| I moved back to Fort Wayne five years ago. I | | | | completely revoked in Indiana and I want to see the |
| moved back to Fort Wayne to raise my family. I | | | | current proposals to expand the seat belt laws get |
| want to do my part to make America a better place | | | | defeated. It is absurd that the government should |
| for my children; I do not think anything is more | | | | try to regulate whether law abiding citizens are |
| important then that. | | | | wearing a seat belt or not. |
| I feel that America has made some very bad | | | | 4.I want the state of Indiana to wake up and |
| decisions in the last 84 years. In 1920 Franklin | | | | completely legalize gambling. We should allow as many |
| Roosevelt started "The New Deal" and the | | | | casinos as the market can bear. We should tax the |
| government started growing. In 1920 total | | | | existing machines already in many Indiana bars. I am |
| government spending was about 4% of the Gross | | | | tired of all the lame arguments against gambling that I |
| Domestic Product. Today, total government spending | | | | hear. Responsible citizens should be able to spend |
| is about 40% of the Gross Domestic Product! This | | | | their hard earned dollars how they want to spend |
| means that about 40% of all spending in the United | | | | them; as long as they are not hurting others. |
| States is now done by one government entity or | | | | 5.I want the State of Indiana to stand up to the |
| another. This is a trend that must be stopped. Our | | | | Federal government and stop letting the Federal |
| government gets larger and more inefficient every | | | | government extort the citizens of Indiana. The |
| year. Bigger is NOT better. | | | | Indiana government should not allow The Federal |
| I want my children to grow up in a country where | | | | government to withhold our highway money just |
| citizens are responsible for their own actions. I want | | | | because we do not have an "Open Container Law" |
| my children to grow up in a country where the | | | | that meets Federal guidelines. That is absurd. |
| United States Constitution is respected and adhered | | | | Extortion is wrong; it should be stopped at once. |
| to. I want my children to live in a country that | | | | 6.The Patriot Act needs to be modified. Thousands |
| manufactures products; not one in which everything | | | | of innocent citizens of this country are being hassled |
| is made in China. I want my children to grow up in a | | | | and placed on "No Fly" lists by the Federal |
| country where the government has a limited role and | | | | government including: a nun, a Master Sergeant in the |
| our citizenry is responsible for their own actions. I | | | | military, high school students, ACLU lawyers, peace |
| want my children to grow up in a world like the one | | | | activists, reporters, and many others. Citizens of this |
| envisioned by our "Founding Fathers." | | | | country are being held in jail without being charged |
| Here is my Christmas Wish list for 2005: | | | | with a crime; they are not even allowed to consult |
| 1.I want to see the Republican House, Senate, and | | | | with a lawyer! |
| President Bush reign in Federal spending like they | | | | 7.The citizens of this country need to become more |
| have been promising for years; I do not want to see | | | | informed about what their government is doing and |
| the government keep adding one half a trillion dollars | | | | we need to organize and fight against the expansion |
| per year to the existing Federal debt. The Federal | | | | of government. |
| debt currently stands at over $7,600,000,000! | | | | The Libertarian Party of Allen County is organized and |
| 2.I want to see Mitch Daniels and the Republican | | | | doing what it can to oppose the needless expansion |
| majorities in the Indiana House and Senate balance | | | | of government. It is obvious that neither the |
| the Indiana budget by reigning in spending. The local | | | | Republican nor the Democratic Parties are at all |
| taxes I pay already skyrocketed far too much in | | | | interested in halting the spread of government into |
| 2004. My sales tax went up one percent AND my | | | | every facet of our lives. Please visit our website at |
| property tax went up over 61% this year. I paid | | | | AllenCountyLP.org and see what you can do to help |
| almost $2000 more in local and state taxes in 2004 | | | | us. Please contact me at Mike. or call me at |
| then I did in 2003. | | | | 260-338-0833. We must join together and defend our |
| 3.I want to see the current seat belt laws for adults | | | | freedom; no one will do it for us! |