platform for a new centrist party

mock turtle (profile) wrote on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 7:18 am

ive been advocating, across the tubz, the idea of a third party, for a long time

possible platform that could be acceptable to the left and the right

accept campaign contributions only up to $20

accept campaign contributions from individuals only not corporations

accept only campaign contributions from citizens within your congressional district not people from other congressional districts and especially not from other states

we share our opinions honestly with the electorate but

BUT as candidates for the house of representatives we agree to represent the popular will of our constituency whether we individually agree with it or not...one exception the constitution is not supject to political whim

we back the constitution and especially the bill of rights

we dont give in to fear and we dont accept violations of the 8th and 5th amendment (torture), warrant less searches, 4th, self incrimination (5th), we dont let them disarm law abiding citizens (2nd) etc

the house of representatives was supposed to be 'the peoples house" and originally 35,000 people were represented by one congressman...

today... almost a million people per congressional district and this is by design to require corporate financial backing to get the money to run such a large campaign

so one of our first acts is to double the number of congress men and women in the house of representatives

congress halted the growth with the passage of a bill, and now we can increase the number of representatives...no constitutional amendment required

balanced budget constitutional amendment and the end of the federal reserve with appropriate powers passed to the treasury of the united states