spacehabitats
03-13-2008, 12:21 PM
I had already started a thread about this but I feel that we really need to keep this in plain view for all delegates.
The strategy of utilizing the GOP to regain our liberties and retake our country involves changing the Republican platform to reflect libertarian and patriotic principles. (For those of you that would prefer to change the Democratic party's platform; good luck!:))
We need to be submitting well-written platform resolutions that are harmonious with the constitution, Ron Paul, and national sovereignty. Even if the resolutions get voted down, we will be beginning the education process that will be our task for years to come.
It would be good for every delegate or potential delegate to familiarize themselves with the procedure for submitting and voting on platform proposals in their state.
Once you know how and when to submit them, it would be nice to have a source of resolutions that you could cut, paste, and print (or edit) to take to your caucus, convention, or platform committee.
I have provided a list of resolutions that I have tried to create out of some of the issues statements on RonPaul2008.
(That second batch I "stole" from the current Iowa GOP platform.)
Please critique, add, edit, and resubmit any of these or others that you might like:
We believe that basing tax on “estimated income” is unfair and that we should eliminate all income or payroll tax on income earned through tips to service-sector employees (as described in H.R. 3664).
We support a requirement that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System continue to make available to the public on a weekly basis, information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components.
We support a requirement that the Federal Open Market Committee Meetings be televised. (An institution as powerful as the Federal Reserve deserves full public scrutiny.)
We support the repeal ofprovisions of the federal criminal code relating to issuing coins of gold, silver, or other metal for use as current money and making or possessing likenesses of such coins.
We support the elimination of taxes on dividends and savings (Pass HJ Res. 23 to encourage savings over consumption).
We support the elimination of the “Death Tax” and would make the Bush tax cuts permanent (H.R. 2734).
We support amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits (Pass H.R. 191).
We support proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (Pass H.J. Res 23; The “Liberty Amendment”).
We support ending the unnecessary subsidy to our trading partners in Europe, Japan, and South Korea by reducing our military commitments and phasing out overseas military bases.
We support helping companies grow and create jobs by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce corporate marginal income tax rates (Pass H.R. 4995).
We support amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations. (Working families who lost their homes should not be punished a second time with a big IRS bill.)
We support a freeze of non-defense, non-entitlement spending at current levels.
We believe that the misguided regulations of Sarbane/Oxley have seriously wounded our capital markets, helped to make the United Kingdom a financial center at our expense, placed a burden on small business, and, therefore, we support its repeal.
We support enhancing the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities by repealing unnecessary federal regulations (H.R. 1869).
(The following were borrowed mostly verbatim from the current Iowa GOP platform)
We support the abolition of the Federal Department of Education, and the removal of this position from the Cabinet. 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 cannot: 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.
The strategy of utilizing the GOP to regain our liberties and retake our country involves changing the Republican platform to reflect libertarian and patriotic principles. (For those of you that would prefer to change the Democratic party's platform; good luck!:))
We need to be submitting well-written platform resolutions that are harmonious with the constitution, Ron Paul, and national sovereignty. Even if the resolutions get voted down, we will be beginning the education process that will be our task for years to come.
It would be good for every delegate or potential delegate to familiarize themselves with the procedure for submitting and voting on platform proposals in their state.
Once you know how and when to submit them, it would be nice to have a source of resolutions that you could cut, paste, and print (or edit) to take to your caucus, convention, or platform committee.
I have provided a list of resolutions that I have tried to create out of some of the issues statements on RonPaul2008.
(That second batch I "stole" from the current Iowa GOP platform.)
Please critique, add, edit, and resubmit any of these or others that you might like:
We believe that basing tax on “estimated income” is unfair and that we should eliminate all income or payroll tax on income earned through tips to service-sector employees (as described in H.R. 3664).
We support a requirement that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System continue to make available to the public on a weekly basis, information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components.
We support a requirement that the Federal Open Market Committee Meetings be televised. (An institution as powerful as the Federal Reserve deserves full public scrutiny.)
We support the repeal ofprovisions of the federal criminal code relating to issuing coins of gold, silver, or other metal for use as current money and making or possessing likenesses of such coins.
We support the elimination of taxes on dividends and savings (Pass HJ Res. 23 to encourage savings over consumption).
We support the elimination of the “Death Tax” and would make the Bush tax cuts permanent (H.R. 2734).
We support amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits (Pass H.R. 191).
We support proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (Pass H.J. Res 23; The “Liberty Amendment”).
We support ending the unnecessary subsidy to our trading partners in Europe, Japan, and South Korea by reducing our military commitments and phasing out overseas military bases.
We support helping companies grow and create jobs by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce corporate marginal income tax rates (Pass H.R. 4995).
We support amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations. (Working families who lost their homes should not be punished a second time with a big IRS bill.)
We support a freeze of non-defense, non-entitlement spending at current levels.
We believe that the misguided regulations of Sarbane/Oxley have seriously wounded our capital markets, helped to make the United Kingdom a financial center at our expense, placed a burden on small business, and, therefore, we support its repeal.
We support enhancing the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities by repealing unnecessary federal regulations (H.R. 1869).
(The following were borrowed mostly verbatim from the current Iowa GOP platform)
We support the abolition of the Federal Department of Education, and the removal of this position from the Cabinet. 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 cannot: 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.