Falconist Party

[The CINC]

I cordially invite you to check out the only Communitarian party in the US today, the Falconist Party. Our party combines the ideas of the right and left to take America and the world neither right, nor left, but up. Look us up on the web.

[The CINC]

1.   We call for the enactment of laws, policies and Constitutional amendments that would break the two-party monopoly on our political system, reform the process of electing our nation’s leaders,  reduce graft and corruption, reduce the power of the Supreme Court, and restructure the federal government to complete its mission more efficiently and effectively.

2.   We call for the reform of the financial sector which would include replacing the Federal Reserve with a government-owned and operated Bank of the United States.

3.   We call for the replacement of our current tax code with a new system that is fair, paperless for most Americans, promotes economic growth, and raises the revenue needed to finance our programs as well as begin to pay down the national debt; may it be a flat tax, the FairTax, a VAT only plan, Land Value Tax, or a combination of flat income, consumption and land taxes.
   
4.   We call for a budget that is not only balanced but also makes paying down the national debt a spending priority and for the retirement of the national debt which will save America $300 billion a year on interest payments on the national debt

5.   We call for the largest rebuilding program in American history to be implemented to expedite the movement of goods and services; relieve traffic congestion, provide excellent health care; provide excellent educational services; refine and distribute drinking water from our oceans; to meet Americas growing energy demands; and to put millions of people to work at living wages.

6.   We call for the reservation of welfare for those who are elderly, infirm, and those who need a temporary helping hand; All those who can work shall work in the private sector if possible, in public service if necessary; in addition, we call for the revival of the Works Progress Administration, the Public Works Administration, and the establishment of a U.S. Green Corps to put all able-bodied unemployed people to work.

7.   We call for the consolidation and reorganization of federal agencies and offices across the board to make government more efficient as well as more effective.

8.   We call for the consolidation cities and counties across America to reduce the cost and graft of municipal government as well as handle problems that transcend current municipal boundaries such as urban sprawl.

9.   We call for a formation of a U.S. Coalition for Progress (USCFP) made up of public, private, nonprofit, and faith-based institutions to tackle social and economic problems of our day; the USCFP will harmonize the interests of business and labor in making and keeping our nation great.

10.   We call for the replacement of meticulous economic regulation with national broad ranged economic goals and creating a system of incentives for industry to meet national economic goals.

11.   We call for the democratization of transnational corporations through expanded customer and employee stock ownership and purchase programs.

12.   We call for policies that would preserve and revitalize family farms as well as small town America.


13.   We call for a campaign to end America’s dependence on foreign oil by developing domestic sources of fossil fuels in an ecological manner, implementing programs of conservation as well as developing alternative sources of energy such as solar, nuclear, geothermal, wind, and biomass.

14.   We call for the implementation of Universal Military Training and Mandatory National Service (civil and military).

15.    We call for increased benefits for veterans and increased compensation and benefits of career military personnel and their families.

16.   We call for the expansion and reform of the US Military to defend our homeland and fight the global war on terrorism.

17.   We call for the issuing of weapons to all law-abiding citizens as well as training all citizens in personal protection and homeland defense as well as the re-establishment of state militias.

18.   We call for the reorganization and streamlining of all Federal law enforcement agencies to defend our homeland and assist state and local law enforcement agencies in fighting crime more effectively.

19.    We call for reform of the judicial system, the enactment of a tough criminal code and for justice that fair, swift, and if necessary, harsh.

20.    We call for reform of the corrections system to rehabilitate as well as punish offenders; segregate the violent from the nonviolent offenders; and to reduce recidivism.

21.   We call for the recruitment, hiring, training, and deployment of a more police officers, firefighters, and rescue workers on America’s streets, arming police officers to the teeth, and increasing the pay and benefits of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue workers.

22.   We call for the increased funding of education overall, increased pay of teachers; national education standards; allowing real choice between public, private, charter, nonprofit, or home schooling; and reforming education to produce a population that is employable, productive, literate, and possesses civic virtue.

23.   We call for the overhaul and expansion of Junior ROTC as well as expansion of Cadet Corps, Young Marines, and Civil Air Patrol programs to instill discipline, patriotism, and life skills in our youth.

