LWV League of Women Voters of California
Alameda County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Smart Voter Fred E. Foldvary

Candidate for
United States Representative; District 9

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Biographical Highlights
  • Party: Libertarian
  • Occupation: Professor of Economics
  • I have taught economics at U.C. Berkeley extension, Cal State U Hayward, John F. Kennedy University, and Santa Clara University.
  • I have been active in the Libertarian Party and was a Board Director of the Henry George School in SF, a credit union, and the Consumers Co-op.
  • I am the author of The Soul of Liberty, Dictionary of Free-Market Economics, Public Goods and Private Communities, and other books.
  • My interests include liberty and justice, economics, ethics, nature, Esperanto, and governance.
  • I believe there is a universal ethic for humanity.
  • I previously ran for Berkeley City Council, School Board, and State Assembly.
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Tax reform: untax labor and capital; get revenue from rent and pollution charges.
  • Repeal all laws criminalizing victimless acts, and eliminate civil asset forfeiture.
  • Make peace our foreign policy: trade with Cuba, end economic sanctions, end aggressive intervention.
Position Papers
Why vote for a minor party candidate?
When you vote, you vote not just for someone to represent you but for a basic approach to policy. You can either vote to support the present system or to fundamentally change the system. Vote for me, Fred Foldvary, for Congress if you favor fundamental changes.
How to end poverty and create economic justice.
The main cause of poverty is government policy that takes away wages from workers and pumps up housing costs with subsidies to landlords. Raise wages and lower housing costs by shifting the source of public revenue from wages and profits to land rent.
Legalize Freedom!
The war on drugs and other federal crimes without victims costs billions and destroys civil liberties. End civil asset forfeiture and eliminate victimless crime laws.
 
Key Endorsements
  • My major endorsements are logic and evidence.
  • If you want to endorse me, I welcome it.
  • Endorsements are nice, but my ideas are the best endorsement.
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/foldvary2000/
E-mail: foldvary@pobox.com

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