[Lnc-business] Suggestions regarding LP outreach literature

[Norm Olsen]

Hello All . . .

 

A review of the political climate as established by the presidential debates indicates what the hot issues are.  Selecting those hot issues which will survive the 2016 Presidential election I get:

 

1>     Government irresponsibility is destroying the economic fabric of our nation.

2>     Immigration Reform:  Individual Freedom vs Economic & Personal Security

3>     War on Terror: How do we provide security without sacrificing our liberties and economic future.

4>     Government involvement in education (Common Core and Every Student Succeeds?).

 

If others on this list would convey to me (either directly or on this list) what your four (an arbitrary number I have just picked) topics are your choices for new outreach literature, I will try to compile a list from which we can choose five via some variation of approval voting using e-mail.  This process is about making some choices.  Please deliberate carefully and limit your suggestions to a reasonable number.

 

One of our goals, indeed the easiest to achieve of our six goals, is “Updated issue-based outreach literature”.  If we fail to meet this relatively easy goal, the only excuse is neglect.  Let’s get busy on this.  Staff has suggested that they can do the heavy lifting; all we need to do is provide some direction.

 

Norm

 

PS> I apologize for my delay in making my choices.  My family’s holiday get-together was over the Thanksgiving weekend, and this item fell in the crack during my travels.

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Norman T Olsen

Regional Representative, Region 1

Libertarian National Committee

7931 South Broadway, PMB 102

Littleton, CO  80122-2710

303-263-4995

 

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Brett Bittner
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:44 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Suggestions regarding LP outreach literature

 

My suggestions:

1. A broad economic liberty piece. 
2. A broad civil liberties piece. 
3. A broad piece regarding freedom "across the board." 
4. 2nd Amendment piece (for gun show outreach) 
5. Campus freedom piece (for on-campus outreach) 
6. An "open for business" piece tailored toward the issues faced by small business owners. 
7. A Spanish language piece (possibly just a translation of #3 above) 
8. A Spanish language piece specific to issues important in the Hispanic community (immigration/freedom of movement, economic opportunity, "flex your rights") 
9. A "No Cronies" piece in opposition to cronyism

I'm sure I could come up with more, but I think these would be a good start, covering many topics and offering some literature specific to some of our most popular outreach activities. 

Brett C. Bittner 

Region 3 Alternate 
Libertarian National Committee 

**This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.

On Nov 22, 2015 5:55 PM, "James Lark" <jwl3s at virginia.edu> wrote:

Dear colleagues:

    I hope all is well with you.  As usual it was nice to see you in Orlando last weekend.  I have enclosed below some suggestions regarding topics for LP outreach literature.  I hope you find these suggestions worthy of your consideration.  I apologize that I was unable to send my suggestions sooner; during the past week I have been swamped with faculty duties, along with my duties to other libertarian organizations.

    As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  Best wishes to you and your loved ones for a wonderful Thanksgiving.

    Take care,
    Jim

    James W. Lark, III
    Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
    Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
    University of Virginia

    Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
    University of Virginia

    Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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Suggestions regarding topics for LP outreach literature:

    I believe we should develop material (including flyers/pamphlets) concerning the following topics (listed in no particular order of importance):

1)  American foreign policy (ending activities which are hideously immoral, horribly counterproductive, extraordinarily expensive, and/or blatantly unconstitutional)

2)  Health care and insurance (moving to a truly free market in both health care and insurance)

3)  "Crony capitalism" (ending the ability of governments to play favorites in various ways)

4)  The increasingly predatory nature of the law enforcement/judicial system (e.g., police brutality, generating revenue for the state via heavy fines for minor offenses, civil asset forfeiture, pre-trial seizure of defendant assets)


    There are many other topics about which we should develop outreach material.  My gut feeling (based upon a fair amount of seat-of-the-pants empiricism) is that outreach material concerning the topics listed above would give us the best return on investment over the near term.  One topic about which I may be able to offer specific suggestions for outreach material concerns what I view as the increasing pettiness of government involvement in our lives.


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