dollars)..."
 
This means, of course, that almost no one in America was expected to have to pay the federal income tax -- since the average income in 1913 was only about $750.
 
How things have changed. Tax revolt, anyone?

 

From Lex Green

We The People of the several States created a federal government to serve as our limited agent, delegating to the federal government only those limited and few powers listed in the Constitution, and no others.

We recognize the federal government has seized unlimited power over virtually every aspect of Americans’ lives in violation of the Constitution of the United States, specifically with respect to the Tenth Amendment.

We call upon freedom-loving citizens everywhere to stand with us, as candidates for state and federal office, to pass meaningful and sensible legislation to restore the most critical check and balance deliberately designed into our constitutional republic: that of strong, sovereign states.

We pledge to limit and restrain all federal government exercise of power that exceeds in any way the plain language of those few powers listed in the Constitution and to nullify all others that exceed such limit.

When we restore the balance of power between the states and the federal government according to the Constitution, our country will enjoy the dynamic blessings of liberty and prosperity.

Your Illinois Tenth Amendment Candidate

Lex Green

Tenth Amendment Center

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