I want to start a political party based on common sense and unity, could a party like this get support?

Question

I think that humanity should begin to enforce common sense. The lack of common sense is extremely detrimental to our society. Here is my stance on several topics. What are your opinions? Do you think I would be able to find people who would support a party like this?

Sentencing - Fines must not be an option as punishment for crimes. Fines simply favor people who can afford them. The only real form of punishment must be uncompensated public service. This punishment will be given in varying degrees. Minor punishments will consist of cleaning roadways or other public locations. More serious punishments will be going to prison and working at public construction projects or other large projects. All these punishments should involve physical labor The reason for this is that when a crime is committed something is taken away from society. By having criminal be punished by unpaid public service they will be giving back to society.

Racism - Racism should be eliminated in all its forms. This extends to both denying benefits or opportunities based on race, and giving benefits or opportunities based on race. Schools and/or businesses must not be required to maintain a certain number of students or employees of a certain race. For example a grant cannot be a offered only to people of a certain race.

Minority Relations - Benefits or opportunities should not be given or denied based on minority or majority status. All people should be treated equally and majority or minority status must not be continued.

Diversity - We should rejoice in our diversity as human beings but we should not point them out so much as to emphasize our differences. We should more importantly focus on the things we have in common.

Gay Marriages - People should be allowed to practice non-traditional forma of marriage if they so wish as long as the participants are legal adults. If a man wants to marry another man then they should be allowed to. Also if a man or woman wants to marry more than one man or woman they should be allowed to. There is a big difference between allowing a particular lifestyle and prototing a particular lifestyle.

War in Iraq - The war in Iraq is wrong. If the Iraqi people want freedom badly enough they will fight for it themselves. They will make the changes themselves on their own initiatives. The Iraqi’s have the right to choose whatever governmental system works for them. A democratic system should not be imposed upon them by another nation.

Career Politicians - Politics should not be a career. Political leaders should be chosen from the general population, not a limited group of ‘politicians.’ A person holding apolitical office should not be allowed to hold any other political office after their term in their current office is completed.

Punishment for Politicians - Political leaders who make promises in order to be elected and then break those promises after their election, should be immediately removed from office and held to answer for lying to the people.

Corrupt Politicians - Any politician that found to be corrupt or that has lied should be immediately removed from office, arrested, and charged with the crimes they have committed.

Republic - In this day and age we have the ability that all people can vote on legislative issues. We have the ability to become a true Republic and not merely a democracy. We must push for one of two possibilities. The first is a complete Republic where all people vote on legislative issues. The other possibility is that serving in the legislature is not a job but legislators must have other means for there own financial support and will only serve as legislators when needed. This will prevent politicians from making up mindless laws simply because it is their job. Laws should only be made when needed. It should never be a person’s job to create laws.

Alternate Energy - We must find more efficient ways of producing energy. These alternate means of energy production must be put into use as soon as possible.

Crimes of Stupidity - Stupidity should be made a crime. If we do not punish stupidity then we continue to allow a mind set that has a detrimental effect on our society. Do people have the right to be stupid? Yes. But when their stupidity infringes on our rights to have a progressive and intelligent society then there must be a consequence to their stupidity.

Global Warming/Environmentalism - We should work to find a balance between protecting the environment and using our natural resources. Obviously we must use our resources to survive. It should also become obvious to people that we must protect our environment if we are to survive. We must advance beyond our current resource usages and develop more advanced ways to utilize our resources more efficiently.

World Poverty - We need to help our fellow humans around the world. We are all living people with minds and potential. We are all part of the human family. We need to look out for each other. We need to increase efforts to help develop and provide support for less fortunate regions.

Government Spending - Governments must account for every last penny of money collected by the government. No black budgets, or unaccounted for money.

Taxes - All taxes should be made into a flat rate of 10%. No exceptions, no deductions, and no complex forms to fill out.

Minimum Wage - Minimum wage should be set at a level determined by calculating the minimum cost of living. This ensures that minimum wage will allow an individual to have sufficient income to cover the cost of living.

Gun Control - The right to owning guns is essential to maintaining a free society and to keep the government in check. Most gun control laws should be repealed. However, a gun use/safety training program must be taken and a licence received before potential gun owners may purchase their first gun.

