862                             WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK              1985-1986

   We favor the creation of a free market in oil by instituting a system
of full property rights in underground oil
 and by repeal of all federal and state controls over price and output in
the petroleum industry. All govern-
 ment-owned energy resources should be turned over to private ownership.
 2. Pollution
   We support the development of an objective system defining individual
property rights to air and water. We
hold that ambiguities in the area of these rights (e.g., the concept of "public
property") are a primary cause of
our deteriorating environment. Present legal principles which allow the violation
of individual rights by pol-
luters must be reversed. The laws of nuisance and negligence should be modified
to cover damage done by air,
water, and noise pollution. While we maintain that no one has the right to
violate the legitimate property
rights of others by polluting, we strenuously oppose all attempts to transform
the defense of such rights into
any restriction of the efforts of individuals to advance technology, to expand
production, or to use their prop-
erty peacefully. We therefore support the abolition of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
3. Consumer Protection
   We support strong and effective laws against fraud and misrepresentation.
However, we oppose paternalis-
 tic regulations which dictate to consumers, impose prices, define standards
for products, otherwise restrict
 risk-taking and free choice. We oppose governmental promotion or imposition
of the metric system.
   We oppose all so-called "consumer protection" legislation which
infringes upon voluntary trade, and call
 for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. We advocate
the repeal of all laws banning or
 restricting the advertising of prices, products, or services. We specifically
oppose laws requiring an individual
 to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety
belts, air bags, or crash helmets.
   We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration, which
has jeopardized airplane safety by
arrogating to itself a monopoly of safety regulation and enforcement.
   We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration and particularly
its policies of mandating
specific nutritional requirements, and denying the right of manufacturers
to make non-fraudulent claims con-
cerning their products. We advocate an end to compulsory fluoridation of
water supplies. We specifically
oppose government regulation of the price, potency, or quantity able to be
produced or purchased of drugs or
other consumer goods. There should be no laws regarding what substances (nicotine,
alcohol, hallucinogens,
narcotics, laetrile, artificial sweetners, vitamin supplements, or other
"drugs") a person may ingest or other-
wise use.
4. Education
   We advocate the complete separation of education and the State. Government
schools lead to the indoctri-
 nation of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government
ownership, operation, regula-
 tion, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.
   As an interim measure to encourage the growth of private schools and variety
in education, we support tax-
credits for tuition and for other expenditures related to an individual's
education. We support the repeal of all
taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.
   We condemn compulsory education laws, which spawn prisonlike schools with
many of the problems asso-
ciated with prisons, and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.
   Until government involvement in education is ended, we support elimination
within the governmental
school system, of forced busing and corporal punishment. We further support
immediate reduction of tax
support for schools, and removal of the burden of school taxes from those
not responsible for the education of
children.
5. Population
   Recognizing that the American people are not a collective national resource,
we oppose all coersive mea-
sures for population control.
  We oppose government actions which either compel or prohibit abortion,
sterilization, or other forms of
birth control. Specifically, we condemn the vicious practice of forced sterilization
of welfare recipients or of
mentally retarded or "genetically defective" individuals.
  We regard the tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies to be
aggravated, if not created, by
government policies of censorship, restriction, regulation and prohibition.
Therefore, we call for the repeal of
all laws which restrict any one, including children, from engaging in voluntary
exchanges of goods, services or
information regarding human sexuality, reproduction, birth control, or related
medical or biological
technologies.
  We equally oppose government laws and policies that restrict the opportunity
to choose alternatives to
abortion, including but not restricted to the centralizing and hamstringing
of adoption services and the prohi-
bition of decentralized market oriented adoption services.
  We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present
laws, including all welfare plans
and the provision of tax-supported services for children. We urge the elimination
of special tax burdens on
single people and couples with few or no children.
6. Transportation
  Government interference in transportation is characterized by monopolistic
restriction, corruption, and
gross inefficiency. We therefore call for the dissolution of all government
agencies concerned with transporta-
tion, including the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, Conrail and Amtrak. We demand
the return of America's
railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of public
roads and national highway
system.
  As interim measures we advocate an immediate end to government regulation
of private transit organiza-
tions and to government favors to the transportation industry. In particular,
we support the immediate repeal
of all laws restricting transit competition, such as the granting of taxicab
and bus monopolies and the prohibi-
tion of private jitney services. We urge immediate deregulation of the trucking
industry. Likewise, we advo-
cate the immediate repeal of the federally imposed 55 mph speed limit.