The United States
Government is bigger than ever. A larger fraction of Americans'
wealth is taken and spent by governments at the federal, state and local
levels than ever before in our history. This and other forces have
resulted in substantial encroachments on our freedoms and liberties.
Perhaps the most dramatic and pervasive example of liberty yielding to
government has been the
war on drugs. Invasion of people's homes,
forfeiture of property without arraignment or conviction, wiretappings,
warrantless searches of cars, homes, boats, aircraft, and persons have all
resulted from the government' effort to "win" and unwinnable
war against substances which themselves do far less harm than the efforts
to suppress them.
In addition, the almost limitless resources and power of government
have meant more and more rules and regulations that encroach on Americans'
right to do business, impeding work opportunities even in such entry-level
occupations and driving vans or braiding hair.
Restrictions on freedom of speech on the internet, campaign finance
"reform" that limits Americans' rights to speak on political subjects,
and enforcement of draconian laws that dictate private, consensual sexual behavior
are depriving Americans of their
right to privacy, their right to be free,
their right (and their responsibility) to function as autonomous and
independent individuals.
The Liberty Project supports and implements programs designed to
reassert citizens' rights to their own property, to their freedom of
movement and of speech, and to their personal privacy. The Liberty
Project's undertakings include:
- a public relations campaign to educate the American public on the
abuses of civil asset forfeiture
- the commissioning of editorial pieces on issues relating to the drug
war and to government's perverse practice of providing charitable
contributions to American corporations
- Litigation to overthrow laws that govern private, consensual sexual
practices, still on the books in 18 states, laws that continue to be
enforced with distressing frequency.
All efforts will be aimed at securing the rights and liberties of
American citizens, and helping to limit the American government to its
legitimate constitutional role -- a role of enumerated and therefore
limited powers.