The Constitutional Freedom Party: Our Mission Statement

MOTTO

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel." ~Patrick Henry

MISSION STATEMENT

The Constitutional Freedom Party is a party by and for the people. We uphold and will protect the Judeo/Christian Heritage of these United States. Our foundation is on God and the Founders and their intent as they framed the words of the Constitution. We will uphold and protect the rights which are given by God and solidified by the Laws of America, the Constitution. We are for smaller government as the Founders intended, by and for the people, who grant government their Just Powers.

OUR PLATFORM

OUR JUDEO/CHRISTIAN HERITAGE:

While this nation is comprised of many different beliefs, we value the Christian heritage, which this nation was founded upon. We will not be made submissive to the secular/humanist agenda, which has pushed to remove any mention of Jesus Christ or symbols thereof from the public square. We recognize the rights of everyone to worship or not according to their own religious beliefs. If beliefs however step out of Constitutional bounds, they will not trump the Constitution. Ours is a Constitutional Republic. It has been a beacon of freedom for people all over the world from every ethnic and religious background. Our Judeo/Christian Heritage is, as Patrick Henry stated, the "very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity and freedom to worship here."

America was born a Christian nation. The Constitutional Freedom Party will ensure it remains a Christian Nation and will work to preserve and strengthen it by adhering to the Constitution, in the original intent of the Founding Fathers.

LIFE ISSUES:

We believe in the words of the Declaration of Independence, which declares that we are all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, the first one is Life.

Life issues are and have been a contention of debate in our nation. The Constitutional Freedom Party is first and foremost pro-life. Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not possible if we support laws denying life to any brothers or sisters. We will work to change hearts and minds about the damage and dangers of abortion. The government has no Constitutional jurisdiction in promoting and providing taxpayer money for abortion services, and we will work to eliminate funding all pro-abortion organizations. Abortion should be a state’s issue and we will concentrate our efforts towards getting the abortion issue back to the states instead of the Federal government. We will work to promote easier, yet safe adoption laws and encourage religious based and private sector help of women's clinics that provide services for pregnant women. We will ensure that our Supreme Court Justices and those of the lower courts understand the Founders intent on the right to Life. We will nominate judges who, according to the words of John Adams, "therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men."

MARRIAGE:

There is nothing constitutional about government in marriage. We will work towards the strengthening of Marriage as defined by not only the Bible, but also tradition which spans a millennia and all societies, one man and one woman. James Wilson, said, 'The most important consequence of marriage is, that the husband and the wife become in law only one person... Upon this principle of union, almost all the other legal consequences of marriage depend."

The Constitution does not give the government the right to redefine marriage, place extra tax burdens on married couples, or be involved in the "business" of marriage.

Marriage is already defined. We will fight to preserve the definition as it stands. Homosexuals and others if so desiring, have the right of civil unions. We oppose special rights given in the name of "equal" protection.

The Constitution does not provide for religious institutions, private business, and owners of private property to be damaged by litigation on the basis of social engineering.

FAMILIES:

The government has a duty to protect the citizens of this nation from enemies both foreign and domestic. The Constitutional Freedom Party believes in parents’ rights to raise their children in a nurturing, loving environment without government intrusion. The rights to train up, educate and discipline their children are a God given right and duty of parents. It is not the role of the federal government to usurp parental duties. It is also not the duty of the federal government to look to a world government organization to sign unconstitutional treaties, which seek to infringe upon and in many cases take away parental rights.

The federal government has destroyed the family unit of our nation’s poor through entitlement programs and community activism. Welfare recipients are required to be nonworking and unmarried. If the recipient finds a job they risk losing the needed help altogether. Fathers have been replaced by a government check. Children are growing up in war zones and their family is frequently being replaced by a gang membership.

EDUCATION:

The Constitutional Freedom Party values good and well-rounded education as the Founders intended. The Founders valued education and study and believed all children should have a chance to learn and read. While education is important in the upbringing of our children, it is not the role of the federal government to control and administer the education of our nation’s children. Our founding fathers saw the wisdom of instilling core values in our children.

