1) Our Constitutional Republic is established to protect our rights to life, liberty and property.

    The only legitimate purpose of Government is to preserve and protect our individual rights.

 2) The SCLP supports a free market economy.

    Government should be restrained from redistributing income or subsidizing businesses, individuals or groups.  Taxes, regulation and government spending should be reduced significantly and immediately.

 3) In a free society, it is not the government's purpose to tell its citizens what to do for their own safety.

    Government should be restrained from enacting laws that infringe on the free choice of citizens solely to promote personal safety.

 4) The SCLP endorses personal responsibility in choice of lifestyle.

    We hold that individuals are entitled to choose their own lifestyles, as long as they do not impose their values on others.  Each individual is responsible for accepting the consequences of their own actions.

 5) The SCLP supports the elimination of all property tax, both real and personal.

    One of the basic principles of the Libertarian Party is the right to own property.  When taxes are levied on property, ownership is only temporary and subject to seizure by government agencies.

 6) All state laws and local ordinances must adhere to the U.S. and South Carolina constitutions.

    Any bill or ordinance must pertain to one subject only, and that subject shall be expressed in the title.

 7) Recall, Referendum and Initiative, and N.O.T.A

    The SCLP supports the right of citizens to recall elected officials, the right of citizens to place binding referendums on ballots, and the inclusion of a "None Of The Above" option on all ballots for elected offices.

 8) State Sovereignty

    The SCLP supports actions by the State to defend the rights and powers reserved in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution against federal incursion.

 9) On-The-Record Voting

    The SCLP supports a state constitutional amendment that would prohibit voice votes in the General Assembly and require a recorded vote from each of its members on all matters.

10) Ethics

    The SCLP supports a state constitutional amendment that would permanently place the members of the General Assembly under the authority of the State Ethics Commission.

11) Expansion of Representation and Restoration of Federalism

    The SCLP supports an increasing reapportionment of the United States House of Representatives, removing the self-imposed limit of 435 members. The SCLP further supports the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, thereby restoring to the state legislatures the power of appointment of United States Senators.