January 16, 2008
Outright Libertarians Endorses Phillies
Jan 16. The Executive Committee of Outright Libertarians today endorsed George Phillies for the 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination. Outright Libertarians is the country's most influential LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Libertarian organization.
"From his interview in The Advocate magazine, to his one-liner response to a marriage equality question at a debate in socially conservative Fresno, California -- 'We've already solved that problem in Massachusetts' -- we can tell that Dr. Phillies would never try to rationalize anti-LGBT bigotry as a way to 'grow' the Libertarian Party," said Outright Libertarians chairperson Rob Power. "Outright Libertarians proudly supports George Phillies and calls on all of our members and allies to attend the Libertarian National Convention in Denver this May and cast their nominating vote for Dr. Phillies."
Phillies also had a perfect score on Outright Libertarians' issues scorecard.
"I am greatly honored to receive the Outright Libertarians endorsement," Phillies said. "Historically, Outright Libertarians has waited until after our nominating convention, and then endorsed the nominee. I am indeed grateful to receive their endorsement during the nominating campaign."
Outright Libertarians listed a series of reasons for choosing Phillies, namely he was the only Libertarian with a perfect score on their "issues scorecard" who
*is actively campaigning (for himself, not for some major-party candidate)
*has a truly national campaign
*is receiving media attention (including magazines and television).
*has continued to receive FEC-reportable campaign contributions better than his opponents.

The Outright Libertarians issues scorecard: http://www.outrightusa.org/OL2008Scorecard.pdf
The Outright Libertarians web site http://www.outrightlibertarians.org
The Advocate interview: http://advocate.com/print_article_ektid51418.asp

To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://phillies2008.org/donation today.
Contact Information:

January 18, 2008
Contact: Andrew Davis
E-mail: andrew.davis@lp.org

Office: 202-333-0008 ext. 225
Mobile: 202-731-0002

FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY:
Stimulus package fails to stimulate optimism

Once again, the Feds favor window dressing over actual solutions

Quick Quotes:
Shane Cory, Executive Director, Libertarian Party
• "The proposed package is nothing but a multi-billion dollar dog and pony show."
• "We should be focused on real solutions and not just window dressing."

Andrew Davis, National Media Coordinator, Libertarian Party
• "The government should be focusing on long-term stimuli like reduction in personal income taxes or capital gains taxes, which truly encourage business investment and growth."

Washington, D.C. - A $145 billion dollar stimulus package called for by President Bush is more for show than solving current economic woes, says the Libertarian Party. "The President's economic stimulus plan fails to address the real mechanisms for economic growth," says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory.

"The proposed package is nothing but a multi-billion dollar dog and pony show," says Cory. "It's a cash advance on taxes not yet paid, which passes the debt to future taxpayers. It's not good for the economy, and it won't help."

The proposed economic stimulus package provides tax rebates with the hope that the money is injected into the economy by consumer spending. Bush has called the package a "short-term" solution to economic troubles. The price tag of the stimulus package is expected to range between $140 to $145 billion dollars.

"The government operates much too slowly for these so called 'short-term' solutions to have any impact," says Andrew Davis, national media coordinator for the Libertarian Party. "By the time the government acts, their reason for acting has come and gone. Instead, the government should be focusing on long-term stimuli like reduction in personal income taxes or capital gains taxes, which truly encourage business investment and growth."

The Libertarian Party suggests that cutting taxes that discourage business investment is the best solution to an economic slowdown. However, the Libertarian Party says that cuts in spending must match tax cuts, or else the government will continue to take on debt. Under the Bush administration, this has yet to happen.

"What we don't want to see is the government scrambling for solutions that make the problems worse," Cory concludes. "We should be focused on real solutions and not just window dressing."