The last time I read the LP platform was a couple of years ago. I honestly don't remember idiotic and impractical garbage like this being in it:
Without taxes government can't function. Without government you have anarchy and with anarchy the guys with the biggest sticks or most money make the rules.
Should government's ability to collect and assess taxes be limited? I think so. How that can be accomplished will have to be left to better minds than mine. But the above LP stand is sheer nonsense.
I guess I am going to have to go and review the whole platform again. Maybe I'm not as libertarian as I thought or maybe the last time I read the LP platform I was feeling a bit like an anarchist.
From the LP Platform:
Solutions: Specifically, we: a.) support the right of any individual to challenge the payment of taxes on moral, religious, legal or constitutional grounds; b.) oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes; c.) support the repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment, and oppose any increase in existing tax rates and the imposition of any new taxes; d.) support the repeal of all taxation; and e.) support a declaration of unconditional amnesty for all those individuals who have been convicted of, or who now stand accused of, tax resistance. We oppose as involuntary servitude any legal requirements forcing employers or business owners to serve as tax collectors for federal, state, or local tax agencies. We oppose any and all increases in the rate of taxation or categories of taxpayers, including the elimination of deductions, exemptions or credits in the spurious name of "fairness," "simplicity," or alleged "neutrality to the free market."
Without taxes government can't function. Without government you have anarchy and with anarchy the guys with the biggest sticks or most money make the rules.
Should government's ability to collect and assess taxes be limited? I think so. How that can be accomplished will have to be left to better minds than mine. But the above LP stand is sheer nonsense.
I guess I am going to have to go and review the whole platform again. Maybe I'm not as libertarian as I thought or maybe the last time I read the LP platform I was feeling a bit like an anarchist.