Iraq

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "It is time for Iraq to take responsibility for the costs and burdens of rebuilding their country," says Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath, following a new report from the Government Accountability Office stating that Iraq may have a budget surplus of up to $79 billion dollars.

"Using US taxpayer money to pay for the rebuilding of the infrastructure of another nation is bad enough," says Redpath, "but it is reprehensible and unforgivable when that nation is running a budget surplus while we have a substantial and growing federal budget deficit and a crumbling infrastructure."

The Libertarian Party has been opposed to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq from the beginning. The Party, which stands adamantly opposed to the use of taxpayer money to support functions of the government not defined in the Constitution, has taken special exception to the use of tax revenues to pay for rebuilding foreign nations.

RUSHVILLE, IN -- " Why should those Americans with the least to lose; the children of the poor, the minorities and the blue collar families suffer and die?"

That's the question George Holland wants our military and political leaders to answer. Holland is taking this question to the campaign trail in his bid for the 6th District U.S. Congressional seat currently held by Republican Mike Pence.

Instances of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are on the rise, particularly in our returning troops from the war in the Middle East.

Consider this, according to Veterans Administration (VA) statistics, Joseph Galloway of McClatchy Newspapers reports in a December 2007 article that an average 18 veterans commit suicide each and every day. That's 126 veterans who kill themselves every week. That is twice the rate of other Americans.