National+Viewpoints

** __National Viewpoints__ **   **•Defense Budget **  Not only does the defense budget offer multiple jobs but it provides a sense of national security. Unequivocally, the United States is seen as the strongest and most powerful country in the world. However, by decreasing this budget, we leave ourselves susceptible to foreign and domestic attacks. Since the birth of United States, we have progressively increased our funds. Although transportation resources and government buildings have become an undoubtable nuisance, we cannot deny there is a piece of mind that comes with our safety as a nation.

President Obama has done a horrible job completing what he has said that he was going to do. When the stimulus package early last year was released Obama stated that the unemployment rate would not go above 7.5%. The current unemployment rate is at 9.7%. The approval rate of Obama is only 26% while 40% of registered voters strongly disagree with what he has done. The total approval rating has dropped 22% from the start of his presidency. Obama is in favor of raising taxes in an economy where people are losing their jobs and going deeper into debt. Obama made many promises that he has yet to keep. He said that he was going to be a bipartisan president that listened to the republican party as much as the democratic party. One of the first laws that Obama tried to pass was the national health care bill. This was written by Nancy Pelosi, a democrat, there was no republican consent in the writing of this bill. When this bill went to congress not a single republican voted for the bill, showing that the bill was not bipartisan at all. President Obama has lacked in fulfilling his promises made during his campaign, and shows no improvement in this in the foreseeable future.
 * •President Obama should not be re-elected**

 **•Tax Reduction Reducing taxes is one of the major goals of the People's Party of America. As of today, the marginal tax rate for people making over $82,251 is 28% and the rate increases to 35% when the amount of money made goes up. This is a problem for anyone who wants to get a start in life and comes out of medical school or other post-secondary education with large debts. The normal pay for someone fresh out of medical school is around $50,000 for the first year, this means that at least 25% of that is going to the government. Adding to the hardship, the average debt for someone out of medical school is around $300,000. Increasing taxes is a staple of the Wisdom Party in that it is the income that funds their big government that controls the lives of Americans. ** 

 **•Health Care **  The Obama Administration is looking to establish a health care system that is nationally controlled with strict government regulation. The result of this system as opposed to privately owned, state run, insurance companies is a huge increase in tax rates that would skyrocket for the Middle and Upperclass (federal tax rates are at 20% today and would reach 40% over the next fifty years based on Obama's plans). As citizens of Yarmouth, if Obama's projected plans pass, your insurance fees would increase as rates across the country impact you here in Maine. The People's Party of America is looking to maintain state-run, private insurance companies that allow state governments to modify these companies to meet the needs of the people of Maine. The PPA is looking to separate employment and health care. Health care will travel with you wherever you go regardless of your job. Our health care policy will make a free-market competitive private sector for U.S. health care. This competition will drive down prices which will gradually lead to the expanded coverage of the people of the United States.

The United States can not give up our nuclear arsenal as a positive example to the rest of the world because there are too many terrorist groups that would take advantage of our weakened state. Nuclear weapons are very dangerous and should not be used very often, but the threat of these weapons keeps other countries and terrorist groups in line and are essential in some cases. For example, in World War II, when many American lives were being put in danger, our atomic bombs led to the surrender of Japan and eliminated Japan's threat to our people, saving many American lives. To keep our world power so strong, we need our nuclear capacity as an eminent threat to other countries, so that they may keep their rightful fear and respect of our noble country. 
 * •Nuclear Weapons**

Illegal immigration is an important national issue and all law-abiding illegal immigrants in the United States should not be granted amnesty, as some say. As more illegal immigrants come into our country, more money is being spent on them due to their expenses for which these immigrants cannot pay. For example, although many (if not all) illegal immigrants may not be able to afford health care and have no insurance, they receive medical care through emergency rooms which cannot legally refuse to treat patients in need of emergency care. The costs of the emergency care is thus placed upon American tax payers. Illegal immigrants are using our tax money, but contribute nothing to our tax system. This is an outrage! American's should not be paying for alien medical care! Not only is it necessary to "escort" these immigrants out of our country, but it is necessary to keep our borders safe from immigrants hoping to exploit our nation's amazing progress.
 * •Illegal Immigration**

The United States of America should in no way pull out of either Iraq or Afghanistan. In 2001 we deployed troops into Afghanistan for one reason: Operation Ongoing Freedom and ending terrorism. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda must be eliminated to have a world free of terrorism. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan is nick-named the War on Terrorism, we must finish what we started and win the war, ending terrorism.
 * •Iraq and Afghanistan**

The People's Party of America stands for the retention of capital punishment as an effective penalty for people convicted of heinous crimes. These crimes include vicious murders, multiple rapes of children, and treason. The death penalty also serves as a deterrent. People are less likely to commit these terrible crimes when they face the penalty of death. Capital Punishment stands as an effective way to protect America from our own domestic enemies, those who commit these despicable acts.
 * •Capital Punishment**

As China and other Asian powers begin to overshadow the manufacturing and retail profits of the United States, it is imperative that we maintain our tariffs on imported goods. We must protect the amazing American business and its progress so as to keep the United States as a world power for centuries more. By reducing tariffs in America, we allow any foreign product into our country and destroy the noble manufacturing sector that hard-working Americans have spent years to artfully craft.
 * •Tariffs**

The burning of the majestic American flag is an act more unforgivable and unpatriotic than anything else a proud American could commit. It is a pitiful thought to consider it appropriate to burn the symbol of our freedom and liberty. We, the People's Party of America, are as opposed to flag burning as communism, and will carry our flag to our graves.
 * •Burning of the Flag**

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