40 Point platform of the national write in party
1. We
call for the enactment of laws, policies and Constitutional amendments
that would break the two-party monopoly on our political system, reform
the process of electing our nation?s leaders, reduce graft and
corruption, reduce the power of the Supreme Court, and restructure the
federal government to complete its mission more efficiently and
effectively.
2. We call for the reform of the financial sector
which would include replacing the Federal Reserve with a
government-owned and operated Bank of the United States.
3. We
call for the replacement of our broken tax code with either a flat tax
system, the FairTax system, a VAT system, or a combination of flat tax
and consumption tax with annual tax credits of $2000 for every man,
woman and child legally residing in the US.
4. In addition to the
FairTax plan, we call for the enactment of a U.S. Land Tax that will
tax the land and not improvements on the land; this tax will promote
land efficiency as well as raise revenue for state and local
governments.
5. We call for the largest rebuilding program in
American history to be implemented to expedite the movement of goods and
services; relieve traffic congestion, provide excellent health care;
provide excellent educational services; refine and distribute drinking
water from our oceans; to meet Americas growing energy demands; and to
put millions of people to work at living wages.
6. We call for
the reservation of welfare for those who are elderly, infirm, and those
who need a temporary helping hand; All those who can work shall work in
the private sector if possible, in public service if necessary; in
addition, we call for the revival of the Works Progress Administration,
the Public Works Administration, and the establishment of a U.S. Green
Corps to put all able-bodied unemployed people to work.
7. We
call for the consolidation and reorganization of federal agencies and
offices across the board to make government more efficient as well as
more effective.
8. We call for the consolidation cities and
counties across America to reduce the cost and graft of municipal
government as well as handle problems that transcend current municipal
boundaries such as urban sprawl.
9. We call for a formation of a
U.S. Coalition for Progress (USCFP) made up of public, private,
nonprofit, and faith-based institutions to tackle social and economic
problems of our day; the USCFP will harmonize the interests of business
and labor in making and keeping our nation great.
10. We call for
the replacement of meticulous economic regulation with national broad
ranged economic goals and creating a system of incentives for industry
to meet national economic goals.
11. We call for the
democratization of transnational corporations through expanded customer
and employee stock ownership and purchase programs.
12. We call for policies that would preserve and revitalize family farms as well as small town America.
13.
We call for a campaign to end America?s dependence on foreign oil by
developing domestic sources of fossil fuels in an ecological manner,
implementing programs of conservation as well as developing alternative
sources of energy such as solar, nuclear, geothermal, wind, and biomass.
14. We call for the implementation of Universal Military Training and Mandatory National Service (civil and military).
15.
We call for increased benefits for veterans and increased compensation
and benefits of career military personnel and their families.
16. We call for the expansion and reform of the US Military to defend our homeland and fight the global war on terrorism.
17.
We call for the issuing of weapons to all law-abiding citizens as well
as training all citizens in personal protection and homeland defense as
well as the re-establishment of state militias.
18. We call for
the reorganization and streamlining of all Federal law enforcement
agencies to defend our homeland and assist state and local law
enforcement agencies in fighting crime more effectively.
19. We
call for reform of the judicial system, the enactment of a tough
criminal code and for justice that fair, swift, and if necessary, harsh.
20.
We call for reform of the corrections system to rehabilitate as well as
punish offenders; segregate the violent from the nonviolent offenders;
and to reduce recidivism.
21. We call for the recruitment,
hiring, training, and deployment of a more police officers,
firefighters, and rescue workers on America?s streets, arming police
officers to the teeth, and increasing the pay and benefits of law
enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue workers.
22. We
call for the increased funding of education overall, increased pay of
teachers; national education standards; allowing real choice between
public, private, charter, nonprofit, or home schooling; and reforming
education to produce a population that is employable, productive,
literate, and possesses civic virtue.
23. We call for the
overhaul and expansion of Junior ROTC as well as expansion of Cadet
Corps, Young Marines, and Civil Air Patrol programs to instill
discipline, patriotism, and life skills in our youth.
24. We call
for the enactment of the Guaranteed Educational Access Plan (GEAP)
which will issue certificates to citizens to enroll themselves and their
children in educational institutions from Preschool to Graduate School;
citizens will be able to attend any institution of higher learning that
accepts them and their tuition and fees will be covered by the GEAP;
citizens may use certificates to enroll their children in any school
from Preschool to 12th grade or home-school their children.
25.
We call for increased legal immigration; however, we also call for the
thorough assimilation of those immigrants into American society as well
as the fortification of America?s borders to deter illegal immigration
as well as drug smuggling, terrorism and human trafficking. All
immigrants to learn English and swear to love and respect our flag.
There shall not be any hanging of flags other than the American Flag,
unless they also hang the American Flag beside it, while abiding the
Flag Etiquette. All illegal immigrants shall be arrested, prosecuted and
sentenced either to jail or service in the new Freedom Legions of the
US Army.
26. We call for the enactment of the Guaranteed
Healthcare Access Plan which will issue healthcare certificates to all
legal residents to enroll themselves and their families in the
healthcare plan of their choice.
27. We call for the enactment of
pro-family policies such as annual grants for children; encouraging the
adoption of older and at-risk children; enactment of the GHAP; and the
outlawing of abortion in the USA.
28. We call for laws that will
restore public morality, define marriage as one man and woman bound
together in holy matrimony, and discourage smoking, drinking, gambling,
and pornography.
29. We call for both secular and faith-based
institutions to be eligible for public funding and we call for the
repeal of all laws and policies that restrict people of faith in
practicing their beliefs or expressing their faith in the public arena.
30.
We call for laws and programs that will extend formal equality and
equality of opportunity for all people of color and background.
31.
We call for the rebuilding of all cities, including our nation?s
capital to eliminate slums, reduce crime, create vibrant and prosperous
communities, and to provide affordable housing.
32. We call for
the establishment of new cities and communities in the sparsely settled
regions of America where evacuees from the inner cities will be
resettled while the inner city communities are torn down and rebuilt.
33.
We call for the establishment of Economic Refugee Centers (ERCs) where
the homeless, unemployed, and underemployed will receive free food,
clothing, shelter, and attain the skills necessary to be employed. After
release from a ERC, refugees will be transported to the city of their
choice and be given a sum of money to start a new life in that city.
34.
We call for withdraw of the USA from the WTO, NAFTA and GATT ,
unilateral foreign policies, and military action against all regimes
worldwide engaged in terrorism, tyranny, drug and human trafficking,
atrocity, and genocide.
35. We call for the overhaul and
expansion of the US Peace Corps and the US Foreign Service to make it
more able to handle nation-building roles.
36. We call for
national level recruitment campaigns for teaching, law enforcement,
health care, public service, supporting existing public service programs
at colleges and universities nationwide, and the establishment a U.S.
Public Service Academy.
37. We call for the colonization of the oceans to provide new resources for the people of America and the world.
38.
We call for the development of a mature space transportation system;
the colonization of the Moon, Mars, and other planets; and the
establishment of space colonies in low Earth orbit.
39. We call
for the admission of Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and the rest of North
America into the USA as states or territories, for the USA to encompass
all of North America; we will also welcome any nation that wishes to
join the USA as either a state or a territory.
40. While the
planks of this platform are national, even global in scope, we call for
the state and local governments as well as the private, nonprofit, and
faith based organizations to be the instruments of implementation of our
policies, with state and local revenues as well as private
contributions if possible, with federal revenues if necessary.