I'm starting a new political party....

[Gyps]

i'm starting a new political party. it will be call the SRP (or Simple Reality Party) with a 20-point plan (in no particular order):

1. every American voice to be heard and vote to count (no more electoral college).

2. securing our own borders and ports and protecting our own people first, before going to fight for people in some foreign land.

3. campaign funding reform...all candidates get and equal amount of money and equal media exposure. negative campaign ads will not be tolerated.

4. standard platfoms forms for alll candidates to fill out defining the issues and priorities that mean most to all the people. easily comparable. no hiding behind one issue to lure one-issue voters.

5. education of all voters on the platforms. free tv, radio, newspaper and internet coverage to all candidates.

6. yearly reviews of elected officials' performance based on the responsibilities outlined on the standard form.

7. elimination of terms and term limits...no elected official gets a free ride for two or four or six years. if performance is poor they're outta there, up to and including the president.

8. no conflict of interest or abuse of power in elected officials will be tolerated. divest entirely or do not run for elected office. lobbyist and special interest groups will also not be tolerated.

9. federal and state corporate incentives in proportion to their contribution to the country. offshoring jobs is a minus creating jobs here a plus 10. new technology a plus 10. contributions to education of our children a plus 10. hiring from other countries a minus

10. refocus on science, technology, and alternative enery methods in our schools.

11. refocus on our universities and the rules for foreign students.

12. refocus on foreign visas, work and otherwise.

13. online voting with receipts and multiple secure databases for checksum. the technology to do this fairly is there. they lie when they say it's not.

14. intolerance of hatred, racism, bigotry, and inequality period.

15. the ability, nay necessity, to hold interim federal referendums and votes on issues if the representatives are not clear on the direction the majority of americans want to o go in. no more guessing.

16. cold hard definitions of individual, state, and federal reponsibilities and rights.

17. cold hard definitions of what counts as a societal value or moral (applies to all americans...as opposed to what and what is a personal or religious value and what is law, with clear demarcations and total education.

18. doing away with federal (and maybe state) income taxes and instead an across the board sales tax. details to be worked out equitably.

19. fair, affordable healthcare for every american balanced with the needs of the providers.

20. a new focus on what it means to be an american.

and when we achieve all this, we will go away as a party and every voter is on his and her own.

who's with me?


p.s. foreign policy will follow the prime directive:

In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Prime Directive, Starfleet's General Order ..1, is the most prominent guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets. The Prime Directive dictates that there be no interference with the natural development of any primitive society, chiefly meaning that no primitive culture can be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology or alien races. It also forbids any effort to improve or change in any way the natural course of such a society, even if that change is well-intentioned and kept totally secret. "Primitive" is defined as any culture which has not yet attained warp drive. Starfleet allows scientific missions to investigate and move amongst pre-warp civilizations as long as no advanced technology is left behind, and there is no interference with events or no revelation of their identity.

warp drive might be nukes. i dunno yet. we'll decide that later.

[Ry]

we need an electorial college I will give you the argument later. its what protects us from regional scape goating by the way Kerry was one state away Electorial college wise of winning the election he was nowhere ven close to that popular vote wise.

what we need to get rid of is electronic voting matchines which have no paper trail.

[brimofinsanity]

i propose a new political party as well.... one single point is all that is necessary...

ABOLISH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS


direct, local democracy will rule each region of the united states, and TRUE freedom, democracy, and self-autonomy will be established.

[Left of Larry]

i propose a new political party as well.... one single point is all that is necessary...

ABOLISH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS


direct, local democracy will rule each region of the united states, and TRUE freedom, democracy, and self-autonomy will be established.

Ha, spoken like a true anarcho-libertarian. Except, kiss social programs good bye under this system. Also, it would be unconstitutional AND, how big would the local democracies be? And who would set the boundaries? We need government to provide for all, unfortunately government has been corrupted...but I don't think anarchy is the answer.....

[Ry]

HOW about this as a central theme.

ABOLISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

oh yeh and March 2d is national icecream day where there is no school or work and everyone one has free icream subsidized by the government. ~why not

[Gyps]

we need an electorial college I will give you the argument later. its what protects us from regional scape goating by the way Kerry was one state away Electorial college wise of winning the election he was nowhere ven close to that popular vote wise.

i know we disagree on the electoral college and i would love to hear more. in a simple sentence...i think it takes away half the country's voice and propogates this stupid two-party system.

[Gyps]

i propose a new political party as well.... one single point is all that is necessary...

ABOLISH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS


direct, local democracy will rule each region of the united states, and TRUE freedom, democracy, and self-autonomy will be established.

Ha, spoken like a true anarcho-libertarian. Except, kiss social programs good bye under this system. Also, it would be unconstitutional AND, how big would the local democracies be? And who would set the boundaries? We need government to provide for all, unfortunately government has been corrupted...but I don't think anarchy is the answer.....

no we cannot get rid of either or both fed and state. that would be too big a step too soon, although it may happen naturally if things keep going this way.

we do howeve need a much smaller fed with way clearer demarcations between fed and state responsibilities.

a clean slate is the only answer. fire every elected official now...perceived to be corrupt or not...term limits or not...doesn't matter. then have one new election under the new rules.

the very nature of a democracy is to drift toward corruption and the only way to preserve it is to wipe it out every once in a while and start fresh. the founders had the right idea with term limits...they just didn't anticipate the levels corruption would soar to, and i'm positive that if they did they would have given the people an easier way to fire their asses.

but how do we do this when they're in control? lol!

[Gyps]

HOW about this as a central theme.

ABOLISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

oh yeh and March 2d is national icecream day where there is no school or work and everyone one has free icream subsidized by the government. ~why not

lol if you're gonna dream, dream ice cream

i need to study up on the fed reserve thing. it's pretty much a myth anyway, isn't it?

[King Kento]

It all sounds great minus the trekky part. Perhaps just carrying over the federaly recognized morals you mentioned into any discussion is enough.

[Sudanman]

I agree, ABOLISH the Federal Reserve! This country was so much better off before its creation.