The present educational system is flawed and has redefined values, deemphasized traditional subjects, and emphasized social engineering programs. The federal government meant to guarantee a means for American citizens to have the right to an education; instead, they have taken over education through the Department of Education and have worked closely with organizations such as the National Education Association, empowering unions to ensure poor quality of learning for generations.

We believe in the parents’ choice of education, allowed by the States to decide what forms children take in their learning. We believe in the right to home educate their children without federal restraints. We believe in school choice by vouchers and believe in privatizing education. We will work towards abolishing the Department of Education and returning power to the parents, States, and local governments.

HEALTH CARE:

We oppose government mandated healthcare. We oppose the tax penalties being imposed as well as government forcing Americans to purchase a product. We oppose the inequality of such a government system, as it clearly imposes restrictions on one group of citizens to provide for another group.

Health care costs are expensive, but the federal government's takeover of the system is unconstitutional and unnecessary. Health care costs can be lowered in many ways including tort reforms, allowing insurance companies to cross state lines and allowing for a pay-as-you-go system. No one in America is denied care. Hospitals must provide reasonable care even to those who cannot afford the costs, but they are more than willing to work with those who are uninsured, by providing a payment plan, which in many cases end up costing less than if it were covered by insurance or the government.

It is not the government's duty to force people into a system, which historically has shown to be overrun with fraud, wasteful spending and corruption. We will work towards repealing Obamacare and weaning our nation off other government systems such as Medicaid and returning the issues of health care to the people and the states.

DEFENSE:

The right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness will not be possible if the US is attacked again, or overrun with enemies. The Constitutional Freedom Party believes that the Federal Government's main duty under the Constitution is to provide for the common defense of the citizens, and to defend this nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.

The government has failed miserably in the past few decades in keeping America safe. For too long our government has ignored their first duty.

We believe in the idea Ronald Reagan promoted, "Peace through strength." It is only when the world sees a strong America committed to peace that we are safe. We support our Military and are committed to fight for Rules of Engagement that will allow our military to do their jobs and defend themselves in times of engagement. We will fight to provide the best and necessary equipment that will ensure our men and women will have what they need, and most importantly remove the conditions which have turned our military into a liberal social experiment.

We are committed to defending our nation's borders and closing loopholes such as "anchor baby" status for illegal immigrant aliens. We deem that the government for too long has used section 1 of the 14th Amendment for the sole purpose of allowing babies born to illegal aliens citizenship status. United States of America is a sovereign nation and it has established immigration laws.

For too long, our government has ignored these laws, and allowed millions to come through an open border undocumented. This is incredibly dangerous and foolish, as it is known that potential terrorists have come across the porous southern border and have set up sleeper cells intent on doing harm to the citizens and nation. We support State rights to enforce immigration laws without hindrance from the federal government.

We strongly oppose the entitlements and social services provided at taxpayers’ expense to the millions of illegal immigrant aliens. American citizens and legal residents have been footing the bills, which annually run into billions of dollars providing services and welfare to law breakers. It must stop, and we will fight to stop it.

Veterans Issues

Ever since the inception of the Veterans Administration, the VA has been rife with substandard care, abuses, bureaucratic mismanagement, fraud and scandals at all levels. The latest issues which have been highlighted are only a continuation of over 70 years of a failure to keep the promises made to all of our nation’s Veterans. The Constitutional Freedom Party feels it’s time to let the Veterans decide whether to keep the VA as a federally managed agency or turn it over to a privately run organization managed by Veterans. We will work with Veterans groups, honor their input and ideas of what would help ensure every single Veteran is taken care of when they need help.

Money saved from discontinuing welfare programs for illegals will be used instead to help those who have served and fought for this nation, helping Veterans’ organizations and promoting those who work towards giving the best medical and health related care possible, grants and scholarships for further education opportunities, employment and housing as needed to any Veteran.

