

  We, the founders of the Constitution Party, hold that our
federal government has consistently violated the
Constitution of the United States.  The Founding Fathers
designed the U.S. government to serve us -- the people.  It
was not designed so that we the people would serve
government.  We no longer wish to see Americans dependent
upon or enslaved by government.  Generations of Republican
and Democratic administrations have made it abundantly clear
that they are incapable of managing the nation's affairs
competently, justly, or legally.  The CP is dedicated to
ensuring the unalienable right of every U.S. citizen to
Life, Liberty, Property and the Pursuit of Happiness by
limiting the role of government in our lives.

  The CP holds that no one has the right to dictate to
anyone else how to live.  It further believes that no one
holds the higher moral authority to compel anyone else to
behave in a particular way.  The CP maintains that each
individual has the right to behave according to his or her
self-determined moral principles, provided the pursuit of
these principles causes no physical harm to any other person
or his property.  The CP believes that if there is no victim
there is no crime.  The CP believes that no entity,
including a majority of voters or citizens, may take away or
violate the rights of an individual.

  Accordingly, the CP calls for a reordering of national
priorities.  We aim to restore the rights of individual
Americans.  We aim to create a truly free country where
people will learn to be responsible for their own welfare.
Upon achieving this goal, productivity will flower, causing
business to prosper, thereby creating an atmosphere of
abundance, tolerance, and compassion.  Therefore, the CP
offers the following platform to ensure our rights and those
of our children:

  1.   Under no circumstance does government have the power
       to violate the rights of an individual.

  2.   Government does not have the right to legislate
       morality.  Adult consensual behavior ("victimless
       crimes") such as those involving  any sexual
       activity, gambling, drug use, or assisted suicide are
       a matter of individual adult morality and not a
       matter of criminal law.  The traditional
       organizations for discussion and persuasion regarding
       such issues include churches, synagogues, youth
       clubs, chambers of commerce, and other local social
       organizations.

  3.   As an adult, you are free to do whatever you choose
       with your own person or property, provided you do not
       physically harm the person or property of another.
       People who physically harm others are to be forcibly
       segregated from the rest of society by government.
       It is society, not the criminal, that should be shown
       leniency.
  
  4.   The CP advocates a strong local police presence for
       violent crime.  By eliminating victimless crimes,
       police will be able to focus on violent crimes,
       making police infinitely more effective.  The  prison
       system, currently overburdened, will have ample space
       to house violent criminals for the full course of
       their prison terms.  The streets will be safe, the
       country's legal and prison systems will unclog, and
       vast amounts of money that add to the budget deficit
       will be saved.  Isn't this a better idea?

       Nevertheless, a government that must break the law in
       order to enforce the law is not a government worth
       having.  Therefore, law enforcement officers and
       agencies must be above reproach with regard to due
       process of law, personal privacy, freedom from
       unreasonable search and seizures, and all the other
       fundamental constitutional guarantees.  The CP
       believes that any government agent or employee who
       does not abide by, or who violates, the Constitution
       should face mandatory criminal penalties.

       The CP believes that all judges must be directed to
       inform every jury of its legal sovereignty under the
       Constitution in that it may find any defendant not
       guilty if it judges the law, even law upheld by the
       Supreme Court, to be defective, unwarranted,
       unconstitutional, or wrongly applied.

  5.   Regarding abortion, government has no right making
       laws dictating to a woman what to do with her body.
       At the same time, it has no right to take money from
       some citizens to fund abortions for others.

  6.   Each individual adult has the right to keep and bear
       arms, providing the owner has never been convicted of
       a crime involving the use of a weapon.

  7.   The CP advocates the maintenance of the strongest
       national defense force in the world.  The CP does not
       advocate military interference in the affairs of
       other nations.

       The CP further believes that the US should protect
       its sovereignty and maintain full control over its
       own defense systems and not turn them over to the
       United Nations.

  8.   The CP believes that individuals have the right to
       keep all money or property they have earned, to
       provide for themselves and their families. The CP
       believes it is not government's business to know how
       much  money you earn, where your money is kept, or to
       require you to keep records on its behalf.
       Accordingly, it believes that government has no right
       to use any of its agencies to intimidate people into
       revealing how much property, including money, they
       have or earn, with threats of jail terms and property
       seizures. This stance requires the elimination of the
       Internal Revenue Service and all taxes based on
       wages, earnings, income, and inheritances.
            
       The elimination of these taxes would cause business
       to skyrocket, create millions of jobs, and
       significantly reduce unemployment and welfare lines.
       It would  also reduce crime.  All these benefits
       would be felt by the American people, when the burden
       of these taxes is lifted from their shoulders.

       The CP advocates the elimination of the income tax
       code, elimination of all gift and estate taxes and
       any other direct taxes.  The CP calls for repeal of
       the 16th Amendment or formal recognition by the
       government that it was never ratified by the states
       and is therefore illegal. To the extent revenue is
       needed, excise taxes are authorized in Article I,
       Section 8 of the Constitution.

  9.   The CP advocates the elimination of the budget
       deficit and the national debt via the sale of federal
       assets, the downsizing of government , and the
       elimination of entitlement programs.

