We believe that each person has the right to offer goods and services
to others on the free market. Therefore we oppose all intervention by government
into the area of economics. The only proper role of existing governments
in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes,
and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected.
Efforts to forcibly redistribute wealth or forcibly manage trade
are intolerable. Government manipulation of the economy creates an entrenched
privileged class -- those with access to tax money -- and an exploited class
-- those who are net taxpayers.
We believe that all individuals have the right to dispose of the
fruits of their labor as they see fit and that government has no right to
take such wealth. We oppose government-enforced charity such as welfare programs
and subsidies, but we heartily applaud those individuals and private charitable
organizations that help the needy and contribute to a wide array of worthwhile
causes through voluntary activities.
