I’m going to use this first post to describe my stances on the issues for background purposes.
Handouts - Absolutely none; they provide an excuse for lazy people not to work and are nothing more than legalized theft
Economic Regulation - No economic regulations; they raise prices and are unneccessary because businesses do not profit from ripping off customers anyways
Health Care Reform - Get the government and employers out of Health Care and cut or eliminate health insurance coverage; prices will drop and more life saving drugs will be brought to the market quicker without the FDA standing in their way
Education Reform - Adopt school vouchers in the short term, privatize all public schools long term, repeal all mandatory school attendance / child labor laws, and remove all homeschooling restrictions; School vouchers will force schools to improve or lose their students, privatizing public schools should eliminate political agendas and allow the schools to focus on education, not spreading liberal, conservative, or green propaganda; allowing children to choose to work instead of going to school will allow the Ben Franklins and Thomas Edisons of the current young generation and future young generations to work as those men did in their childhoods instead of being bored in school and eliminating home schooling restrictions would encourage more parents to educate their own kids, which has been proven time and again achieves better results than any schools, even when the parents don’t know the material
Voting Rights - Drop the voting age to 13; 13 was traditionally regarded as the age of adulthood and 13 years olds only became the stereotypical irresponsible deviants of today when the introduction of high schools in the early 20th century slowed or prevented their maturity. They’re qualified to make political decisions, especially in a country where 2 parties that agree with each other and pretend to disagree can actually convince most people that they’re opposed to each other.
Discrimination - Eliminate all forms of discrimination, including “affirmative action” and “equal opportunity” laws; people should be judged solely by their ability and nothing else should be considered, employers who discriminate will lose a better employee as a result.
Immigration - Protect our borders, but eliminate quotas on legal immigration; Because of a century of incompetant presidents, we’ve made many enemies overseas. A free people cannot allow socialists, Islamists, fascists, and other anti-freedom groups to immigrate, so we should have an immigration board that allows all freedom-loving immigrants to come to America, while turning away all of those who would take out freedom.
Iraq - The Iraq War is just another failed attempt by a Western leader to take over the (Middle) East and we should pull out and let the Sunnis and Shias kill each other. We should find some way to utilize our military for our defense, rather than nation building.
National Debt - Pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution along with a National Debt amendment requiring that the debt (currently at about $30,000 a person) be paid back in 15 years.
Taxes - Eliminate the income tax gradually, eliminate death and employment taxes immediately and ensure that no future taxes discriminate against the wealthy; By eliminating the IRS-run income tax over 15 years, the National Debt can be paid off. Death taxes are highly immoral as it is rephrehensible to tax the deceased. Employment taxes are a hidden tax which is paid by everybody who is employed and their employer. The employment tax either depresses wages or increases prices, perpetuating poverty. The Income tax and other so-called “Progressive” taxes discriminate against the wealthy by overbilling them. It is wrong to tax a poor person 15% while you tax a wealthy person 55%. An amendment would be neccesary to repeal the 16th Amendment (better known as the Income Tax Amendment) and it should include a ban on “Progressive” tax schemes as well as repealing the income tax.
Drug Policy - End the War on Drugs and legalize all drugs, but tax them heavily just like alcohol and tobacco; The War on Drugs is as big of a failure as Prohibition was. It has made criminals out of otherwise law-abiding citizens and enables organized crime groups such as street gangs and the Mafia to survive. By legalizing and taxing, drug addicts would be able to continue their habits without creating crime, leaving everybody else alone. Government will never reform the drug addicts, so its a waste of time to try to do so.
Sexuality - Repeal laws regarding consensual sex; What people do in their bedrooms should be their own business, not the government’s. Laws against forced sex should remain on the books and be enforced, provided that it can be proven. Statutory Rape laws should be modified to allow for a defense of consent.
Crime - Require the victim’s permission to prosecute criminal cases; Except in cases of murder, the victim should be able to decide whether or not to press charges. In cases of murder, the victim’s family should be given the choice of whether to press charges, unless the victim has no family, in which case, the police would be allowed to make the decision.
Junk Lawsuits - Fine people who file frivolous lawsuits that have no realistic chance of success; Such junk lawsuits waste the court’s time and drive up costs. The Medical industry is particularly hit hard by such junk lawsuits. The Entertainment industry is the other popular victim. Junk lawsuits blaming corporations for a crime some idiot commits are as big a waste as “Medical Malpractice” crap.
Censorship - Eliminate all censorship immediately; If somebody doesn’t like it, they don’t have to look. If enough people are offended, the supposedly objectionable work will be eliminated economically.
Separation of Church and State - Protect the separation of Church and State, while prohibiting stupid anti-10 Commandments lawsuits; The Separation of Church and State means that the government cannot name an official religion or prohibit a religion. This principle should be used equally against Christian Extremists who want to make their selective interpretation of the Bible into law and anti-Christian Atheists who want to eliminate 10 Commandment monuments and Nativity Scenes.
Global Warming - No Government Intervention; Global Warming is an unproven claim made by a lobby (Environmentalism) that is known for its dishonesty (see the anti-DDT Crusade which is now acknowledged to be fraudulent and the 70s Global Cooling panic) and should not be taken seriously. If there is such a thing as global warming, it is a natural event. 1000 years ago, the Medieval Warm Period started and the Little Ice Age started 500 years ago, so its probably just a Modern Warm Period. Al Gore and other alarmists are free to start a corporation if they feel something must be done about global warming.
Environmental Regulations - Repeal all EPA regulations, eliminate endangered species lists, and repeal all “Open Space” laws; Environmental regulations slow the economy, endangered species laws protect creatures that damage crops from being controlled, and “Open Space” laws drive up housing prices.
Property Rights - Strengthen property rights by repealing zoning laws and restricting eminent domain; Zoning laws violate the right to property (which, along with life and liberty, is one of the 3 basic rights as defined by Locke) by restricting what one may do with that which is theirs and eminent domain is an excuse for the government to cheat landowners and should be highly restricted (only for legitimate government use and the owner should recieve the appraised value of their property).