  10.  The CP advocates the elimination of entitlement
       programs.   Just as no individual has the right to steal
       from you, the government has no right to steal from you on
       behalf of others, that is, to redistribute your wealth.  The
       money you earn belongs to you and no one else.  How can you
       properly support yourself and your family while you are
       constantly being robbed? The price of personal freedom is
       individual responsibility. Consequently, it is not
       government's job to "save" people from poor choices,
       calamities, or the vicissitudes of life.  At the same time,
       The Constitution Party believes deeply in volunteerism and
       charity to care for the less fortunate.  It therefore
       encourages everyone, individuals and private institutions
       alike, in the strongest possible terms, to give to the
       charities of their choice to care for the homeless, the
       helpless, and the needy.  Charity is traditionally the work
       of religious organizations, individuals, private
       institutions and foundations.  In contrast, entitlement
       programs rob individuals of the ability and desire to be
       charitable.

       The CP further believes that the elimination of
       entitlement programs will immediately solve the
       nation's immigration problem.

  11.  The CP calls for the reinstitution of sound money.

  12.  The CP will require an audit of the gold reserves of
       the country.   There is no reason in the world why
       government should hide from us how much gold we own.
       Would you allow your servant to hide your assets from
       you?

  13.  The CP advocates full financial freedom.  Government
       has no right to force an individual to report how
       much money he or she deposits or withdraws from a
       bank.  It also has no right to force an individual to
       report how much money he or she takes into or out of
       the country.  These laws force Americans to spy and
       report on each  other.  Think about it.   Is the
       government your servant or your master?

  14.  The CP believes that government has no legal or moral
       authority in health care.The CP believes that
       government involvement in health care will adversely
       affect the health of the majority of Americans.

       The CP believes that government has no right to limit
       our choice of doctors, or medicines they prescribe,
       whether they be "alternative" or American Medical
       Association certified physicians.  Government also
       has no right to dictate what vitamins ought to be
       available.  When your life is at stake, do you feel
       that the government, your servant, should be able to
       tell you which doctor you can see or what medicines
       you can take?  We think not!

       The CP opposes the proposed national health card.
       This card will ultimately be used as nothing less
       than a national tracking device that will result in
       the further loss of personal freedom.

  15.  The CP endorses full economic freedom.  The CP
       believes that government should not set prices, set
       quotas, or create laws concerning hiring, firing, the
       level of wages, unionization, or any non-coercive
       private commercial behavior.

  The CP believes that a movement is underway, a movement
toward individual freedoms, as our Forefathers planned.  We
believe that people are sick and tired of constantly being
told how to live their lives by a government that passes
thousands of laws and regulations every year.  We believe
that people have had enough of the taxes, the continual
loss of our dollar's purchasing power, and the intimidating
tactics of an out of control, lying government that has no
accountability and are ready to stand vigilant against the
loss of their personal freedoms. The course on which the
ship of state is currently set is clear: a bankrupt social
welfare police state.
  
  To all Americans who want to keep their rights: whether it
be the right to speak your mind, the right to keep the money
you earn, the right to use your property as you wish, the
right to have a gun for the defense of your family or to
hunt, the right to engage in noncoercive behavior, the right
to practice (or refrain from practicing) any religion, the
right to be homosexual; the right to choose a doctor or the
medicine of your choice, or the right to end your life --
these are your personal choices, not the government's.

  To all Americans who feel alienated from the politics of
our system and are tired of being treated like juveniles: we
understand your frustration and your desire for change.
Come join us!  No matter who you are or what you do, come
join us.  It's not whether you are on the left or the right,
liberal or conservative, it's only our individual rights
that matter.

"The battle is not left versus right, the true battle is the
individual versus big government"..Aaron Russo.

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Constitution Party


Founder

Aaron Russo     (Film Producer - Trading Places with Eddie
                Murphy, The Rose with Bette Midler; won an
                Emmy and had films nominated for various
                Academy Awards)


Partial List of Founding Members

Dr. Robert Atkins       (Author)
Larry Becraft, esq.     (Attorney)
Bill Benson             (Author - The Law That Never Was)
Bob Bishop              (Editor, Goldmining Stock Report)
Jim Blanchard           (Author and Newsletter Writer)
Doug Casey              (Author of largest selling financial
                         book in history)
Bill Cooper             (Radio Talk-Show Host)
Vince Deniro            (Historical/Political Researcher,
                         Radio Talk-Show Host of America's
                         Town Meeting)
Larry Dodge             (Former Libertarian Party
                         Activist)
Roger Fredinburg        (Radio Talk-Show Host)
Paul Hapenny            (Screenwriter)
Sheriff Richard I. Mack  Graham County, Arizona (Author -
                         From My Cold, Dead Fingers)
Ron Paul                (Former Republican Member of
                         Congress)
Bob Prechter            (Author, Editor, Corporate
                         President)
Dr. Gus Prosch          (Physician, Author)
Scott Summers           (Houston Foundation of Vietnam
                         Veterans)
James Turk              (Author and Editor ,
                         Freemarket Gold & Money Report)
Dr. Jonathan Wright     (Author)



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