LPA: As this country nears it’s mid-term elections, we see a country that is taking a definite swing to the left. History has shown us, especially throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that general public consensus, moves like a pendulum, taking swings from the left to the right and then from right to left. It has been a constant shift, and in more ways than one, a good thing. The nations that move too far to the right, or too far to the left, seem always, to find themselves in turmoil that ultimately leads to violence and bloodshed. So this pendulum swing should be regarded as a good thing, not something extraordinary or dangerous.
The point that this Party would like to bring out is this; the Democratic victories that are expected in these upcoming elections, should not be regarded as the definitive move to the left. The real truth in this twenty first century, is that the Democratic Party is not the Democratic Party of the twentieth century. This is a sad, but realistic assessment. The shift from the far right Neo-Conservative movement to the Democrats, is a good thing, but is definitely NOT a shift to the left. The Democrats, actually, are still at this time, in my humble opinion, just a degree to the right on the pendulums’s swing.
Why do I say that? It is because of the way that campaigns are funded. It takes an extraordinary amount of money to finance a winning campaign. That kind of money doesn’t come from grassroots support as the Democrats are now claiming. The fact of the matter, is that it comes from corporate campaign donations. That along with union donations, organizational donations, and private citizen donations, make up a political parties war chest. The alarming part of this, is that the corporate donations are the largest part of the take. With corporate donations, certain favors must be returned in order that more corporate donations continue. This line of reasoning is just common sense. It is also common sense to realize that corporate agenda’s do not (except in rare cases) favor moving too far to the left. Corporations do not like to pay taxes, nor do they really like to pay out health benefits and retirement benefits to their workers. In this capitalistic nation, the bottom line for corporations are profits. Most corporations do not see these things as profitable.
There are really three ways that we can put this nation on the right track. The first, is to change the nature of corporate thinking. Healthy, happy employees are much more productive than disgruntled, stressed employees. To educate corporations and change the current way of thinking, would be in the nation’s best interest. Some corporate boards already are on board with that line of reasoning, and it has shown that enlightened corporations have better workers, thus increasing the bottom line. The second way to change is to install a national healthcare system that is funded by corporate taxes, along with personal taxes. This would take the onus off the corporations to provide healthcare in an environment that charges excessive premiums for healthcare coverage. This is hard to do, because many healthcare providers are also corporate donors to political campaigns. It is hard to take someone’s money, and then legislate against them. The third way, is to stop corporate donations altogether, This would be true campaign reform. It would allow our elected officials to operate on an equal footing, and also allow for legislation for the greater public good, instead of for the corporate good. This too is common sense.
Another way to send a message to the elected representatives in this country, is to join and back the Liberal Party of America. We want to change the way the political game is played in this nation. We stand for true campaign reform, and a happy, healthy workforce, along with a nation that encourages it’s public officials to legislate for the public good, instead of corporate interests This too is common sense.
There likely will really never be a third party. Either the Liberal Party of America will replace the Democratic Party that has fallen victim to corporate interests, in the same way the Republican Party had, years earlier, or the Democrats will wake up and smell the coffee and push for true campaign reform before the population of this nation realizes what is happening and replaces the Democratic Party with The LPA or another party that is working in the peoples best interests instead of corporate interests. Time will tell.
We are asking you to pass along this article to anyone that cares about the quality of their lives. We want the people of The United States of America to know that there are options to the status quo. The more support that we can muster, the more power we will have, by making our endorsement of candidates matter on this nations political landscape. We will endorse the candidates that most closely support our vision for the future. We will try, as we grow in power politically, to support those that endorse true campaign reform. If we cannot influence the political parties that are now the only real powers in this country, the Democrats and the Republicans, we will field our own candidates, and through grassroots support, we will fund our political races, but we will never accept corporate political donations. Think about this article. Think about what we are presenting. We are giving the people of this nation a real choice, not just the better of two evils. This is twenty First Century
"Common Sense".