Time for a Change

Democrats and Republicans have raised your taxes, increased the size of government, and enacted laws that violate your personal liberties and economic freedom. It's time for a change.

Regardless of their party labels and whatever they promise during their campaigns, the "bipartisan" big government politicians in Washington never take serious action to actually cut government back to the role envisioned by our nation's founders and defined by our Constitution.

The "opposing" budget plans that were the subject of such a fuss this year both would have added to the deficit and allowed government spending to rise. The Republicans and Democrats only disagreed on how fast the budget would increase. This is a choice?

Meanwhile, the politicians in Sacramento keep passing more laws to control your life and your business, and keep coming up with tricks to dismantle or evade the limits that the people have placed on government's ability to take more and more of your hard-earned money.

The policies enacted by the Democrats and Republicans have only made the problems they say they are trying to solve worse.

• Their taxes and regulations are strangling commerce and industry.
• Their spending and borrowing has robbed individuals and families of the ability to improve their standard of living, and threatens to leave future generations even worse off.
• Their "war on drugs" has created crime waves, corrupted our criminal justice system, and violated the privacy and civil liberties of all Americans.
• Their education bureaucracies have failed our children, and their health bureaucracies have driven the cost of medical care out of sight.
• Their meddling overseas has put our sons' and daughters' lives on the line to protect the power of dictators who are oppressing their own people.

It's time for a new outlook on government, and new people in Washington and Sacramento.

The Libertarian Alternative

The Libertarian Party was founded to be the political alternative for voters who believe the strength of our nation comes from the principles of individual liberty and individual responsibility:

• For citizens who want their government held to constitutional limits, not regulating every aspect of every business, dictating the details of everybody's life, and meddling in the affairs of every other country on Earth.
• For parents who accept the responsibility for raising their own children and don't want the state controlling how and what they are taught.
• For businessmen and women who accept the challenge of competing in a free market, rather than asking government to give them special favors.
• For workers who would like the opportunity to spend and invest their wages on what they consider most important, not have 50% of their earnings taken away by countless federal, state, and local taxes.
• For individuals who want to make their own choices about how they live their lives, as long as they respect the equal rights of others to live as they choose.

Hundreds of Libertarians are running for Congress in 1996 -- more than 40 in California alone. Libertarian candidates for the California Senate and Assembly offer you a refreshing alternative to the same old policies in Sacramento. Nationwide, more than 1,000 Libertarians are expected to run for federal, state, and local office this year.

For More Information

Joseph W. Dehn III 415-858-1842 PO Box 2372, Stanford, CA 94309