- Upcoming Events
- Ballot Access Organizing Meeting Scheduled
- Adding Substance To The Argument -- Cutting Income Taxes
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- Upcoming Events
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January 17, 2001
- Monthly meeting of the St. Clair County affiliate
- Location: Figaro's is located at 1503 11th Street, Port Huron, MI 48060. TX: (810) 987-3588. Join us for dinner at 6:00 PM. Business begins at 7:00 PM.
- Contact: Richard Friend Phone: (810) 982-7178 E-mail: rfriend@advnet.net
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January 18, 2001
- Monthly meeting. Public Welcome. Business begins at 7:30pm. Optional dinner begins at 6:30pm.
- Location: CT's Restaurant (M-140 & Blue Star Highway)
- Contact: Bill Bradley Phone: (616) 637-1788 E-mail: bbradley@cybersol.com
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January 23, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- The monthly meeting of the Ottawa County Libertarian Party
- Location: The Yellow Jacket Inn. 12011 Lake Michigan Dr. West Olive, MI
- Contact: Jason C. Miller Phone: (616) 669-2851 E-mail: jcmiller@triton.net
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January 24, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- LP of Oakland County General Membership Meeting. Public welcome. Meet for dinner at 6:30PM, business begins at 7:30PM. Election of officers and bylaws changes will take place at this meeting.
- Location: Sila's, 4033 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley. Sila's is located 2 blocks east of Greenfield on 12 Mile Rd.
- Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 515-3675 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com
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January 25, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- Organizing meeting for the LPM's Ballot Access Restoration Committee. We will be making our preliminary plans for our ballot access petition drive.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, Hazel Park (see www.mi.lp.org/hq/ for directions)
- Contact: Nancy O'Brien Phone: (313) 562-5778 E-mail: nobrien321@aol.com
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February 4, 2001 - 10:00 AM
- LPM 2001 Winter Leadership Conference
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted by the Ottawa County Libertarian Party. For more information, contact Ben Steele III at 517-288-5616 or bsteele1@tir.com or Jason Miller at 616-669-2851 or jcmiller@triton.net
- Location: The Comfort Inn, 622 Allegan Street, Plainwell
- Contact: Ben Steele III Phone: (517) 288-5616
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February 6, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- Monthly Meeting - LP of Wayne County Dinner 6:30pm. Program starts at 7:45pm.
- Location: La Trattoria Restaurant - Dearborn MI
- Contact: Joann Karpinski Phone: (313) 925-6917 E-mail: Momjoann@aol.com
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February 6, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- Kalamazoo Libertarian Party General Meeting
- Location: TGI Friday's Restaurant, 5650 W. Main Street, Oshtemo, MI.
- Contact: Tim Miley Phone: (616) 668-3951 E-mail: thmiley@yahoo.com
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February 8, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- Libertarian Party of Berrien County will hold its monthly meeting. Please contact us in case of a change of meeting location. Please tune in to designated broadcast stations in case of cancellation due to inclimate weather conditions
- Location: To be determined
- Contact: Glenn Whitt Phone: (616) 473-2764 E-mail: trombonist1@juno.com
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February 11, 2001 - 1:00 PM
- LPM Executive Committee meeting
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile Rd., Hazel Park. Directions: Take I-75 to Nine Mile Road. Go east on Nine Mile for approximately five blocks. The HQ building will be on the left. See www.mi.lp.org/hq/ for a map.
- Contact: Stacy Van Oast Phone: (810) 784-8783 E-mail: stacyvo@eesc.com
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- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- Ballot Access Organizing Meeting Scheduled
by Nancy O'Brien
Regaining the LPM's ballot access is the single most
important thing the state party must do this year. This is
a huge undertaking that will require the help of all
affiliates and as many volunteers as we can get.
The first organizational meeting of the Ballot Access
Restoration Committee will be at HQ Thursday, January 25 at
7:00 P.M. If you want to be involved in the planning of the
petition drive, please attend this meeting.
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- Adding Substance To The Argument -- Cutting Income Taxes
by Ghazey Aleck
We all hate it when it happens ... someone you are
trying to convince that cutting income taxes will work
challenges you for some specifics. Well here it is:
General Government $16 Billion
Administration of Justice $26 Billion
This is the cost of basic government. There are other
spendy areas like Energy, International Affairs, Natural
Resources and Environment, Agriculture, Commerce and Housing
credit, Transportation, General Science-space and
technology, Community and Regional Development, Education,
Health, Medicare, Income Security, Social Security,
Veterans, National Defense, Interest payments, allowances
and undistributed offsetting receipts.
Federal government costs $1.8 trillion in its present
form to run, yet a mere $42 Billion is all that is needed to
run general government and justice. The military and
national defense is $275 Billion--more than the next 7
highest spending countries combined! Social Security is
presently $390 Billion and counting Income Security another
$238 Billion. Can we run the government without income
taxes?
Individual Income Taxes $952 Billion
Corporate Income Taxes $192 Billion
Payroll Taxes $650 Billion
Excise Taxes $70 Billion
Estate and gift taxes $30 Billion
Customs Duties $21
Miscellaneous Revenues $43 Billion
Thus, the general duties of government costing $42
Billion can be run by Miscellaneous Revenues of $43 Billion
leaving $121 Billion for the National Defense or other
matters. If we divide the National Defense cost by 7 to get
us down with the top seven spending countries' average, the
national defense would cost about $40 Billion leaving $80
Billion for Veterans $43 Billion, Space $18 Billion and
Emergencies.
Social Security, Medicare and Income Security should be
covered by their separate taxes. The problem is that
interest on the National Debt is $220 Billion. The point
is, though, yes we really can run government without income
taxes if we quit all the unconstitutional spending and
functions we presently are involved.
Source:http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/guide02.html
A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget. Budget of the
United States Government, Fiscal Year 2001. From the
Executive Office of the President of the United States.
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