At:

McGinnis Pub

227 West 7th Street
Michigan City, IN 46360

The meeting will start at 7 pm.

Olga’s Place

(219) 785-7100

Time: 7:00 pm (Please arrive 6:15-6:30 p.m  to order food prior to meeting)

Location:

El Bracero -Meeting Room (View Map)
927 Pine Lake Avenue
La Porte, IN 46350-2324
( 219 ) 369- 0800

Time: 7:00 pm (Please arrive 6:15-6:30 p.m  to order food prior to meeting)

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

LP Chair to Washington- Stop Destroying Jobs So The Economy Can Grow

WASHINGTON: Libertarian National Chair, Mark Hinkle, released the following statement today:

“The Obama administration is crowing about a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3% in February 2012. Unfortunately, a large part of the decline since the 10.0% peak reached earlier in his term is the result of people who have given up looking for work. In fact, the percentage of working-age Americans currently unemployed stands at 36.3%, the highest rate of his administration and the worst since the 1980s.

“Libertarians running for local, state and federal offices offer several proposals that can help end what is becoming a permanent disaster for the economy. At the state and local levels occupational licensing laws, zoning and building codes block tens of millions from entering or changing professions and from starting their own small businesses. Regulation, in general, is a job killer: the states with the heaviest regulatory burdens are usually the ones with the highest unemployment rates.

“But Washington, DC is the job-killing champion. The current collapse in employment, especially among minorities and younger potential workers, coincided with the ratcheting up of the federal minimum wage by more than 40% in 3 steps in the summers of 2007, 2008, and 2009. It’s hardly surprising that the unemployment rate, after steadily dropping for 4 years, bottomed at 4.4% in the spring of 2007, just before the first increase, and peaked at 10.0% in the fall of 2009, shortly after the final one.

“The real problem is that the true minimum wage is $0.00, the amount you make when you don’t have a job. Increasing the minimum wage did NOT give everybody a 40% raise; instead, it threw millions of workers into unemployment. The employer health insurance mandate in ObamaCare will probably do the same — which may be why that mandate is scheduled to go into effect AFTER the presidential election.

“It is enough to make me scream ‘Don’t just do something, sit there!’ Given enough time and a stable legal environment, the economy has a chance to start growing again. And with some Libertarians in office, maybe we can repeal some of these laws and grow even faster.”

ANNUAL CONVENTION

March 13, 2012

Call to Order

1. Membership Credentials

2. Reading of the Minutes of the 2011 Annual Convention

3. Approval of Standing Rules and Agenda

4. Annual Financial Report

5. Nominations of Candidates

7. Election of Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the LPIN State Convention

8. Proposed Changes to Party Bylaws

Adjournment

At:

McGinnis Pub

227 West 7th Street
Michigan City, IN 46360

The Libertarian Party of La Porte County

Will be on Wednesday the 15th in La Porte, IN 46350

El Bracero

927 Pine Lake Avenue

La Porte, IN 46350-2324

( 219 ) 369- 0800

At:

McGinnis Pub

227 West 7th Street
Michigan City, IN 46360