Libertarian Party of Sonoma County

Promoting Liberty and Self-reliance in Sonoma County

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Libertarian Party of Sonoma County

1007 West College Avenue, #454

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

What is the Libertarian philosophy?

Freedom

Individuals in society should be free to pursue activities that maximize their happiness, wealth and well-being as long as those actions do not preclude others from pursuing the same goals.

Self-Reliance

Individuals are responsible for the outcomes of their actions. They must accept that it is their duty to care for themselves and their families first, and to not blame others or society for bad outcomes of their decisions.

The Rule of Law

Libertarianism is not anarchy or a free-for-all. Rather, libertarianism proposes “a society of liberty under law, in which individuals are free to pursue their own lives so long as they respect the equal rights of others. [Boaz]” The rules that do exist should seek to protect the “freedom of individuals to pursue happiness in their own ways, not aim at any particular result or outcome.”

Limited Government

Governments should be tasked primarily to protect and promote the rights of the individual. This role should be limited and may include: adjudicating crime (e.g. murder, rape, theft, etc.); providing security (e.g. national defense, police, fire and other first responders), promoting infrastructure beyond the reasonable reach of individuals (e.g. road construction, water projects.) Things for which an individual can reasonably be responsible, should remain the responsibility of the individual.

Free Markets

In order for individuals to flourish, they must engage in mutually acceptable economic activity. Individuals have an inherent right to own and trade property and to exchange goods and services in a free market. The freedom and wealth of individuals will be maximized if the level of government intercession is minimized.

Non-Aggression

Libertarians believe strongly that the use of force to impose control, to force one world-view on others, or to manipulate the “natural harmony of interests” (i.e. social engineering) is inherently wrong. Using force in the form of war should be a last resort and only in the name of self-preservation.

The LP espouses a classical laissez faire ideology which, they argue, means “more freedom, less government and lower taxes.”

Libertarians seek a middle ground between the left’s liberal values and the right’s conservative ones, believing in…

Maximum individual liberty:

  • pro-drug legalization
  • pro-choice
  • pro-gay marriage
  • pro-home schooling
  • pro-gun rights;

and

 

Maximum economic freedom:

  • anti-welfare
  • anti-government regulation of business
  • anti-minimum wage
  • anti-income tax
  • pro-free trade.

Meet your Sonoma County Team!

William MacElroy
Chair
Chair@lp-sonoma.org

 

Michael Tishler
Vice Chair
VChair@lp-sonoma.org

 

Sandra Lockwood
Secretary
Secretary@lp-sonoma.org

 

Richard J. Brannock
Treasurer
Treasurer@lp-sonoma.org

 

“A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.”

Ludwig von Mises

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