THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS THE THIRD LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING
POLITICAL PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH OVER 120 OFFICE HOLDERS
NATIONWIDE.

WHY SHOULD YOU VOTERS IN DISTRICT EIGHT VOTE FOR ME?

BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE ONLY REAL CHOICE YOU HAVE.

THE INCUMBENT IS NOMINALLY A REPUBLICAN,

AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN
BOTHER TO RUN THEIR OWN CANDIDATE.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

IT TELLS YOU THAT IF YOU VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
OR THE REPUBLICANS,
NO MATTER WHAT THEY PROMISE,

THE RECORD WILL SHOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN VOTING

FOR HIGHER TAXES,

BIGGER AND MORE INVASIVE GOVERNMENT,

AND A RISING NATIONAL DEBT WHICH IS OVER FIVE POINT FIVE TRILLION --
THAT'S WITH A T-- DOLLARS.

THIS MONUMENT TO PRODIGAL SPENDING -- PERPETRATED BY THE
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS --

IS A BUILT-IN DEBT OF OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
SADDLING EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
YOU'LL GET MORE,

AND WITH INTEREST.

DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY. JUST LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LIBERTARIAN PARTY.

THE PARTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1971 BY A GROUP OF DISAFFECTED VOTERS
WHO REALIZED THERE WASN'T A DIME'S WORTH OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS.

GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE OPERATED ON THE PRINCIPLE

THAT THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF THE LIVES AND PROPERTY
OF ITS CITIZENS.

IN THE UNITED STATES, ALL POLITICAL PARTIES,

EXCEPT THE LIBERTARIANS,

GRANT TO GOVERNMENT THE RIGHT TO REGULATE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS
AND SEIZE THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.

LIBERTARIANS DENY THE RIGHT OF ANY GOVERNMENT TO DO THESE THINGS,
AND HOLD THAT WHERE GOVERNMENTS EXIST, THEY MUST NOT VIOLATE
THE RIGHTS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, NAMELY:

THE RIGHT TO LIFE:

WE SUPPORT THE PROHIBITION OF THE INITIATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
OTHERS.

THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND ACTION:

WE OPPOSE ALL ATTEMPTS BY GOVERNMENT TO ABRIDGE THE FREEDOM
OF SPEECH AND NEWS MEDIA, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP IN
ANY FORM.

THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY:

WE OPPOSE ALL GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY,
SUCH AS CONFISCATION, NATIONALIZATION,

ANNEXATION,

AND EMINENT DOMAIN.

WE OPPOSE ALL INTERFERENCE BY GOVERNMENT IN THE AREAS OF
VOLUNTARY AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS AMONG INDIVIDUALS.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES AND
PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS.

THEY SHOULD BE LEFT FREE BY GOVERNMENT TO DEAL WITH ONE
ANOTHER AS FREE TRADERS.

AND THE FREE MARKET IS THE ONLY SYSTEM COMPATIBLE WITH THE
PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

THESE LIBERTARIAN PRINCIPLES SHOULD APPLY EVERYWHERE, AND
PARTICULARLY

IN THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER THE PRESENT DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN REGIME,

THEY DO NOT.

TO STEM THIS STATIST TIDE -- AND IF YOU VALUE YOUR FREEDOM -- I URGE
YOU ALL TO VOTE FOR THE LIBERTARIANS.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARTY:

CALL TOLL-FREE 1-800-682-1776.

THAT'S 1-800-682-1776.

AND WE'LL SEND YOU AN INFORMATION PACKET.

ON THE INTERNET -- IT'S WWW-DOT-LP-DOT-ORG

THAT'S THE LIBERTARIAN WEBSITE.

THIS SITE CONTAINS MY PLATFORM --

THE LIBERTARIAN PLATFORM

WWW-DOT-LP-DOT-ORG

I'M DON RICHARDS, THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR US CONGRESS FOR
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU.

Don Richards Libertarian for Congress