24.   We call for the enactment of the Guaranteed Educational Access Plan (GEAP) which will issue certificates to citizens to enroll themselves and their children in educational institutions from Preschool to Graduate School; citizens will be able to attend any institution of higher learning that accepts them and their tuition and fees will be covered by the GEAP; citizens may use certificates to enroll their children in any school from Preschool to 12th grade or home-school their children.



25.   We call for increased legal immigration; however, we also call for the thorough assimilation of those immigrants into American society as well as the fortification of America’s borders to deter illegal immigration as well as drug smuggling, terrorism and human trafficking. All immigrants to learn English and swear to love and respect our flag. There shall not be any hanging of flags other than the American Flag, unless they also hang the American Flag beside it, while abiding the Flag Etiquette. All illegal immigrants shall be arrested, prosecuted and sentenced either to jail or service in the new Freedom Legions of the US Army.


26.   We call for the enactment of the Guaranteed Healthcare Access Plan which will issue healthcare certificates to all legal residents to enroll themselves and their families in the healthcare plan of their choice.

27.   We call for the enactment of pro-family policies such as annual grants for children; encouraging the adoption of older and at-risk children; enactment of the GHAP; and the outlawing of abortion in the USA.

28.   We call for laws that will restore public morality; define marriage as one man and woman bound together in holy matrimony; discourage smoking, drinking, gambling, and pornography.

29.   We call for both secular and faith-based institutions to be eligible for public funding and we call for the repeal of all laws and policies that restrict people of faith in practicing their beliefs or expressing their faith in the public arena.

30.   We call for laws and programs that will extend formal equality and equality of opportunity for all people of color and background.

31.   We call for the rebuilding of all cities, including our nation’s capital to eliminate slums, reduce crime, create vibrant and prosperous communities, and to provide affordable housing.

32.   We call for the establishment of new cities and communities in the sparsely settled regions of America where evacuees from the inner cities will be resettled while the inner city communities are torn down and rebuilt.

33.   We call for the establishment of Economic Refugee Centers (ERCs) where the homeless, unemployed, and underemployed will receive free food, clothing, shelter, and attain the skills necessary to be employed. After release from a ERC, refugees will be transported to the city of their choice and be given a sum of money to start a new life in that city.

34.   We call for withdraw of the USA from the WTO, NAFTA and GATT ,  unilateral foreign policies, and military action against all regimes worldwide engaged in terrorism, tyranny, drug and human trafficking, atrocity, and genocide.

35.   We call for the overhaul and expansion of the US Peace Corps and the US Foreign Service to make it more able to handle nation-building roles.

36.   We call for national level recruitment campaigns for teaching, law enforcement, health care, public service, supporting existing public service programs at colleges and universities nationwide, and the establishment a U.S. Public Service Academy.

37.   We call for the colonization of the oceans to provide new resources for the people of America and the world.

38.   We call for the development of a mature space transportation system; the colonization of the Moon, Mars, and other planets; and the establishment of space colonies in low Earth orbit.

39.   We call for the admission of Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and the rest of North America into the USA as states or territories, for the USA to encompass all of North America; we will also welcome any nation that wishes to join the USA as either a state or a territory.

40.   While the planks of this platform are national, even global in scope, we call for the state and local governments as well as the private, nonprofit, and faith based organizations to be the instruments of implementation of our policies, with state and local revenues as well as private contributions if possible, with federal revenues if necessary.

[The CINC]

Space colonization is a plausable idea. We do have to take care of some stuff here on Earth first. However, a Falconist America will be the world's R&D laboratory. We will implement a national innovation strategy, reform the patent office, train millions of scientists, engineers and technicians, and spend 2% of the America's GDP on research and development.

[The CINC]

Our website is no longer a tripod site. That was our first site. The official one is more advanced and not serviced by tripod.

Also, as far as our farm policy goes, our plan is for the government to purchase surplus agricultural goods and store them for future use or donate them to food banks. Our plan also calls for the limiting of development within the corporate limits of cities and towns, preserving most farmland and forests.

[The CINC]

With the rise in food prices, perhaps what we need to do is ramp up food production. We could shift agricultural production from tobacco to foodstuffs. We could train more farmers. We could send farmers overseas to train people around the world in modern farm methods.

