Richard Charles is the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. House in Nevada’s first district. The following was posted on his blog:
Tax official Adam Smith wrote in 1776 in Wealth of Nations that lower tax rates produce higher revenues.…
Posts published in July 2014
On Medicare’s 49th birthday, Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called for New York to enact an improved and expanded Medicare for All program, also known as single payer.…
The following is a letter sent by Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Evan Falchuk (United Independent) to the Boston Globe:
In response to the Globe’s July 21 editorial “With unopposed races, Mass.…
Governor Patrick must withdraw his administration’s support for a new electricity rate tariff that could saddle Massachusetts citizens with billions of dollars in electricity bill increases according to three candidates for statewide office.…
From Ballot Access News:
Ed Forchion, an independent candidate for U.S. House in New Jersey’s 3rd district, was ruled off the ballot after his petition was challenged.…
The New York Times has recently published editorials calling for an end to marijuana prohibition. The Libertarian Party has held that same position for decades.
On July 27, 2014, the Times wrote: “… It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.…
Press Release from the Libertarian Party of North Carolina
RALEIGH (July 30) – Libertarian candidates applauded the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to strike down a Virginia law banning same-sex marriage, a law similar to a state constitutional amendment passed by North Carolina voters in 2012.…
In light of Governor Patrick’s July 29 announcement that he will be signing a bill authorizing a $1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, I reiterate my opposition to this move, which puts massive borrowing by the state for a project with unguaranteed financial return above the very real, day-to-day priorities of so many people in Massachusetts.…
By Thomas Frisbie:
Brian S. Lambrecht knew the signatures he collected to get the Libertarian Party on the Illinois ballot this fall would be challenged.
But he didn’t necessarily expect he’d be accused of fraud for falsely claiming to live in the Addison home where he has in fact lived for nearly eight years — and, he points out, where he has been paying the mortgage.…