(3 min. stump speech)

I'm Bruce A. Martin,
Libertarian Party candidate for New York State Assembly, 3rd district.
There are two other candidates on the ballot.
Both of them are enrolled Democrats.
Both of them are Tax & Spend liberals -- they have both proven this repeatedly
by their voting records as members of Sheldon Silver's majority in the State Assembly.

Unbelievable as it seems, there is no Republican on the ballot,
and no other parties have additional candidates in this race!
So, this election contest boils down to two liberal DEMOCRATS vs. a LIBERTARIAN.

Incidentally, each of my 2 opponents was picked several years ago by the party leaders of one of the major parties - and then this year was picked by the party leader of the opposite major party. ;-/ Now, I'm still confused and skeptical about all this jockeying by the party bosses, and so are the most of the voters!

I've never run for public office before.
I've always been enrolled in the Conservative Party - but that is a NY-State-only party.
As for national parties, I cannot support either the Repucrats nor the Demoblicans
-- to me, they are merely two wings of what I'd call the Incumbent Party.
The national party I belong to is the Libertarian Party.

Libertarian Party candidates stand for:

lower taxes,

smaller government,

and empowerment of local government and individuals
to run their own communities and their own lives and businesses.
We will reduce the growing burden that gov't regulations impose upon peaceful citizens.

In NY, Libertarian candidates oppose the monstrously-huge state government in Albany,
a hideous Frankenstein that has been stitched together over the years by the 2 big parties.

A power-hungry state gov't that ships our dollars up to Albany and sends back pennies,

Then it hands down "mandates" forcing local gov'ts to raise & spend even more taxes. Had enuf of this? Ditch the donkey AND the elephant - vote Libertarian!

Libertarians believe that YOU can decide, (better than your bureaucratic masters in Albany), what to do with your own tax dollars and how to run your own communities.

All 8 LP candidates in this area opposed the LIPA/LILCO Bailout Bond Deal.
(Last March, Chris Garvey and I spoke before the County Legislature demanding a Referendum.)

Chris Garvey is now the Libertarian candidate for Governor; I support his calls to end the sales tax, reduce size and power of the state government, & restore Constitutional rights.

What is the Libertarian Party?

It is the third-largest political party in the United States, with over 250 Libertarians already serving in public office.
Our members have served in the legislatures of several states, and in the Congress.
We were on ballot in all 50 states (plus DC) in most of the recent Presidential elections
Our first candidate for Vice President was the first woman in American history to receive an Electoral College vote - that was in 1972 (12 yrs bfr G.Ferraro).
Our 1996 Presidential candidate, Harry Browne, called for an end to the Federal Income Tax and the I.R.S., long before other candidates jumped on the bandwagon.

What does the libertarian party stand for?
For the full story, just call 1-800-ELECT-US; only enuf time for me to give you a few sound bytes:

The Libertarian Party was founded on the principles of Thomas Jeffereson:
- Governments are established to protect your inalienable rights, and
- That government governs best which governs least.
An early U.S. coin displayed the motto: "Mind your own business". That's what liberty is all about. It has been said that a libertarian salad is: lettuce alone!
The Libertarian Party stands for ALL TEN Articles of the Bill of Rights -- including the 2nd, 4th, 9th, and 10th Amendments which are too-often ignored.
Every Libertarian officeholder has taken a pledge never to vote to raise taxes / none has ever broken that pledge! No other national party can make that claim.

Had enuf? Vote Libertarian! To find out more, call 1-800-ELECT-US

The Democrats want government to be your Mommy:
eat all your vegetables, don't smoke too much, here's your allowance, buy only politically-correct cars, textbooks, health plans, etc.
and you'd better believe: Mother knows best!

The Republicans want government to be your Daddy:
swindle whoever you want (if you can get away with it),
but if your lifestyle violates their "community standards", WATCH OUT! Big Daddy just might drag you out to the woodshed for a "lesson".

Libertarians are the only party that wants government to treat you as an adult.
You are accountable for what you do.
Government's main job is to protect the weak from the bullies.

And Libertarians don't like governments becoming the bully

The philosophy known today as "libertarian" (renouncing the initiation of force against peaceful persons) was actually called "liberal" in previous centuries -- before that term was co-opted by socialists and other statists. Regardless of the label, we stand with Locke, Hobbes, Newton, Voltaire, and other Rennaisance & Enlightenment philosophers, and with Jefferson, Madison, Mason, and the other founders of this nation.

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In the 3rd AD, if you are happy with the New York State Assembly, as it is now, then by all means vote for one of my two opponents -- it hardly matters which one. If you like the way this state is governed, then just flip a coin to pick one of the major party candidates for Governor, and vote for more of the same.

BUT, if you want to send a message: that you've had enuf and you're "not going to take it any more", the no the following:

Dial 1-800-ELECT-US and find out about the Libertarian Party; then
Look for the Statue of Liberty emblem [SHOW] on the ballot, and vote for all eight Libertarian candidates.

This year, the NY election law provides you with a very interesting opportunity, for the last time this century:
if just 50,000 Mew Yorkers vote for Chris Garvey, end tho it won't make him Governor, we will get a new political party permanently on the ballot -- a party opposed to what the Democrats AND the Republicans have done to this state.

Regardless of whether you agree with every plank of the Libertarian platform, help us get the 50,000 votes to place on the ballot the first truly independent party, not controlled by the big two like all the others are.

Candidate's remarks

Where to start cutting waste?

Pennies from Heaven?