[Lnc-business] Suggestion/Request from Region 7 Member

[Whitney Bilyeu]

Colleagues, please consider the suggestion/request below from a Region 7
member...

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*The media essentially works in favor of the old parties by pumping out
constant talking points that feed into the public. This is created out of
the never-ending churn of political events and legislation. An example is
the TPP.The idea I have is to create a group of people committee/think-tank
at the national level that could discuss and research issues that come up.
As libertarians we talk a lot and have resources that we look at like CATO
and Reason, but we do not have something like this of our own. A core group
of people that could respond quickly if needed and do the research required
to give a solid LP response to the issues of the day. These could be
compressed into short briefs with talking points to the state parties that
could use them as they wish.Many of us get the newsletter from national but
a chair or ED cannot respond quickly to everything nor to detailed research
on all issues that arise. This group would have that goal. These releases
would be internal and the party structure could use them as deemed fit. The
team would need to have people capable of looking more deeply into
legislation than just a cursory overview and be committed to turnaround
times that made us responsive to ongoing events.This group would allow us
to speak with a more singular and united strong voice against the hailstorm
of media people are inundated with every day.*

*In general, each brief would be a short synopsis of the subject and the LP
position on it. For, Against, Neutral (pro/con). Talking points should be
listed. Details can be given further after that as needed but the goal
would be to be brief. People simply do not look into the details of the
constant stream of information we have in front of us. It's too much. We
need to get out a quick tool that can be trusted and add a counter voice in
a news market that we are forced to compete with.*
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Thoughts?

Whitney Bilyeu
Region 7 Representative
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