LP recommends tax relief for families and employers. Posted at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s third largest party tonight urged Senate Republicans and Democrats to scrap their joint plans for a $780 billion package of wealth transfers and expanded government spending. “Poll after poll shows voters agree with the Libertarian [...]

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The third party scene in New York has an interesting spin that most states do not allow by law. Fusion is the process by which a third-party nominates a major-party candidate, but maintains its own ballot line through which people can vote. For example, the Conservative and Independence Parties in New York nominated John McCain, [...]

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Author: Norman Markowitz CPUSA.org Reprinted from politicalaffairs.net Posted to IPR by Paulie This February, as we celebrate African American history month, the first African American president will be sitting in the White House, something that few Americans saw as a possibility at the turn of the 21st century. Because of this momentous event, it is [...]

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Confirmation hearings for Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis now involve more than her lobbying for an anti-employer organization attempting to change federal law to allow union organizers to more easily coerce workers into joining unions. Today’s Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee was canceled after USA Today reported yesterday her husband, Sam Sayyad, paid [...]

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On The Wilder Side: The January 7, 2009 Babylon Green Party Gathering featured Kirby Einhorn of Long Island Wins speaking about “Immigration Trends and Policy on Long Island.” www.BabylonGreens.org The event was held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) www.piscescafe.net Related: Babylon Green Party gathering: Amy King reading 2/4/09 Long Island Wins: [...]

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The Wall Street Journal‘s Daniel Henninger doesn’t point out congressional Republicans voted against the stimulus, not out of opposition to Big Government, but in spite of it.  They simply wanted their pork included. But Henninger does ask the question no one on Capitol Hill wants offered — if this $1.2 trillion Frankenstein’s monster of wealth [...]

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By: Nathalie Hrizi PSLweb.org Reposted to IPR by Paulie Make corporate bosses pay for their crisis! In the last week of January, the number of people collecting unemployment hit a record high of 4.78 million. That same week, corporate owners announced job cuts exceeding 75,000. On Monday, Jan. 20, Home Depot, Pfizer, Caterpillar, Sprint and [...]

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Hoping to win favor for adding trillions of dollars in additional bailouts for banks to his already-struggling government expansion plan, President Barack Obama announced yesterday the imposition of salary caps on executives whose banks receive TARP funds. In other words, if your bank is struggling and its failure could throw the economy deeper into turmoil, [...]

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A series of posts at California Greening highlight the water crisis, especially in California. Posted to IPR by Paulie. H/T Green Party Watch Green Water Policy The EcoAction Committee, Green Party US, has presented to the National Committee a new resolution on water policy and associated Green Party actions. The full text of this resolution [...]

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More bad news for the Obama administration.  Support for his $1.2 trillion government expansion plan continues to plummet, with a plurality of voters now opposing it. Even worse for Obama, half of all voters now say his plan will do more to hurt the economy than help it and Americans are more worried the government [...]

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Posted at http://www.detroitgreens.org/node/91. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. H/T Green Party Watch. Dear friends and supporters of the Green Party of Michigan, As our state unemployment level hits 10.6% and the world economy is in tatters, the Green Party is meeting March 28-29 at the Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center in Oakland County (www.uheac.org). We [...]

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Today’s LP.org poll: Barack Obama admitted he “screwed up” his first few days in office. What is his biggest “screw up” so far? Not bothering to check the backgrounds of many of nominees, hoping he could “set a record” for fastest Cabinet confirmations Slapping salary caps on executives for struggling banks, preventing them from hiring [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org Posted To IPR by Paulie Let’s start with a fairness point. Why should you pay a 5 to 6 percent sales tax for buying the necessities of life, when tomorrow, some speculator on Wall Street can buy $100 million worth of Exxon derivatives and not pay one penny in sales tax? [...]

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Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. President Barack Obama may criticize performance bonuses for some as "shameful," but he has no shame about a quarter-billion dollar tax break for his most loyal supporters, who just announced record profits. The New York Post reports today on a recently-discovered provision in Obama’s [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by the former candidate and posted to IPR by Paulie. Green Candidate Ends Congressional Run CONTACT: Alan Augustson Green Party Candidate U.S. House of Representatives Fifth District of Illinois (01)(773)267-8507 Alan@AlanAugustson.org www.AlanAugustson.org Green Candidate Alan Augustson today announced that he is “standing down” from his bid to replace Rahm Emanuel (D-05) in [...]

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Press release from LP.org. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Missouri to get two more elected Libertarians Libertarians guaranteed city council seats in Grandview, Springfield Missouri is already assured of two local election victories in April, state chair Glenn Neilsen reports. Mike Ferguson is running unopposed for a seat on the Grandview City Council, assuring the [...]

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For more information, please contact: Brian P. Moore (352) 686-9936 or cell (352) 585-2907 www.votebrianmoore.com PRESIDENT OBAMA JOINS BRIAN MOORE IN CAPPING CEO AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE PAY Socialist Presidential Candidate Advocated Executive Caps In 2008 Campaign; Says, “This is Good Start Toward Socialism” TAMPA BAY (Spring Hill), FLORIDA, February 5, 2009 —President Barack Obama, who [...]

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Former Senator Dean Barkley ran for US Senate in Minnesota as an Independence Party candidate. He was able to run TV ads, and even get former Governor Jesse Ventura to record radio ads on behalf of his campaign. Ballot Access News‘ latest issue contains a table which tabulates the total number of votes for US [...]

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Paul Mulshine writes at the NJ Voices blog that Bob Barr represents true “conservatism”, not Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh was perhaps the biggest Bush backer in the American media during the past eight years, a time when Bush violated every principle of conservative governance as he pushed the country ever further into the hands of big-spending [...]

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I found this article to be strangely out-of-sync for Bob Barr’s usual commentary. In his latest writing, Bob Barr excoriates the mother who recently gave birth to octuplets. While this is not purely political, it is reminiscient of the “culture war” commentary of the 90s. Plus, the comments are being made by the Libertarian Party’s [...]

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