[Lnc-business] FW: Fw: Fw: Motion: Assemblyman Moore - request for co-sponsors

[Demarest, David P.]

John,

Thank you for your redacted response. I believe that your response is honest, sincere and well-meaning. Your two votes that concern some of us may accurately reflect your vision of Libertarian principles. However, you have considerable homework to do on your Libertarian principle reasoning. The notion that you will always honor the will of the people when it conflicts the with the Party line is a false dichotomy. The choice should be between the will of the people or, for that matter, the party line, when they are in conflict with your conscience and personal principles.

Let's assume just for the sake of discussion an exaggerated hypothetical situation where  62% of your constituents supported a legal initiative to legalize slavery. Would you vote to reflect the will of the people? Probably not. That begs the question of where should you draw the line between voting your conscience and reflecting the will of the people? I would submit that as a Libertarian, you should always vote your conscience and personal principles when they conflict with the will of the people or the party line. Voting for the will of the people for the purpose of getting reelected is directly responsible for scourge of crony capitalism that is destroying our way of life.

John, it is very generous of you to vote for the stadium construction that will employ thousands but will be paid for by someone other than you - very generous indeed. That suggests that you know better than us how we should spend our money and you don't trust us to make those decisions for ourselves. I would point out that the political elite like to posture that they are people just like the rest of us. If our elected officials are people just like the rest of us and we can't trust them to make their own personal decisions, how in the hell can we trust them to make decisions for us. I would further submit that the political elite do not suddenly become wiser than the rest of us the minute they assume office. Point of fact, when push comes to shove, they will far too often choose to take care of their own personal needs at our expense with no thought to the future after they leave office.

John, I will assume that you switched to the LP because of your principles rather than in response to the risk of the GOP self-destructing. I understand the dilemma of choosing between conscience and the reelection demands of pandering to the will of the people. I would agree that we need to change the context of governance to provide elected leaders with incentives that minimize that dilemma. In the meantime you and we can learn from the difficult decisions you were faced with. The golden opportunity to vote your conscience on the tax increase and stadium construction bills has come and gone.

John, I wish you well. Let the unfortunate consequences of your voting choices be a lesson and an opportunity not only for you but for all of us to vote our conscience going forward.

Thoughts?

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From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Starchild
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Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Fw: Fw: Motion: Assemblyman Moore - request for co-sponsors

            Thank you, John. Although I don't expect it to change my stance on censure, I will give it a read and due consideration before voting. I'm glad you decided to share a redacted version, if the comments about the Nevada LP in the original were things that were better left unsaid in such a statement.

            I've included your attachment in this message so you don't have to send it to other LNC members separately, and as plain text at the bottom of the email for those who would rather read it in that form than open a separate document.

Love & Liberty,
                                   ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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                                  @StarchildSF


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