Poverty and Unemployment
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The LP Platform Currently Reads
The Issue: Government fiscal and monetary
measures that artificially foster business expansion guarantee an eventual
increase in unemployment rather than curtailing it. Government programs are
inefficient, paternalistic, demeaning and invasive of privacy.
The Principle: The proper source of help
for the poor is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals. No
worker should be legally penalized for lack of certification, and no consumer
should be legally restrained from hiring unlicensed individuals.
Solutions: We seek the elimination of occupational
licensure, which prevents human beings from working in whatever trade they
wish. We call for the abolition of all federal, state and local government
agencies that restrict entry into any profession, such as education and law,
or regulate its practice. We oppose all government welfare, relief projects
and "aid to the poor" programs.
Transitional Action: We call for the immediate
cessation of such fiscal and monetary policies, as well as any governmental
attempts to affect employment levels. We support repeal of all laws that impede
the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws,
so-called "protective" labor legislation for women and children, governmental
restrictions on the establishment of private day-care centers, and the National
Labor Relations Act. We deplore government-fostered forced retirement, which
robs the elderly of the right to work. To speed the time when governmental
programs are replaced by effective private institutions we advocate dollar-for-dollar
tax credits for all charitable contributions.
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