Independent Voter Platform -- Economy

The Economy

by Ron Corvus

We The People need to do more than just "stimulate the economy." Reducing the money our government spends (the majority of our budget) on military matters is key in reviving and freeing our economy. We need to change the way Washington politicians have been doing business in several areas:

1.) Cut the bloated Pentagon budget. Currently, there is over $3 trillion dollars MISSING - unaccounted for - in the Pentagon budget. (Former)Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made this announcement on, you guessed it - Sept. 10. 2001, the day before 9/11. Our government spends over X trillion dollars annually on our military budget. We can easily and safely cut a huge portion of this out-of-control bloated budget. Here's a short must-see video which very simply illustrates how we spend WAY TOO MUCH MONEY on the military budget, and how we can easily acccomodate our nation's budgetary needs by safely cutting the bloated Pentagon budget.

2.) End the bogus War On Terror and bring our troops home from around the world. This is long overdue. Prosecuting this bogus War On Terror is costing you and I untold billions of our tax dollars, for no good reason at all. There is no reason to keep troops all over the world. The Pentagon refuses to divulge the cost of keeping troops around the world. This is wholly unacceptable and downright criminal. Opponents of bringing our troops home maintain that peace though strength and military superiority is the best policy to protect America and U.S. interests. Well, basically I agree, BUT HOW TO achieve this is the devil in the details.

We have the most advanced and powerful military in the world, with the most deadly and accurate nuclear attack capability on the planet. There is no doubt we are able to defend America from state-sponsored attack. If nuclear missiles were launched from the Middle East, those missiles would have to leave the local theatre and enter outer space to travel the distance necessary to strike the United States. This process takes about an hour, so any attempt to strike the United States would be fatally interrupted by U.S. anti-missile technology. In fact, we have the capability to detect any such launch literally upon launch, therefore there is no doubt we would know the origin of any such launch. Everyone on this planet knows this fact serves as a deterrence accordingly.

The issue to be discussed is the matter of what constitutes "U.S. interests?" When viewed through the prism of U.S. law and constitution, our government has no right to execute a military strike anywhere for any reason other than by Congressional Declaration of War or by proof of imminent threat of imminent attack upon the mainland USA. Such policy would be in strict accordance with our American laws and U.S. Constitution.

Since George W. Bush has made U.S. foreign policy the illegal Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes, our government has been unlawfully and unconstitutionally attacking, invading, destroying and occupying sovereign nations without legal justification or process. Ending all these illegal military actions would save American taxpayers untold BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of dollars.

3.) Taxes. We need to eliminate the federal income tax for individuals and all small businesses. We need a flat tax on all corporations with at least $100 million in gross sales. The current tax rate is 38%. We need to lower it to 28%. You may ask, "Where and how do we make up the revenue lost?" The short answer is by cutting the bloated Pentagon budget and cutting wasteful spending.
See, http://www.truemajority.org/oreos

4.) Jobs, jobs jobs. Recreate the manufacturing base. All the experts agree: in order to even have a chance at restoring America's economic greatness would REQUIRE reconstituting our once superior manufacturing base. In recent times our economy has been converted from a manufacturing base to a service-oriented base. This is unacceptable and unsustainable in terms of true economic growth for America.

5.) Abolish the Federal Reserve. Abolishing the Federal Reserve would do more to improve our economy and actually lift our quality of life more than any other action possibly taken. The Federal Reserve is a private banking institution profiting wildly from loaning us our own money.