LETTERS: LIBERTARIANS: CURE FOR CLINTONISM

To the editor:

After watching President Bill Clinton's recent televised confession of his affair with a White House intern, one question leaps to mind: If he lied about Monica Lewinsky, what makes you think he wasn't lying about the benefits of every new government program he proposed over the last six years? In light of his yes-I'm-a-liar speech, is it possible that his planned takeover of the nations health care system would not have, in fact, resulted in better service and lower prices, contrary to his promises? That $500 billion in new taxes would not have reduced teen-age cigarette smoking? That the Communications Decency Act would have, in fact, actually restricted freedom of speech? Keep in mind for six years we've watched President Clinton go on television and try to seduce Americans with the alleged benefits of some new government program. While Republicans have become obsessed with the president's sex life, Libertarians have been distressed by his inappropriate relationship with the Constitution and the fact that he routinely cheats on the Bill of Rights while trying to expand the power of the federal government. Each time, Clinton would earnestly promise us that if only we'd give the federal government a little more of our money, or give up a little more freedom, or let him hire a few more bureaucrats, then the government would solve all our problems. Of course the Democrats are not alone in this power grab of your money and freedoms. Republicans have time and time again prostituted themselves alongside the Democrats for the same reasons. Only the Libertarian Party, the party of principle, advocates less government and more individual responsibility and freedom. If Clinton's semi-confession had any value, it was as a warning to the American people that politicians -- and especially Bill Clinton -- lie to expand their power. Remember, Bill Clinton is not a sincere person. He just plays one on TV. Keep that in mind the next time he tries to sweet-talk us into supporting some government program that decreases our liberty while making lying politicians like Bill Clinton more powerful. Libertarians are concerned about the government's intrusion into our economic and personal lives. You, as citizens of these United States, should be too. The Libertarian Party is working every day on every issue to bring more freedom and less government intervention to your personal lives. Won't you join us?

MIKE GARDNER, Treasurer

Cape Girardeau County Libertarian Party

Cape Girardeau