bernie pointed out any started the last hour
how a member of his staff found David Koch's campaign agenda
in 1980 when he was running for Vice President the United States on the
libertarian ticket
and
this from bernie's website here just a few excerpts the libertarian party
platform that David Koch ran on in nineteen eighty
we urge the repeal of federal kayak campaign finance laws in the immediate
abolition of the despotic
Federal Election Commission we favor the abolition
have medicare and medicaid programs stayed coke
or the libertarian party anyway to put platform he was running on
we oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan
to provide health services including those which finance abortion services
we also favor the deregulation up the medical insurance industry
deregulation you have no recourse if your insurance if your health insurance
companies Kors you
we favor the repeal the fraudulent virtually bankrupted increasingly
oppressive social security system
you on this is nineteen eighty that was 34 years ago
it's still gone fine takes a kicking keeps on tickin
pending their appeal participation in social security should be made voluntary
a a we propose the abolition of the governmental
Postal Service president says the present system in addition being
inefficient
encourages governmental surveillance a private correspondence
Pennine abolition we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing
free competition
in all aspects a postal service well they certainly got their 2006 by putting
a poison pill in the
in the post office budget that said that they had a
prepay the retirement health benefits for people 75 years from now
we oppose were reading from the 1980 libertarian party platform that David
Koch ran on as his
when he ran for vice president at States we oppose all personal and corporate
income taxation including capital gains tax
no more taxes for rich people we support the eventual repeal of all taxation
as an interim measure all criminal and civil sanctions against tax
Eve Asian should be terminated immediately %uh
interesting we support repeal of all laws which impede the ability of any
person to find employment
such as minimum wage laws immediate repeal Obama's on wage laws
we advocate the complete separation and education and state government schools
lead to the indoctrination children
and interfere with the free choice if individuals government ownership
operation regulation subsidy in schools and colleges
should be ended David Koch for vice president this is the libertarian party
platform in nineteen eighty year he ran
we condemn compulsory education laws and we call for the immediate repeal a ball
such laws
I'll I'm eight years old I don't like school I guess I don't have to go
anymore
cool no problem will just take a trip back to 1890
we support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private
schools
whether profit or not profit allo say we
get rid of our government schools we have for-profit schools and they don't
have to pay any taxes
we support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency
would you like some coke industry smoke with that air
we support the abolition of the department of energy
we called for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with
transportation including the Department of Transportation
we don't need no stinkin eisenhower highway system after all David Koch get
private jets in our
we demand the return of america's railroad system to private ownership we
call for the privatization of the public roads and the national highway system
are you wanna go drive to Grandma's house have a lotta quarters for all the
toll booths
we spell we specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use
quote self-protection end quote equipment such as safety belts
air bags or crash helmets
hours that's weak as we'd all like to pay more for the emergency room visits
for those
idiots who don't wear their seatbelts
we advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration
free-for-all in the skies
I have you know I'll pilot I have flown in and out of our called uncontrolled
fields where everybody uses what's called you no comments 1
I forget the frequency now 129 points something makers whatever it is
arm everybody's on the same frequency basically say
you know and this is Jeremy the 415 some
reforms are by tango on I'm coming into care for years and I'm
you know as anybody in the neighborhood and some will say why I am about six
miles out to the west
and you're looking around for each other right
and was gonna crash actually that was in the Phoenix Airport that was controlled
airspace
any we advocate the abolition of the food and drug administration
the air you have no right to know if your drugs are effective or safe
or even if they have what I am you know what it says on the label we supported
and all subsidies for child
Burien built into our present laws including all welfare plans
and the provisional tax support services for children
to hell with poor kids we oppose all government welfare relief projects and
quote aid to poor
end quote programs all these government programs are privacy invading
paternalistic demeaning and inefficient
the proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts a
private group and individuals
I haven't noticed any food kitchens set up by kid but maybe he has he may well
I don't know week off for the privatization the inland waterways and
the distribution system brings water industry agriculture and household
this is the Thom Hartmann program three more from David Koch
Occupational Safety and Health Act repeal it abolish consumer safety
product
a product key Safety Commission an all-state you sry laws