[The CINC]

And yes, we plan for a swiss-style milita system to support the standing military.

[The CINC]

And yes, we plan for a swiss-style milita system to support the standing military.

You know the military is high tech these days, requiring fewer folks but with higher skill sets don't you?

Our military can defeat most conventional forces with fewer but highly trained troops with advanced technology. However, to hold the ground, you still need lots and lots of infantry. Not to mention if we get into a war with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea or fight a two-front war, our small high-tech military would be put to the test.

Our small high-tech force vanquished the Iraqi army in a matter of weeks. However, we lacked the infantry to occupy the country. Had we occupied Iraq with 500,000 troops, there may have been no insurgency. Afghanistan would probably have required a million.

[The CINC]

Our system of UMT and Mandatory National Service is a hybrid of multiple systems such as Switzerland, Singapore and especially Israel.

You don't need to sacrifice quality or technological edge when adopting a conscript force. Germany and Israel fielded formidable high tech forces and both utilize conscription. While the All Volunteer Force won the American Revolution, Mexican War, Spanish-American War and Gulf War, it was armies that utilized conscription that won the Civil War, WW1, and WW2. Vietnam was a war where volunteers outnumbered conscripts because the draft had more holes than Swiss Cheese.

Sometimes, we do have to get into the occupation business otherwise you lose the peace. I wonder if we should be in the business of occupying, rebuilding and leaving because we rarely have anything to show for it. Maybe we need to at least start making these countries protectorates of the US.

[The CINC]

And for the Israeli system? I think an Israeli mechanized division can give an American mechanized division for a run for its money.

[The CINC]

How did I miss this beautiful, beautiful thread? 

I am very interested in your party good sir.  Please continue to keep us informed.

Google us on the web and you can find our website. You can apply for membership online

[The CINC]

My favorite part of their 'About Us' page was this unexpected and inexplicable gem:

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We have been talking about changing our electoral color. We wanted Purple, but that is unofficially the electoral color of the Constitution Party, Yellow/Gold is the electoral color of the Libertarian Party (unofficially). We looked at White, Silver, Black, Orange. In a recent poll, alot of people came out to favor "bronze". So we may repaint the red and blue sates "bronze". You may see "bronze states" in the future XD

[The CINC]

i remember you recruiting on a certain teen politics site whose name escapes me about 10 years ago.  do you remember 'joey dauben' repeating all those alex jones talking points about owls? good times.

We have better times ahead. We have units in California, Washington, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and Indiana. We are also working on establishing overseas units of our party as well.

[The CINC]

We like to think our movement is where the New Deal meets the Moral Majority. Our party is in the tradition of the Federalists and Hamiltonians of the 1790s and 1800s, the Bull Moose Progressives of the 1910s, the New Deal of the 1930s (maybe some Huey Long influence there too), some aspects of JFKs administration may be found in our mix too regarding space exploration, tax reform, and a strong foriegn policy approach. But today, there is nothing like our party. Name one party that:

• That is pro-life on abortion yet calls for universal health insurance
• That calls for the equal development of both fossil fuels and alternative energy
• That champions both social and economic regulation
• That champions both the rebuilding of America as well as Afghanistan and Iraq
• That calls for increased educational spending but also for school choice
• That calls for a "single payer" system of education from preschool to grad school but also for universal military training and mandatory national service

[The CINC]

BTW, here is a link to our official website

[The CINC]

Or bronze XD

[The CINC]

We had a large group on MySpace a few years back before MySpace abolished all groups

[The CINC]

We do have branches of our party in Washington state, Texas, NY, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Our plan is to be registered as an official political party in at least five states before holding a convention and registering as an official political party with the Federal Board of Elections. We will continue to establish branches in every state as well as units in every community. Finally, we plan to field a full slate of electoral candidates from POTUS to local dogcatcher.

[The CINC]

I'm sure you can find elements of that in our platform too. Our party is where the New Deal meets the Moral Majority. We have elements of Hamiltonianism, Bull Moose Progressivism, Social Conservativism, JFK's New Frontier, and TR's foreign policy all in our platform.