Search Citizen Policy Priorites
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| The President---One Six Year Term | Let's End the Permanent Campaign---One Six Year Term for the President Every president since, but not including, President Eisenhower has become embroiled in a major scandal or other misfortune in his second term. For example, President Nixon was forced to resign over the Watergate Break-in; President Reagan was hobbled by Iran-Contra; President Clinton was impeached (but nor removed) over obstruction of justice; and President Bush has been weakened by the war in Iraq. | 0 | ||
| Preparing for a Spectrum of Conflicts | The United States needs strong, flexible forces that operate within our budgetary means. "I'm a Hawk, but I'm a cheap Hawk." Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich One effective approach would be the following: | 0 | ||
| Supreme Court "Farm Team"---State High Courts | There should be a return to the old Republican notion of appointing distinguished State High Court Judges to the United States Supreme Court. This tradition resulted in the appointment, for example, of Oliver Wendall Holmes, Jr., of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, to the US Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt and the appointment of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, of the NY Court of Appeals, to the US Supreme Court by President Hoover. These men, as former judges on courts of last resort at the State level, had an understanding of finality. They understood, in Justice Jackson's words, "That we are not 'final' because we are 'supreme,' but 'supreme' because we are final.' " | 0 | ||
| Some Concerns | 1) ISSUE: Health Care - Both Hillary and Obama have run on the platform of universal health care. The first Clinton administration failed in this endeavor. What is the likelihood of this becoming in a reality in our lifetime, and who among the 3 candidates has the ability to "get 'er done?" COMMENT: I think the big issue is to modernize the system, and NEITHER the market NOR the government is doing much to 'get 'er done.' | 0 | ||
| Create a better system for offering cafeteria-style benefits | As a small business owner, I know that it would strongly impact our business if we had to provide a long family leave for all parents of all children. Plus, there are those who perhaps don't have children, but who need time like this for other areas, such as caring for an elderly parent or doing volunteer work. I'm trying to improve...: | 0 | ||
| Get out of Iraq | The US occupation of Iraq is the cause of, not the solution to, the violence and the mounting deaths that followed the invasion. See the top ten reasons to get out of Iraq at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041011/leaver . | 0 | ||
| 3D Security: Development, Diplomacy, Defense |
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| Education - A national priority! | Education is the single most pivotal issue of our generation. When we're educated about issues that affect us today and future generations, we can make informed, educated decisions about actions we must take and solutions we must identify to address these and other issues: national defense, terrorism, energy/sustainability, immigration, health care.
Education must become a national priority. | 0 | ||
| Support improved education for reproductive health for all people. | The single most important factor in improving the economics of communities is reproductive education and empowerment to make informed family planning decisions. When education and access to pregnancy-prevention birth control are abundant, most people will choose to have only children they can support. When reproductive education is oppressed or birth control unavailable, poverty rates rise and so will our taxes. I'm trying to improve...: | 0 | ||
| Electoral Reform | In partnership with Jim Turner, and drawing on the recommendations of Ralph Nader but exapnding them, we have created an Electoral Reform Pledge. The key elements of Electoral Reform, which in my view is the only issue that really matters as a restoration of the Constitution and a return to informed engaged accountable democracy will take care of everything ele, are listed below. A copy the Pledge and other usefu reform-oriented documents can be seen at www.citizens-party.org.
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| Repeal REAL ID (National ID) | 0 | |||
| End Tax Deferrals | End tax "deferrals" that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas. | 0 | ||
| Improved Fuel Standards, Efficient Vehicle Incentives | We support improving fuel standards, and because of the challenges this poses, we will offer needed incentives for consumers to buy efficient vehicles, and for manufacturers to build them. We are also committed to developing hydrogen as a clean, reliable domestic source of energy. | 0 | ||
| Tax Credits for Renewable Energy | We support tax credits for private sector investment in clean, renewable sources of energy. | 0 | ||
| Non Intervention in Foreign Affairs | The principle of non-intervention should guide relationships between governments. The United States government should return to the historic libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, abstaining totally from foreign quarrels and imperialist adventures, and recognizing the right to unrestricted trade, travel, and immigration. | 0 | ||
| Immigration Reform | Ensure immigration requirements include only appropriate documentation, screening for criminal background and threats to public health and national security. Simplifying the immigration process and redeployment of surveillance technology to focus on the borders will encourage the use of regular and monitored entry points, thus preventing trespass and saving lives. | 0 | ||
| Repeal All Drug Laws | Repeal all laws establishing criminal or civil penalties for the use of drugs. Repeal laws that infringe upon individual rights to be secure in our persons, homes, and property as protected by the Fourth Amendment. Stop the use of "anti-crime" measures such as profiling or civil asset forfeiture that reduce the standard of proof historically borne by gover | 0 | ||
| Criminal Justice System Reform | Immediately reform the justice system's mandatory sentencing policies to ensure that violent offenders are not released from jail to make room for non-violent offenders. Repeal criminal laws which work against the protection of the rights and freedom of American citizens, residents or visitors, particularly laws which create a crime where no victim exists. | 0 | ||
| End Postal Service Monopoly | End the Postal Service's monopoly and allow for the free competition in all aspects of mail delivery. | 0 | ||
| No Government Support for Corporations | Eliminate all federal grants of monopoly or subsidy to any private companies, such as utilities, airlines, energy companies, agriculture, science, medicine, broadcasting, the arts and sports teams. Repeal all anti-trust laws. All federal agencies whose primary function is to make or guarantee corporate loans must be abolished or privatized. | 0 |