Out of curiosity, which Tea Party group did you get that platform from? As far as I'm aware, there is no uniform Tea Party with an established platform.
That being said...good lord that is a horrid platform. It sounds like it was passed by a bunch of retards who don't understand basic economics. Judah On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Their point seems to be mostly centered around money. And taxes." > > You're right. > > > "unlike, say, the retarded marriage amendment-- which, BTW, is one of the > TP's talking points, neh?" > > Not quite. > > Here is the platform: > > 1. *Identify constitutionality of every new law*: Require each bill to > identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the > power to do what the bill does (82.03%). > 2. *Reject emissions trading*: Stop the "cap and > trade"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading>administrative > approach used to control pollution by providing economic > incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. > (72.20%). > 3. *Demand a balanced federal budget*: Begin the Constitutional amendment > process to require a balanced budget with a two-thirds majority needed for > any tax modification. (69.69%) > 4. *Simplify the tax system*: Adopt a single-rate tax system; eliminate the > internal revenue code and replace it with one that is no longer than 4,543 > words. (64.90%). > 5. *Audit federal government agencies for constitutionality*: Create a Blue > Ribbon taskforce that engages in an audit of federal agencies and programs, > assessing their Constitutionality, and identifying duplication, waste, > ineffectiveness, and agencies and programs better left for the states or > local authorities. (63.37%) > 6. *Limit annual growth in federal spending*: Impose a statutory cap > limiting the annual growth in total federal spending to the sum of the > inflation rate plus the percentage of population growth. (56.57%). > 7. *Repeal the health care legislation passed on March 23, 2010*: Defund, > repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care > Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act>. > (56.39%). > 8. *Pass an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Policy*: Authorize the exploration of > additional energy reserves to reduce American dependence on foreign energy > sources and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy > creation. (55.5%). > 9. *Reduce Earmarks*: Place a moratorium on all > earmarks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_%28politics%29>until the > budget is balanced, and then require a 2/3 majority to pass any > earmark. (55.47%). > 10. *Reduce Taxes*: Permanently repeal all recent tax increases, and extend > permanently the George W. Bush temporary reductions in income > tax<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States>, > capital gains > tax<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_United_States>and > estate > taxes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_tax_in_the_United_States>, > currently scheduled to end in 2011. (53.38%). > > > > > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
