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Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Senate leader
  
None

Founded
  
1971

House leader
  
None

Ideology
  
Libertarianism

National affiliation
  
Libertarian Party (United States)

Colors
  
a shade of Blue; Yellow

The Libertarian Party of Illinois is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Lex Green. There are eight Libertarian officeholders in Illinois.

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Mission statement

Libertarian Party of Illinois mission is: To elect Libertarians to office and move public policy in a libertarian direction.

Key tenets of the party platform

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following:

  • Adoption of laissez-faire principles which would reduce the state's role in economic government. This would include, among other things, markedly reduced taxation, privatization of Social Security and welfare (for individuals, as well as elimination of "corporate welfare"), markedly reduced regulation of business, rollbacks of labor regulations, and reduction of government interference in foreign trade.
  • Protection of property rights.
  • Minimal government bureaucracy. The Libertarian Party states that the government's responsibilities should be limited to the protection of individual rights from the initiation of force and fraud.
  • Civil libertarianism: Support for the protection of civil liberties, including the right to privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and sexual freedom.
  • Opposition to civil rights laws that regulate the private sector, such as affirmative action and non-discrimination laws.
  • Support for the unrestricted right to the means of self-defense (such as gun rights, the right to carry mace, pepper spray, or tasers etc.).
  • Opposition to the censoring and the engineering of foreign radio pathways.
  • Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, driving without a seatbelt, use of controlled substances, fraternization, etc.).
  • Opposition to regulations on how businesses should run themselves (e.g., smoking bans)
  • A foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism.
  • Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency (commodity-based money supply as opposed to fiat currency).
  • Abolition of all forms of taxpayer-funded assistance (welfare, food stamps, public housing, Health care, etc.)
  • A belief that abortion is a personal issue, and should not be part of government.

    • State and student affiliates

  • Bond-Fayette County Libertarians
  • Carroll County Libertarians
  • Champaign County Libertarian Party
  • Clinton County Libertarian Party
  • DuPage Libertarians
  • Fox Valley Libertarian Party
  • Illinois State University
  • Illinois Valley Libertarian Party
  • Lake County Libertarian Party
  • Libertarian Party of Chicago
  • Libertarians of Western Illinois University
  • McLean County Libertarian Party
  • Metro-East Libertarians
  • Northern Illinois University Libertarians
  • Outright Libertarians of Illinois
  • Rockford Area Libertarian Part
  • Rock Valley College Libertarians
  • Sangamon County Libertarian Libertarian Party
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Warren County Libertarian Party
  • Will County Libertarian Party
  • Western Illinois University

    • References

    Libertarian Party of Illinois Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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