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Elect Clifton Inc. platform statement, from 2000:
We need a culture of liberty to displace
the culture of tyranny that exploded into full fruition in the last century.
I submit the following humble measures to move in a pro-liberty direction
to start the new millenium:
Tax Freedom
The income tax, and all other taxes for that matter, constitutes a double
assault on liberty. All income, payroll, and estate taxes should be sunset.
Every American is either a past or present welfare recipient, considering
the vast array of direct and indirect subsidy programs out there. The culture
of dependency is not consistent with a culture of liberty; personal and corporate
welfare commits billions in extorted funds that could be more justly distributed
on a voluntary basis to private charities, to address any safety net issues.
Gun Freedom
We need gun freedom, that is, a repeal of the culture of control freaks,
and a restoration of gun rights.
Gun control equals Gun confiscation equals rights confiscation; if you
cannot freely keep and bear arms, you cannot freely practice self-government.
Drug Freedom
I think that as with alcohol, the health and behavioral problems associated
with substance abuse are separate from the crime issues. Just as the crime
issue associated with alcohol prohibition went away after prohibition ended,
the crime issue with drugs will also fade once drug prohibition ends, although
the health problems will remain. The drug war is also the most devastating
weapon being used by the state to eliminate the basic civil liberties of
all Americans, and adds to the Incarceration Nation that has imprisoned tens
of thousands based on non-violent offenses.
Personal Freedom
We need personal freedom in a time dominated by mattress-tag moralists,
and database-armed privacy invaders. We must oppose any and all assaults
on our financial privacy, medical privacy, and identity via centralized databases.
As a Christian Libertarian, I affirm many of the controversial behaviors
under this category to be indeed immoral, but it does not follow they are
therefore subject to sanction by civil government. I feel the best way to
introduce such freedoms is through a localist approach, where local communities
are encouraged to freely choose to decriminalize prostitution, gambling,
drugs, etc. Those who perceive they are injured (reduced property values,
increased crime) would have the freedom to relocate to communities exercising
opposite tendencies.
Peace & Freedom
When I raised my hand and made an oath to serve the Navy, I pledged to
defend my country's interests in war, not NATO's, not the UN's, not the EU's,
not any international bureaucracy or internationalist interest.
We must end the urge to play superpower; (read policeman). The job of
the military is to defend our borders, not to initiate force abroad; fifty
years after WWII and ten years after the Cold war, it is time to bring home
our troops and shrink our forces to a level to protect our country alone.
Peace and Freedom, John Clifton
Taxes: END
Taxes, Downsize; Stop Legalized Theft, Eliminate State Income Taxes;
Cap Property Taxes, Borrowing & Spending; Supports the Tax Honesty
Movement and the Right to Petition
Guns: REPEAL
Gun Control Laws; Pro-2nd Amendment; Pass 'Katrina Law'
to Protect Homeowners from Gun Confiscation in Emergencies;
Will Declare All New Yorkers Members of the State Militia to Ensure
All Have a Right to Carry, Keep and Bear Arms
Drugs: END
Drug Prohibition; Pro-4th Amendment; Legalize Pot, Protect Medical
Marijuana Users; Repeal the Rockefeller Laws, Restore Discretion to Judges;
Privatize the State Prisons and Release All Non-Violent Drug Offenders
Personal Issues: END
Government Meddling in Personal Liberties; Repeal the
Smoking Ban, Lower
the Drinking Age to 18; Get the Government out of Marriage (Gay
or Straight); Resist State Data-Mining & Big Brotherism; Oppose
NY Implementation of the Real I.D. Act and Patriot Act
War/Iraq/Militarism:
PRO-PEACE,
Nationalist; NON-Interventionist, NO State
Guard to Iraq, Will Resist Cooperating with Unjust, & Undeclared
Wars Based on Lies; Provide for Thorough Uranium-Poisoning Tests
for Returning Iraqi Vets; Oppose Any Return of the Draft
Copyright
© 2006, Elect Clifton Inc. All rights reserved.
Elect Clifton Inc., 165-90 Baisley
Blvd., #415, Jamaica, NY 11434 (877) 769-4014
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