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''The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America'' is a 2011 non-fiction book by American political writers Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie. Welch is the current editor-in-chief of ''Reason Magazine'', a position Gillespie also held from 2000 to 2008. The authors discuss the nature and influence of libertarianism. It is published by PublicAffairs, an imprint of the Perseus Books Group.〔 The title is a homophonic pun: referring to both the U.S. Declaration of Independence〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Review of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America )〕 and Independent voters. __NOTOC__ ==Contents== The authors criticize contemporary American politics and the two-party system of Republicans versus Democrats. They argue that the emphasis on a horse-race between figures on either side is essentially pointless since in their view both parties fundamentally act the same way. They write that a system in which "a majority, however slim, acquires the right to control the lives and property of the minority" creates ever more government spending and control over individuals.〔 They write, "To assume that the hungry will starve, the naked will go unclothed, and the ignorant will remain uneducated if government spending declines as a percentage of GDP is as misguided as assuming no one would go to church absent a state religion."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Declaration of Independents」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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