Comments on: Is the Libertarian Party Broke? http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Alex Peak http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-515 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:39:40 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-515 QUOTE: "...can I be an active Republican and an inactive Libertarian at the same time?" Absolutely. In fact, I think you are. QUOTE: "The LP dues situation is confusing. They announced that dues were going up to $50, but I received a renewal form last week that only asked for $25." I just checked the site, and you're right. The form only asks for $25. My apologies for the misinformation. QUOTE: “...can I be an active Republican and an inactive Libertarian at the same time?”

Absolutely. In fact, I think you are.

QUOTE: “The LP dues situation is confusing. They announced that dues were going up to $50, but I received a renewal form last week that only asked for $25.”

I just checked the site, and you’re right. The form only asks for $25. My apologies for the misinformation.

]]> by: es http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-510 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:41:00 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-510 what the hell is the LP spending money on, anyway? Wallet-size political compasses? lol what the hell is the LP spending money on, anyway? Wallet-size political compasses? lol

]]> by: Lex http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-509 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:05:39 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-509 The LP dues situation is confusing. They announced that dues were going up to $50, but I received a renewal form last week that only asked for $25. In the LP News, there was a story that said dues may be dropping to $0 at the national level, with state LP's collecting dues instead. If dues may soon drop to $0, won't people just way to see if that happens, instead of sending in $50? The LP dues situation is confusing. They announced that dues were going up to $50, but I received a renewal form last week that only asked for $25. In the LP News, there was a story that said dues may be dropping to $0 at the national level, with state LP’s collecting dues instead.

If dues may soon drop to $0, won’t people just way to see if that happens, instead of sending in $50?

]]> by: Austin Cassidy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-506 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:38:59 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-506 Really? My membership lapsed around 1999-2000. Haven't paid any dues or anything in five years... That's interesting, can I be an active Republican and an inactive Libertarian at the same time? Really? My membership lapsed around 1999-2000. Haven’t paid any dues or anything in five years… That’s interesting, can I be an active Republican and an inactive Libertarian at the same time?

]]> by: Alex Peak http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-505 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:34:22 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-505 Austin, unless you've specifically requested to not be in the party anymore, you're still a party member, you're just not an "active" party member. Also, I think the dues were raised to $50 for people who're already members. Austin, unless you’ve specifically requested to not be in the party anymore, you’re still a party member, you’re just not an “active” party member.

Also, I think the dues were raised to $50 for people who’re already members.

]]> by: George Phillies http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-503 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:37:16 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-503 A better alternative to Chapter 11, should that be needed, would be Chapter 7--Libertarian National Committee, Inc. ceases to exist--and a new group entirely different shows up. The situation is really not quite that bad, in that they are not a half million in the hole, the situation that they were in when Jim Lark and Steve Dasbach ended their terms as National Chair and National Director. A better alternative to Chapter 11, should that be needed, would be Chapter 7—Libertarian National Committee, Inc. ceases to exist—and a new group entirely different shows up.

The situation is really not quite that bad, in that they are not a half million in the hole, the situation that they were in when Jim Lark and Steve Dasbach ended their terms as National Chair and National Director.

]]> by: Austin Cassidy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-502 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:27:07 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-502 Filing for Chapter 11 would be terrible PR, though. Filing for Chapter 11 would be terrible PR, though.

]]> by: George Whitfield http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-501 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:46:34 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-501 I am sending a contribution to the LP today. I am sending a contribution to the LP today.

]]> by: Timothy West http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-500 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:29:07 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-500 There's always Chapter 11. The LNC is a corporation, after all. But to do that, you have to have a re-org plan with some certanty of success. Austin: thats the same meaning I pledged to years ago. How dumb of me. It actually means proclaiming yourself one with a future anarchist world that someday might happen, somewhere....after the country fails due to national bankruptcy...and the world goes through a international depression.... There’s always Chapter 11. The LNC is a corporation, after all. But to do that, you have to have a re-org plan with some certanty of success.

Austin: thats the same meaning I pledged to years ago. How dumb of me. It actually means proclaiming yourself one with a future anarchist world that someday might happen, somewhere….after the country fails due to national bankruptcy…and the world goes through a international depression….

]]> by: Austin Cassidy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-499 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:58:27 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-499 I know, but I used to be a member and I enjoyed being kept up to date with fundraising letters and stuff. I might want to go to some events, too. As for the rather weird little pledge... I take it to mean that I won't shoot anyone in pursuit of Libertarian goals. I know, but I used to be a member and I enjoyed being kept up to date with fundraising letters and stuff. I might want to go to some events, too.

As for the rather weird little pledge… I take it to mean that I won’t shoot anyone in pursuit of Libertarian goals.

]]> by: David A Spitzley http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-498 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:53:39 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-498 To be honest, I'd heard rumors to this effect through Green Party financial contacts around the end of 2004. I gathered there was some danger of them folding up the tent regarding FEC status. I hope nothing comes of this, as I'd prefer to continue to have a palatable opposite-number pushing on the Republicans for electoral reforms in the way the Greens push on the Democrats. To be honest, I’d heard rumors to this effect through Green Party financial contacts around the end of 2004. I gathered there was some danger of them folding up the tent regarding FEC status. I hope nothing comes of this, as I’d prefer to continue to have a palatable opposite-number pushing on the Republicans for electoral reforms in the way the Greens push on the Democrats.

]]> by: NewFederalist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-497 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:28:21 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/08/02/is-the-libertarian-party-broke/#comment-497 You don't have to be a member to get LP News. The same $25 gets you a subscription and you can avoid the pledge and return the membership card they send you. You don’t have to be a member to get LP News. The same $25 gets you a subscription and you can avoid the pledge and return the membership card they send you.

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