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. EscapeArtist.com supports Harry Browne for president.  He is the only candidate that offers an actual method of increasing personal freedom.  If a governing body or a political party does not, or cannot, manufacture freedom, then what good are they? A government that cannot manufacture freedom has absolutely no useful function for anyone who wants to be free.  In fact, they become a hindrance. Harry Browne offers us a real alternative to the cast of idiots running for president. He offers us freedom. If you're determined to vote - Harry is your best option.

• Free to live your life as you think it should be lived, not as Al Gore or George W. Bush thinks you should live it;
• Free to raise your children by your values, not those of some far-off bureaucrat who sees your children as foot soldiers in a plan to create a Brave New World;
• Free to keep every dollar you earn — and spend it, save it, give it away as you think best, not as the politicians will allow after they've spent what they want.

I am running because I don't believe they are capable of running your life. I don't believe I am capable of running your life. I believe only you know best how to run your life.

I want to get government out of your life, so that you're free to make your own decisions, manage your own earnings, and live as a free, sovereign individual — not as a dysfunctional child who must be guided, managed, and cared for by an all-powerful government. 

The Issues

In practice, this means I want to:

• Free you from the income tax by making the federal government so small it can handle its constitutional functions with just the tariffs and excise taxes already being collected.
• Unlock the door and let you out of the fraudulent Social Security system — so you can decide how much of your income to save and what to do with those savings, and so you can enjoy a truly safe and prosperous retirement. And for those already dependent on Social Security, provide a private annuity financed by selling unneeded government assets. No longer should you have to depend on politicians for your retirement.
• End the insane War on Drugs that has turned the drug business over to criminal gangs, locked up a million non-violent Americans, spawned law-enforcement corruption, and provided a justification for destroying your individual liberty — whether or not you have any interest in drugs.
• Make government employees respect every one of the Bill of Rights — keeping your property safe from search and seizure, keeping the government out of areas not specifically authorized in the Constitution, and restoring your freedom to live your life as you think best.
• Repeal the thousands of gun laws that do nothing to stop gun violence by criminals — but do invade your privacy gratuitously and put you at a disadvantage to violent criminals who will never be inconvenienced by those laws.
• Bring the troops home from overseas where they breed anti-American resentment — and quit relying on our overwhelming national offense, create a secure national defense, withdraw from all international organizations and mutual-defense treaties, and allow other countries to manage their own affairs.

What Do You Want?

The other presidential candidates want the burning issue of this election to be: Who is best qualified to lead the nation?

I want the issue to be: How quickly can we restore all the liberty you've lost to arrogant politicians?

I want to bind the politicians down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution, as Thomas Jefferson put it.

I want you to be able to enjoy the real promise of America — which is to live as a free, sovereign individual.

You may not agree with me on every issue. You may disagree with me on how fast we should downsize government. You may feel I have little chance to win. You may not be sure I could carry out everything I want even if I do win.

But these are details. The most important question you must ask yourself is this:

Do you want much smaller government? 

Do you want to be free of the income tax, free of the Social Security tax, free of meddling politicians who believe the only part of your life that belongs to you is what they don't need?

Do you want to restore the full force and effect of the Constitution?

Do you want it?

This is by far the most important question of this or any election season. If you do want much smaller government, it's obvious that you'll never get it with Republicans or Democrats — who are falling over themselves proposing new government programs, new ways to manage your life.

So the first step you must take is to stop supporting those who are making government bigger.

Make the commitment to yourself now that you will no longer endorse the actions of those who believe they know how to lead you, to manage you, to run your life. 

Vote Intelligently

If you vote for George W. Bush because you can't stand Al Gore, your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for every big-government program George Bush wants to inflict upon you. If you vote for Al Gore because you're afraid of the religious right, your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for all the plans Al Gore has made for running your life.

The only unmistakable vote you can cast — the only way you can tell the politicians you're fed up with big government and you won't tolerate it anymore — is to vote Libertarian.

Only in that way can you make it clear that they no longer have your vote in their pocket, that you will no longer vote for anyone who presumes to intrude upon your freedom and sovereignty. 

Visit Our Website

On our web site you can find my detailed views on many different issues, just by clicking here.

Or, for even more details on how we can bring back a free America, you can obtain a copy of my book, The Great Libertarian Offer, just by clicking here.

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You can get an information packet and my half-hour videotape just by clicking here. 

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