CONVENTION: Program Proposals
The following are the proposals of the Program Committee:
1. End the Wars of Aggression: The U.S. should withdraw all forces from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, South Korea, Germany, Japan, and all other occupied nations. Click to vote.
2. End the Fed: The U.S. Congress should audit the Fed, allow for competition of currencies, repeal the income tax, abolish the IRS, and refuse any further 'bailouts' of corporations in any industry. Furthermore, all federal regulations covering every aspect of the private economy, including those individuals who seek self-employment, should be repealed across the board. All FICA and withholding taxes levied on employers and employees should be eliminated entirely. Click to vote.
3. End the War on Drugs: The federal government should repeal all laws against the use and trade of "controlled substances." The states and local communities should also permit people to freely choose what substances they wish to consume without government intervention. Click to vote.
4. End the Abuses of Liberty: Congress should repeal the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act & FISA Acts and abolish the NSA, TSA, CIA and any other federal agency that infringes on individual rights. Congress should review and revoke the emergency powers granted to the President in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks. The U.S. should restore privacy by forbidding warrant-less wiretapping of phone and internet communication. The U.S. must restore habeas corpus, allowing all detainees, foreign and domestic, a speedy and public trial. No physical or environmental discomfort should be used to influence the interrogation of suspects for any crime. The U.S. government must respect the rights of all people, regardless of place of birth, status of citizenship, or suspicion of criminality. Click to vote.
5. End the Immigration Fiasco: Rather than suddenly decide to enforce long-ignored immigration laws, the U.S. should open the borders to trade and travel. We should loosen restrictions on citizens and visitors alike, allowing people of many backgrounds and cultures to coexist in a society of social and economic freedom and prosperity. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies at all levels of government should be abolished and dismantled immediately. Click to vote.





Comments
VTV:
You had me till the last one. We cannot ask the citizens of the united states to pay for welfare for foreigners. I do not hate any race or people, however if they do not pay into the system they should not be able to take out of it.
planetaryjim:
In order to take out of the system a person has to have valid papers in the system. The ability to move goods and persons across the borders unimpeded does not magically create green cards, social security numbers, or welfare benefits.
In fact, since the 1794 Jay treaty, persons of native heritage from either Canada or the USA side of that border have been free to traverse the border into the USA with their goods without being "citizens" of either country. (Britain recognised this treaty obligation but when Canada became a commonwealth country of its own it stopped upholding this part of the deal. However, the USA has never stopped.) So you see, it is possible to have the free movement of people and goods over a border without the world coming to an end.
VTV:
People on Welfare are still expected to pay into the system when they make a certain amount of money. Undocumented workers do not. Honestly I don't understand how people without a social security number end up in our Welfare system in the first place. But it is known many of them use stolen Social Security Numbers.
My point is the problem with open borders IS Welfare.
There is also the issue of the already widespread unemployment that already exists that will just get worse.
But you passed it, so good luck with it.
ISturdy:
But people on welfare do not pay into the system anyway--even before welfare, they are paying negative net taxes thanks to such programs as EITC. Therefore, your argument is not against immigration but against welfare.
inDglass:
That's a welfare problem, not an immigration problem.