Koch's Libertarian Party Platform from 1980

[Berniewood Hogan]

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/koch-brothers

• “We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”
• “We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”
• “We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”
• “We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”
• “We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”
• “We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”
• “We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”
• “We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”
• “As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”
• “We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”
• “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”
• “We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”
• “We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
• “We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”
• “We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”
• “We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”
• “We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”
• “We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”
• “We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”
• “We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”
• “We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”
• “We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”
• “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”
• “We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”
• “We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
• “We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”

 

[DEAD7]

 

[acri1]

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/koch-brothers

• “We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”

• “We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”

• “We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry

• [*]“We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”

• “We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”

Even the USPS can't live?

• “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”

• “We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”

So kids shouldn't have to go to school?


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• “We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”

• “We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”

• “We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”

• “We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”

So not only shouldn't poor people get any healthcare or help buying food, they shouldn't even be able to use roads?

• “We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”

• “We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”

What has the FAA done to anybody? Do these dudes just see the word "Federal" and automatically hate it?

• “We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”

• “We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”

Who cares if kids starve to death right? Their fault for having irresponsible parents.

• “We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”

• “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”

So poor people shouldn't even be able to get water?

• “We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”

Asbestos for everybody I guess.

• “We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”

This thread succinctly demonstrates why LP views are way too extreme (and silly...and mean) to be mainstream.

 

[Vandelay]

 

[PikaDaDon]

..........What's wrong with this?

 

[CHL]

WAH WAH SOCIALISM IS SO EVIL

if being a decent human being is "evil", by all means call me the devil

 

[DEAD7]

Ah. the old "if you don't want the state to do [a], you must be against [a]" fallacy rears its ugly head.

"You dont want govt. to control education... that means you hate education"
shyt never gets old.

 

[badhat]

Weird that guys who inherited their wealth from daddy are against paternalism.

 

[badhat]

Fred Koch, by the way, was a virulent anti-Communist, but was okay with getting contracts to build refineries for Stalin.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Reading that platform reminded me of True Detective when Russ was talking about bringing an end to breeding and then walking off hand and hand into extinction.

 

[acri1]

Ah. the old "if you don't want the state to do [a], you must be against [a]" fallacy rears its ugly head.

"You dont want govt. to control education... that means you hate education"
shyt never gets old.

I'm sure Libertarians are pro-education...for people that can afford to pay for private school.

If your parents can't afford that though...well, too bad