1. Economic fairness = economic freedom
One cannot have one without the other. Many liberals today have been romanced by eloquent politicians and their too-good-to-be-true promises of the middle and lower class workers finally acquiring their “fair share” from the greedy, rich CEOs of big corporations. But this vision only reckons with the current crony capitalist system we currently live in that has been induced and perpetuated by government meddling. Monopolies, forced low wages, less upstart opportunities for the lower skilled – it’s all made possible through back room deals and fixed systems that advantage big corporations and block out real competition from other companies. This results in fewer options for workers as well as consumers, resulting in the current lack of fairness we have now. The last thing we should be fighting for is therefore more of the government involvement that rigged the system in the first place. Don’t trust a politician that claims he can give you the moon; trust one instead who claims to get out of your way and do his best to clear the path to let you shoot for it.
The Libertarian Party subscribes to the concepts found in the Austrian and Chicago economics schools – full of Nobel Prize-winning experts who advise that those in charge of economic policy do just that – get out of the market’s way and allow competition to flourish. Only through true competition, social honor for entrepreneurs, and the freedom to innovate, can true prosperity and fairness of opportunity true reach the citizens of the U.S. once again.
