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<p>I suggest tying dues to inflation, using the CPI Calculator at BLS, so we never have this discussion again. </p>
<p>This probably needs some tweaking, but here's my suggestion...</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>“Sustaining member” is any Party member who is a life member, or any Party member who, in the prior twelve months, has contributed an inflation-adjusted amount equal to $5 indexed from July 1971 to October of the preceding year at the time of contribution.</strong></em></p>
<p>Why July 1971? Because in August 1971, Nixon took us off the Gold Standard, which is the documented "straw that broke the camel's back" and led to the creation of the LP.</p>
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<p>So running this through a "what would have happened" test: On December 31st, 2016, the calculation for the CPI Calculator at BLS would have been from July 1971 to October 2016. </p>
<p>The answer: $30 in 2017. Probably would be $35 in 2018.</p>
<p><a href="https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5&year1=197107&year2=201610">https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5&year1=197107&year2=201610</a></p>
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<div>Just my $0.02. (Or, $0.12 if indexed from July 1971 to October 2016)</div>
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<p>On 2017-09-11 14:45, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:</p>
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<div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Caryn Ann Harlos</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">A haiku to the Statement of Principles:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>We defend your rights</em></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>And oppose the use of force</em></span></div>
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