ISRAEL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

We believe that Israel is a sovereign state and has the right to defend her people from enemy attacks. We stand with Israel in their right to build settlements and defend their rights to securing their borders. We believe that peace can only come when Israel's enemies are willing to permanently lay down their rockets and suicide vests, and allow Israel's right to exist. Israel has citizens of different religious and ethnicities, including Arabs, who also enjoy all the benefits of citizenship including freedom of religion and seats in Israel's Parliament. When Jews are allowed the same status among Arab neighbor nations, perhaps peace talks will be successful.
The Constitutional Freedom Party recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital City of Israel. We will work towards moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

We oppose giving aid to nations who harbor terrorist organizations, who vote against America's interests when it comes to defense actions, or who oppose American values of freedom or espouse anti-Western threats. We must look at aid on a nation-by-nation basis only.

THE UNITED NATIONS:

"Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude foreign influence." Alexander Hamilton, Pacificus, No. 6, 1793

The Founding Fathers had much to say about foreign influence on America. The Constitutional Freedom Party will work to remove the UN from American soil, and to remove the U.S. from the UN. There is no legal basis for our active participation in a world governing body that often seeks to undermine our Constitution. Ours is a nation which has had the strongest and longest lasting Constitution. We will work to preserve it at all costs, and defend it against any government or organization that seeks to undermine, dismantle, or destroy it.

SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS:

The Constitutional Freedom Party is dedicated to preserving and upholding the Constitution of the United States. Never before have our freedoms been so close to being restricted as they are now.

One of our most cherished freedoms is the right to keep and bear arms. It is clear by the many written words of our Founders on what they intended when they added the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. The right of the people to defend themselves is not only a right, but it is also a duty to defend one's family from threats whether they come from an armed intruder, a violent criminal, or the government.

Thomas Jefferson said, "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is at a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Many of the other Founders agreed and spoke often of the citizen's rights to keep arms. It is not the place of the federal government to take away the citizens' rights to protect themselves. We will continue the fight to uphold this important right.

TAXES:

The Constitutional Freedom Party is committed to abolishing the IRS and instituting a Flat tax that would be fair to everyone. The purpose of taxes has long been used to levy more from those who earn, to pay for services and programs, which benefit few if any other than our politicians. A simple flat tax would be in keeping with Thomas Jefferson's idea that, "Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual." It would also keep the federal government reigned in on what it can and cannot spend.

DEBT, SPENDING AND THE ECONOMY:

The Constitutional Freedom Party stands on fiscal responsibility. We must cut waste and abolish government bureaucracy, which have done nothing but restrain and restrict the ideas of healthy private enterprise and peoples’ livelihoods. We are dedicated to reduce the size of the federal government, reduce tax burdens and most importantly, slash spending.

We are determined to end federally funded programs such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Public Broadcasting System, National Public Radio and a myriad of other wasteful studies and grants that would be best served by private donations. We are not opposed to the Arts and Public media, but the federal government has no Constitutionally valid purpose of giving billions of dollars to organizations which could easily be supported by those who wish to see these programs.

We are committed to ensuring fiscal responsibility. By imposing a fiscal budget yearly and implementing overseers to ensure no funds are wasted on unconstitutional or unnecessary spending, we can cut billions every year, while bringing our national debt down to a manageable level. We will not allow uncontrolled spending which has placed an enormous debt burden on all our citizens and our future generations.

We will work against restrictions and government regulations which have strangled our entrepreneurs and small business owners. We will fight against thug tactics of unions which are draining the life's blood of private citizens, and fight to allow freedom to work in all states.