National Security - We should oppose to any ‘security’ measures that would infringe on our law given freedoms. We should all work to defend the freedoms offered us by the laws of the nations wherein we reside. We must never trade freedom for security.

Immigration - Legal immigration is the only way for a foreigner to gain citizenship in a nation. The processes of legal immigration should be largely simplified and costs reduced. Illegal entry into a nation should be punished. Those who are in a nation illegally should be immediately removed from that nation.

Abortion - Women have the right to choose whether or not she will have an abortion. However the killing of an unborn child is an infringement upon the right of that child to life. It is the same as murder. People have the freedom to choose to commit murder, but if they do there is a consequence. Women should be allowed to choose to have an abortion. If they do choose to abort their baby both the mothers and the doctors that assist should be punished under the law for murder. There may be some exceptions in cases where the mother may die if the birth is carried out.

Income system - A system of income ranges for various jobs must be developed. For example those jobs that benefit society should have higher pay while those jobs that distract us or entertain us would be lower. We can tell what to focus of our society is when sport figures and actors get paid more than teachers.

Prisons - Prisons should be a place to receive punishment for crimes. Going to prison is not punishment in and of itself. The punishment is to be given at prison. Also prison shouldn’t be a place to go an sit around waiting for your time to be up. All amenities at prisons, such as video games, TVs, newspapers, etc should be removed. I prisoners holding cell should consist of a small room with an immovable ben/bed, table, and toilet. There should also be a shower. Food will be given to them twice a day through a slot in the door. Prisoners must stay in their cells at all times unless going out to do public service.

Lobbying - Lobbying must be made illegal. Political leaders should represent the view of the people they are elected to represent. Special groups have no right to try and influence decisions of political leaders. The views of the people and only the people should be represented.

Political Correctness - Political Correctness is a big problem. Firstly it emphasizes our differences and does not promote unity. For example political correctness would have us refer to people as African Americans, even if that person has never been to Africa. Also it also doesn’t let people say Merry Christmas is stores. Political correctness is used to keep people from being offended by what others say. If we aren’t adult enough to be able handle things that we find insulting, then we have no right to live in a civilized society. Political correctness promotes immature and childish behaviour, it should be eliminated.


HUMAN POWER!!!

Answer 1

The US system is stacked against third parties and it generally takes a catastrophe like the divide between small federal government and large federal government (late 1850s) to bring down a party (last case, the Whigs) and replace it with another (Republicans) and even then, most Republicans were former Whigs.

Admirable idea, though.

Answer 2

This is the first time that a 3rd party has a really good shot. Most of your ideas are OK but I am not sure America is ready for them. I think that the abortion law would not help much. People used hangers and risked there life before so they would again. Or they could go to another country to get one.
It would be unreasonable.
Not that I believe people should get them but we do have an over population problem as it is. Also you would have to decide if the morning after pill was like an abortion and decide to outlaw that.
I understand what your saying about different races and different categories and we all should just be Americans but then it would take the some ones right away from them to be called what they want.
Also the reason people in movies make so much is because of sales and marketing. Are you going to put a limit on sales and marketing so they don't make as much as teachers? There are many people in sales that make more then teachers, many of them have to be away from home for long periods and have extreme sacrifice.

I think that we should have a group in each state who find out what the people want in there state and local communities.
Having open debates and voting on what they want.
People in some communities might need one thing more then other communities. We need to get actual working American people involved, not just the political ones.

Answer 3

I like your proposal.

I myself would consider starting a political party called the "Dachniks" (the Russian word for Gardeners) this is a term I discovered after reading The Ringing Cedar series.

This party would concentrate on building up an environmental restoration movement.

I would start with a National holiday on July 23rd - Dachnik Day. When people of every stripe can go and celebrate their gardens.

Answer 4

Good luck. But honestly buddy it would never work, because politics is the realm of greed and lies, no one wants solutions.

Just like cancer, if it were cured, there'd be no money in the cancer "treatment" business. Chew on that for a while.

Answer 5

no longer a single one. it rather is why I depart politics to the politicians. no longer one group or baby-kisser cares with regard to the human beings,so no remember what you assert or who you vote for,you're up crap's creek.

Answer 6

common sense is not really common.
it's uncommom
That makes it not likelly to work.
though I like some of the things you have wrote.