February 8, 2002

NEWS RELEASE

Stanley for U.S. Senate
Web site:http://www.stanley2002.org
Contact: Rick Stanley
Campaign office: 303.329.0481
Email:rick@stanley2002.org

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Nations Care-Giving Crisis

(DENVER CO) Rick Stanley, U.S. Senate Candidate for the Libertarian Party, today made the following statement:

"This country's Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid system is a fraud. I detailed in a recent editorial the difficulties for Americans to receive benefits from our government bureaucracy. Throw out all of the damn rules and take care of Americans. They paid for it with deductions from their paychecks. The government owes to the people a simple system to receive care in their retirement years. I say that if the government can force us to pay for it, we can force the government to provide the services they have promised. To hell with their rules. I demand that the government mandate to bureaucrats, in these Senate hearings, to give us what we paid for. Period."

Rick Stanley, is currently seeking the Libertarian Party of Colorado's nomination in May as their U.S. Senate candidate in this year's election. More information about Rick's campaign can be found on his web site located at http://www.stanley2002.org . For information about the Libertarian Party of Colorado please visit http://www.lp.org .

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Rick is available for media interviews regarding his court case, this arrest, and his grassroots campaign for U.S. Senate.  For more information please call Rick at 303.329.0481 or contact David Bryant at 303.744.6577.

For information about the Libertarian Party of Colorado please visit http://www.lpcolorado.org. For information about the Libertarian Party of America please visit http://www.lp.org