WELFARE:

"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue,

and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition."
Thomas Jefferson

The Constitutional Freedom Party will seek ways in which to help the poor by raising them up, to train and use their God given abilities and talents, and not by restricting and tearing down the wealthy. Those who are physically capable of working will be given aid in employment or entrepreneurial opportunities. We will seek to promote private funding through local and state communities, for charities and faith-based organizations to aid the poor and needy. There are thousands of privately run organizations who have operated successfully, and we are committed to promoting these charities and encourage duplicating these efforts through local communities.
The best way to combat poverty is to teach those to help themselves by education , short term help, and gaining skills to be productive. Private industry, education and charities must be allowed to work together without federal government interference to provide support and aid to help people get on their feet, or those who simply cannot help themselves. This can best be achieved through local communities and governments, not the federal government. We are committed to returning power to the people and the States and getting the federal government out of the nanny business. It is historically proven that the federal government has perpetuated and added to the poverty crisis in this nation. People are better at taking care of their family and helping their neighbors than any federal agency.

SOCIAL SECURITY:

It is known that the idea of a social security fund is about run its course. Today, there are too few people paying into a system which is paying out to more people than ever before. The federal government in essence set up a system for working people to pay into, to ensure that there would be funds waiting for them when they reached retirement age . Frankly, we believe this has been a disaster, and completely unconstitutional. All it has done is allow for more bad money management by the federal government.

There is no desire to "throw granny off the cliff", but there needs to be a cutoff point, as this program has become unsustainable. People have the right to save and manage their own money accounts. It is not the job of the federal government to run Ponzi schemes. People should be allowed to stop paying into the program and instead pay into private IRA accounts or Employment accounts.

TERM LIMITS:

We believe in true citizen legislature. We are a Constitutional Republic, in which the government is to rule by consent of the people who hire them to represent them. James Madison said in the Federalist Paper No. 39, "It is ESSENTIAL to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honorable title of republic."

While our Founders left term limits out of the Constitution, it is because they did not foresee that politics would become a career for so many people. Our government is now largely made up of people who have been in both houses for more than two decades or longer. This was never meant to be. Real term limits would put an end to politics as a career and it would also end the re-election of those who cater to welfare and social spending programs and take advantage of those who vote for them. Until we allow for term limits, our representatives will still prefer the interests, not of the public, but of a career-minded ruling class: legislators, bureaucrats, media elites, and special interest groups.

The Constitutional Freedom Party strongly believes in Term limits of three terms for the House of Representatives and two terms for the Senate.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE, BANKING AND TREASURY:

Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution declares that Congress has the power "to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures".

The Founders knew from experience the dangers that private bank institutions would be to a free Republic. Thomas Jefferson stated, "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power (of money) should be taken away from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs." James Madison said, "History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance."

The Federal Reserve became a reality in 1913 when the Federal Reserve Act was signed into law. President Woodrow Wilson lamented having done so. In 1916, he wrote: "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men..."

The Federal Reserve is now the only entity that can legally introduce US paper currency into circulation. The Constitutional Freedom Party is committed to abolishing the un-Constitutional Federal Bank and bringing the power back to the people.

HOMELAND SECURITY:

While this nation has been under threats from enemies since its beginning, we now, in the last few decades, have been recipients of direct attacks from Islamic terrorists. Whether on US soil, as in the World Trade Center bombings and the attacks on September 11, 2001, or on our military bases or ships, we have reason to desire to do whatever it takes to be safe. While it is necessary to protect our country, it must be done in a way that does not sacrifice our rights.

The Founders created a government that would protect our individual rights, not violate them. Benjamin Franklin wisely said, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." The Constitutional Freedom Party is opposed to such intrusion by the federal government in ways that violate the rights of US Citizens.

Through electronic surveillance and wiretapping, to internet tracking and monitoring electronically, our government has un-Constitutionally stripped us of our 3rd Amendment rights, which prohibits the government from stationing Soldiers, but in our modern times of electronic devices, it is an intrusion of our homes by the government.

We support the efforts of an open sharing between intelligence agencies when it comes to keeping our nation and citizens safe, as long as they do not infringe upon the rights of US Citizens.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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