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Subject: LP Monday Message: High Unemployment on Labor Day
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:40:30 -0700
From: Libertarian Party <info@...>
To: mikewb1971@...

Libertarian Party <http://announce.lp.org/t/30726/1065603/423/0/>

September 6, 2010

Dear Friend of Liberty,

It's hard to celebrate Labor Day when unemployment is 9.6 percent.

Government interference is the single biggest cause of unemployment.
Minimum wage laws, OSHA, ADA, etc., etc., make it difficult both to
hire and to fire workers. (And when it's difficult to fire workers,
it's much less likely that they will be hired in the first place.)
To reduce unemployment, we need to start repealing laws!

Section 2.7 of the Libertarian Party platform states: "We support
repeal of all laws which impede the ability of any person to find
employment. We oppose government-fostered forced retirement. We
support the right of free persons to associate or not associate in
labor unions, and an employer should have the right to recognize or
refuse to recognize a union. We oppose government interference in
bargaining, such as compulsory arbitration or imposing an obligation
to bargain."

I read today that President Obama wants another $50 billion in
Keynesian stimulus spending. Stimulus supporters think that
government spending creates jobs. What they don't seem to understand
is that the money is taken out of the private sector, which
decreases private sector spending and investment, and that destroys
jobs. I believe that stimulus spending destroys more jobs than it
creates. We'd be much better off with the laissez-faire policies
advocated by Austrian economic theory.

It makes me mad to think of all the ways the Republican and
Democratic congresses, and presidents Bush and Obama, have hurt the
private sector with all their stimulus and bailout programs.
(Remember George W. Bush's 2008 "Economic Stimulus Act" with all the
$600 "rebate" checks?)

If you'd like to help fight them, please participate in Quiz Across
America <http://announce.lp.org/t/30726/1065603/631/0/>.

Sincerely,

Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee

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