Short Platform B

by Ad Hoc LRC Platform Committee

Posted January 14, 2007

Version B of the LRC ad hoc platform committee’s proposal contains 12 planks, all of which are 40 words or less, and also have titles. Before proceeding to cast votes below, please make sure to read A New Approach to the LP Platform, which provides the rationale for the Short Platform approach, and then lists examples of both versions A and B. You will then be instructed to vote on some "Short Platform General Format Questions." Afterwards, you will be instructed to return to the Short Platform A and B pages for voting on both formats, as well as on individual issues and planks.

Short Platform B Format Example

Preamble

We seek to reinvigorate our nation's heritage of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and limited government. United by these principles, we invite all to join us in support of the following common-sense reforms:

1. Tax and Spending

Reduce government by enacting significant and real tax cuts, reforming and simplifying the tax system, eliminating wasteful spending, and balancing the budget.

2. National Defense

Secure our borders, maintain a strong national defense, and require a congressional declaration of war for armed engagements abroad.

3. Social Security

Transition Social Security to sustainable, individually owned, privately invested retirement accounts, while protecting vested retiree benefits.

4. Healthcare

Make healthcare more efficient, flexible, and affordable by encouraging market-based solutions, and eliminating regulations which artificially drive up healthcare costs.

5. Education

Foster school choice and competition at the state and local levels, while eliminating federal involvement and advocating parental involvement.

6. Bureaucracy and Corruption

End corporate welfare, repeal unnecessary and bureaucratic regulations and remove obstacles to free trade, while holding public officials accountable to uphold the Constitution and protect individual rights.

7. Immigration

Allow immigration within a reasonable length of time, while rejecting potential immigrants that would pose a threat to public health or national security; prohibit illegal aliens from using our public welfare and public healthcare systems.

8. Drug Prohibition

Explore alternatives to the failing drug prohibition policies and laws that define drug users as criminals.

9. Crime Prevention

Keep our streets safe by refocusing law enforcement on violent crime, while maintaining the right to individual self defense.

10. Eminent Domain

Enforce eminent domain restrictions: only take private property for public use and with just compensation.

11. Election System

Revise our voting system to incorporate fairness, transparency, accuracy, and accountability.

12. Environmental Legislation

Revise environmental protections to balance both the rights of property owners and the rights of citizens to be free of environmental hazards.

The platform above is an example of a platform in this format. Please indicate your opinion of this format in the voting box below. On subsequent pages you can rate the individual plank options. In the future we plan to add the ability to add additional options, but this feature is still under construction.

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