and a few increases. The LNC Treasurer writes on the LNC business list: “I am proposing a series of budget amendments, discussed at the last meeting, for approval as a group.” The motion was made by the National Chair and is now being voted upon. A few notes: The ballot expenses refer only to the current calendar year, where a…
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Political Analysis by Stewart Flood SPOILER ALERT: Love it or hate it, if you never watched this movie then go watch it before reading this! What can I say? I had to find a way to bring one of my favorite movies into this. The premise of the movie is quite simple: The USSR builds a super sub, designed to…
The author considers the downhill trend in American politics from World War 2 to 2014. The volume is actually an extended collection of essays, ordered approximately temporally. The last essays reach to 2014, when it was apparent that matters could not go on as they had, but it was unclear what would happen next. The author did not anticipate the…
Third Parties choose their own platforms. However, if you want to advocate for more or less saleable opinions, you might usefully find out what the more saleable opinions are. The Liberal Patriot is actually a classical liberal site. It focuses on actual data about politics, and is therefore worth subscribing to. It’s also a burr under Democratic and Republican Party…
Revised LPUS membership counts, at end of month. Note in the past two months the drops of nearly 500 and nearly1000. 2022-12 16,988 2023-1 16,507 2023-2 16,308 2023-3 15,954 2023-4 15,539 2023-5 15,060 2023-6 14,080 There had been a slow loss of sustaining members due to an unanticipated consequence of a software feature, these people still being sustaining members but…
Jonathan Todd Casey supplies us with an analysis from the Libertarian Party’s Classical Liberal Caucus. The graph shows the total amount of money raised in the first five months of each year for which there are FEC records, meaning this year and going back in time through three decades. The graph shows the inflation adjusted numbers. The first 5 months…
A report from the Classical Liberal Caucus
Tasks for a New National Committee I originally wrote this in 2000. I’ve edited it, because parts of it are only of historical interest. Some parts needed less editing than others, because some matters have repeated. The new national committee under consideration is the new national committee of some libertarian party, but I am not saying which libertarian party. We…
“I’m active in my local party”, you ask, “why should I care about national affinity groups? For that matter, what is an affinity group?” An affinity group is a collection of people with a particular interest, like the National Rifle Association or the National Abortion Rights Action League. Affinity group members have a real interest other than politics. They also…
Local Organization Issue Outreach Local Campaigns Most members are surprised to learn how little money the national party invests on supporting local political activities, either through direct investment or by providing supporting materials and structures. Notice that I have not proposed to spend money to recruit more members for the national party. I am delighted that Americans choose to join…