From: tonie@efn.org (Tonie Nathan)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:50:30 +0800
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Matching funds
Message-ID: <199606200837.BAA17016@haus.efn.org>
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In 1996, the Libertarian Party will apparently qualify for Federal matching
>>>funds for its Presidential political campaign.  That does not mean that it
>>>will _accept_ them, being stolen goods.  However, a few years ago I heard of
>>>an idea that they should accept the money, and return it to the people, a
>>>small amount at a time, to whomever asks for it.  Besides returning the
>>>stolen money to its rightful owners, that would produce substantial positive
>>>publicity for the Libertarian party, embarrassment for the Democrats and
>>>Republicans, while at the same time reducing the amount of money available
>>>for the D's and the R's.
>>>
>>>

You can buy a helluva lot more publicity with the matching funds.  I'm not
advocating this, just pointing it out.

Tonie