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Term limits of 6 years for Congressmen and Senators. Serving in Congress is not a career. It is a duty to the country. They are not in Congress to bring home the bacon to their district or State. They are in Congress to ensure that future generations have a country that offers opportunity to live a better life than their parents.
The entire election process would be scraped. It would be transformed into a 3 month publicly financed election. No money from corporations, unions, or individuals would be allowed. Candidates would have 3 debates on public TV.
Lobbyists and PACs would be eliminated from the political process.
Every bill before Congress would immediately be put online. The constituents of every Congressmen and Senator would be allowed to voice their opinion by voting yes or no online.
Every bill that is proposed by a Congressman MUST have a funding mechanism. If the proposal increases costs to the American taxpayer, something else must be cut to pay for the new proposal.
NO American troops could be committed to firing their weapons without a full vote of Congress as required by the US Constitution.
Economic Policy MOD CUT
Last edited by NewToCA; 10-11-2010 at 10:52 AM..
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I believe that poster stated that it was "his" Tea Party platform. I know its hard to imagine but there are a few folks who take time to ponder, consider and even type a full page, whether we agree or not.
I personally enjoyed this part.
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NO American troops could be committed to firing their weapons without a full vote of Congress as required by the US Constitution.
I may emphatically disagree with lots of it, but you have to respect someone who takes the time to think through their position on issues vs. just spouting off the line they heard from an entertainer on FOX. That's what democracy is all about.
Vast majority of OP's original post is dealing in "free market" libertarianism. With a platform like that we may as well tear up the Constitution and give the keys of US Treasury to Wall Street. Corporations will be bona fide kingdoms (no more hiding behind lobbyists).
A MODEST PROPOSAL « The Burning Platform (http://theburningplatform.com/blog/2010/10/10/my-tea-party-platform/ - broken link)
I have no way of knowing for certain but this poster may be "Jimm Q", as there is a bunch of stuff I've had published on the net, a few of which I have even posted here.
Or it could just be a copy and paste, so I'll let the area moderator make this determination. Glad my office is down the hall these days.
You mean he just copied and pasted it? Then I take back my warm and fuzzy words about democracy in action
I did not plagiarize it. I posted the authors name but it was cut by MOD. I just thought it was worth sharing.
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