spacehabitats
03-09-2008, 05:55 PM
By the way, something like this should be made a sticky so we can share ideas more effectively.
We should share any good platform resolutions we run across (since the national campaign does not seem to want to supply us with a comprehensive list).
I found these on the Iowa GOP platform website:
http://www.iowagop.net/inner.asp?z=11
The advantage is that these have actually passed through the party system (at least in Iowa) and should not be too outrageous for other states. It might even be a good selling point to mention that they are already part of that state's platform.
We support the abolition of the Federal Department of Education, and the removal of this position from the Cabinet. In addition, we call for the downsizing of the Iowa Department of Education. We believe that the control of education should be left to the parents, teachers, and local school boards.
We support returning government functions from the federal level to the state and local governments wherever possible, consistent with the intent of the Constitution.
We are opposed in principle to Universal and/or Nationalized Health Care, believing that common sense and the market place can do what government can not: bring customers, health care providers and health care professionals together in a mutually beneficial union.
We oppose welfare, medical, and educational support and issuance of drivers licenses for illegal aliens and their dependents.
We oppose all forms of amnesty for illegal aliens in this country. We call for the government to devote increased resources to seal the borders against illegal goods and people entering the U.S.
We call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prevent the automatic granting of (“anchor baby”) citizenship to children born in the United States whose parents are illegally in this country.
We support withholding of dues to the United Nations as a means of insuring fiscal integrity.
We oppose any further financial obligations being placed upon the United States by the United Nations.
American participation in the United Nations, or any other international body, must never sacrifice the constitutional sovereignty of the United States.
We support the Second Amendment; recognizing a responsible, competent citizen’s right to self-defense through gun ownership.
We oppose reinstating the draft.
We support a balanced budget achieved by responsible spending rather than tax increases that place an undue burden on families.
We support the repeal of the 16th amendment, the elimination of the IRS and replacing all federal income taxes with a national consumption tax.
(This last one does not exactly match the RP stance, of course, but is a whole lot better than what we have now. The sales tax could be phased out once we have gotten rid of the horrible IRS.)
I will try to add some more resolutions later that are more uniquely "Ron Paul" and that aren't likely to already exist on any state's GOP. But please submit your own here so that we all won't have to reinvent the wheel.
We should share any good platform resolutions we run across (since the national campaign does not seem to want to supply us with a comprehensive list).
I found these on the Iowa GOP platform website:
http://www.iowagop.net/inner.asp?z=11
The advantage is that these have actually passed through the party system (at least in Iowa) and should not be too outrageous for other states. It might even be a good selling point to mention that they are already part of that state's platform.
We support the abolition of the Federal Department of Education, and the removal of this position from the Cabinet. In addition, we call for the downsizing of the Iowa Department of Education. We believe that the control of education should be left to the parents, teachers, and local school boards.
We support returning government functions from the federal level to the state and local governments wherever possible, consistent with the intent of the Constitution.
We are opposed in principle to Universal and/or Nationalized Health Care, believing that common sense and the market place can do what government can not: bring customers, health care providers and health care professionals together in a mutually beneficial union.
We oppose welfare, medical, and educational support and issuance of drivers licenses for illegal aliens and their dependents.
We oppose all forms of amnesty for illegal aliens in this country. We call for the government to devote increased resources to seal the borders against illegal goods and people entering the U.S.
We call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prevent the automatic granting of (“anchor baby”) citizenship to children born in the United States whose parents are illegally in this country.
We support withholding of dues to the United Nations as a means of insuring fiscal integrity.
We oppose any further financial obligations being placed upon the United States by the United Nations.
American participation in the United Nations, or any other international body, must never sacrifice the constitutional sovereignty of the United States.
We support the Second Amendment; recognizing a responsible, competent citizen’s right to self-defense through gun ownership.
We oppose reinstating the draft.
We support a balanced budget achieved by responsible spending rather than tax increases that place an undue burden on families.
We support the repeal of the 16th amendment, the elimination of the IRS and replacing all federal income taxes with a national consumption tax.
(This last one does not exactly match the RP stance, of course, but is a whole lot better than what we have now. The sales tax could be phased out once we have gotten rid of the horrible IRS.)
I will try to add some more resolutions later that are more uniquely "Ron Paul" and that aren't likely to already exist on any state's GOP. But please submit your own here so that we all won't have to reinvent the wheel.