[Lnc-business] Measure & Report our Government Compliance Costs?

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I love the idea


On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 8:54 PM Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>         I sent this message last week, but inadvertently sent it to the
> unused LNC-discuss list which my email software sometimes auto-fills in the
> recipient field rather than to this list, so only Tim Hagan (who was copied
> on the original) would have received it. Anyway, resending now. What do you
> think, Tim? Others?
>
> Love & Liberty,
>
>                                    ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                        RealReform at earthlink.net
>                                 (415) 625-FREE
>                                    @StarchildSF
>
>
> On Jul 4, 2017, at 2:08 AM, Starchild wrote:
>
> >       It occurs to me it would be useful to publicize the total annual
> costs of government to the Libertarian Party. When we add up all the
> time/money spent on ballot access, filing FEC reports, taxes paid on things
> we buy, etc., how much is it costing us in money, hours, and as a
> percentage of our budget? Here are some benefits of tracking and reporting
> this information:
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > • Reporting and commenting on the numbers (whether they are up or down,
> etc.) will make good grist for press releases and blog posts (for instance,
> when we pass the LP's own version of "Tax Freedom Day" each year)
> >
> > • The Libertarian Party taking and publicizing this step will encourage
> other organizations to do likewise
> >
> > • The more organizations start to measure and report these costs, the
> more people will be talking and thinking about the costs of government, and
> the more they do that the more likely they are to reach libertarian
> conclusions
> >
> > • Announcement of the annual numbers, and whether they are up or down,
> would serve as a kind of marketplace signal, and people are generally
> better off when markets function efficiently by virtue of having good
> information
> >
> > • We'll be able to make strategic decisions as needed based on the data
> (if, for instance, we were spending 90% or more of our revenues on
> government compliance, it would clearly be time to either give up on the LP
> as a vehicle to advance freedom, or take an entirely new approach!)
> >
> > • Letting government officials know how much their mandates cost
> organizations like ours will make them more sensitive to increasing that
> burden* (*Just a little joke to see if you're paying attention – as if they
> ever care about the harm they cause!)
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >       Tim, is this information you would be willing/able to include as a
> special category in your reports as treasurer? Personally I'd be ready to
> vote to add it to the job description in the Bylaws!
> >
> > Love & Liberty,
> >
> >                                      ((( starchild )))
> > At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
> >                          RealReform at earthlink.net
> >                                   (415) 625-FREE
> >                                     @StarchildSF
>
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*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee

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