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Welcome to the website of the Libertarian Party of Marion County in Indiana.

We are affiliated with the national Libertarian Party and the Libertarian Party of Indiana.

The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States.

The Libertarian Party is the only party, aside from the Democrats and Republicans, with ballot access in the state of Indiana.

As the name implies, the Libertarian Party values individual liberty. We, like our nation's founders, believe it to be "...self-evident that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness..." These sentiments, from the Declaration of Independence, are echoed by the Preamble to the Constitution, which states that the Constitution of the United States was established to "...secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..."

But what is liberty? It is the right of each person to make the choices that effect that individual. That right is limited only by the equal right of other individuals.

Today's government, elected officials, bureaucrats, political appointees, and employees display no respect for the principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, or your liberty. Libertarians believe that government exists to protect your rights, not to trample on them, disregard them, or restrict them.

"Government is essentially the negation of liberty."

Economist Ludwig von Mises

Relief?

   According to a May 25, 2008 article in the Indianapolis Star (“Most new tax bills are lower” Evans and Nichols), the final revision of 2007 property tax bills in Marion County are, on average, 21% higher than the 2006 bills. Keep in mind, our 2006 property taxes were the highest among the cities included in the Washington, D.C. tax burden comparison report on the largest cities in each state.

   The politicians brag that this is lower than the original flawed 2007 tax bills. Even though they are 21% more than the 2006 tax bills, they are 10% less than the original 2007 bills. According to the Star article, that is a “savings” of about $145 on average. Meanwhile, we are already paying an average of $267 more for the increased sales tax.

   Furthermore, a report in the March 2000 National Tax Journal , "The Influence of Taxes on Employment and Population Growth: Evidence from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area" (Mark, McGuire, and Papke), linked higher sales taxes to a reduction in employment growth – specifically, a 1% increase in sales tax reduces employment growth by 2.08 percentage points per year.

   While our current property tax system is certainly in need of reform, the “relief” that the Republicans and Democrats have brought us amounts to relieving us of more of our money and jobs.

Libertarian Party of Marion County

Liberty and Justice for All