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American Taxpayer Party
483 South Kirkwood Rd.
#250
Kirkwood, Mo. 63122
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This section contains answers to questions about portions of the website that are lacking in some information that need further explanation. If you send in a question about anything, you will find the answer here if you don't get a personal response. That includes snail mail and email. Another place to look for additional information that is not listed in Index 1 or 2 would be on the page "Updates" (found in Index 1).
Question - This question concerns the "Meet and Vote" program. What will you do to stop voter fraud?
Answer - That is one of the first things that will need to be addressed since there seems to be a problem with voter fraud in various parts of the country. I agree, if we don't have an honest voting process the "real" majority may not rule. That's not going to happen.
I have some ideas about keeping voter fraud to a minimum (or eliminating it) but I want input from others before I make a final decision. The first thing that comes to mind when talking about this is a government issue photo I.D. with the individual's social security number on it. There's bound to be a way to include enough information on the card so that the process is kept on the up and up. But there may be a better way that I haven't thought of. That's why I want input from others.
I'll tell you one thing. I don't like the computerized voting machines. I prefer the old method with a paper trail that everyone is used to. Trust me when I say that before the program is implemented all of the snags will be taken care of - to the satisfaction of the American Taxpayers. I'm guessing that we will also do a dry run before we use the process so that everyone can better understand how it's going to work.
Question - What are your views on "political correctness"?
Answer - I don't use politically correct terms. I don't like the movement. I think it's goofy. As a presidential candidate you have to be more sensitive to people's feelings - keeping in mind that all Americans are equal. And you don't want to say things just to cut others down or hurt their feelings on purpose. But I will not go out of my way to throw out politically correct terms just to tickle people's ears. Playing up to people like that is disingenuous and sickening to me. There is a "right" and "wrong" in this world. Sometimes the "wrong" needs to be confronted. Political correctness fails to allow that. I'm not going to Washington to make friends or to be one of the gang.
Question - You can't run the U.S. government on the general consensus of the common people! [This response to the "Meet and Vote" program was made in an email from a Jewish man in Israel who has a lot of media influence. I responded to his email, but thought I should address it publicly. His name is withheld for privacy sake.]
Answer - I sure hope no Americans feel that way. But I fear that many have been conditioned to think exactly that way. We've been conditioned to think that the government is different than the taxpayers. That's why I am addressing this false notion here. Running the U.S. government on a general consensus of the common people is exactly what the founding fathers had in mind. They had no plans for the American people to be led around by the nose by national leaders who had an agenda different from the people.
Our U.S. Constitution begins, with the Preamble, in a manner that lets everyone understand that the new government was the people - not the states and not the King of England and not a few elected or appointed leaders who would tell the rest of the nation what to do. When the Preamble is taken in it's proper context, our founding fathers were stating that the Articles of Confederation (a government of the states) was being superseded by a new document, the U.S. Constitution (a government of the people, not the states). This was a new idea at that time. The people were the highest authority.
"We the people of the United States...", is how the Preamble begins. It ends with, "...do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America." Compare that with the beginning of the Articles of Confederation, and it's ending. Our elected representatives are supposed to represent the people who put them in Washington, not special interest groups and big businesses. And they're not supposed to set up their own sub-culture within Washington that has a different agenda than the rest of the country. They are there to do what the people want. The "Meet and Vote" program is designed to return power back to the people. It is based on the assumption that the American Taxpayers are intelligent enough to know what they want and what is best for them. If the people should make a mistake, they just have to live with it. But that is never an excuse to take the power of the people away from them and give it to a few politicians in Washington. Never.
The idea behind the "Meet" part of the "Meet and Vote" program is that the nation should meet together (via national television, for all to see) and discuss the current crisis or issue that the people want addressed - so that they can get properly informed about it. The meeting(s) is all about educating the people. This way they can vote properly. The idea behind the "Vote" part of the "Meet and Vote" program is that the majority of American Taxpayers will vote correctly on the issue at hand the majority of the time if they are properly informed on that issue.
Our government is like no other. It is a government of the people. As President Lincoln said in the Gettysburg address, "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." "The people, the highest authority known to our system," said President Monroe, "from whom all our institutions spring and on whom they depend, formed it."
Since we have technology that our founding fathers did not have (television), we can use this format as a way to meet together as a nation. Meeting this way with the nation's leaders will allow the people to get properly informed about issues that affect us. Then they can vote on the issues and let their elected representatives know exactly what they want. The nation's leaders can then enact legislation accordingly - according to the will of the people. That's the "Meet and Vote" program. It's completely compatible with the U.S. Constitution. And it promises to get the will of the "common people" done in Washington.
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