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United Nations

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > International Relations > United Nations
We reservedly support involvement in the United Nations. We support the United States's tough stance to counter the UN's many flaws. We oppose any measure that subjugates the United States to UN control.We believe it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States that we immediately rescind our membership in, as well as all financial and military contributions to, the United Nations. We will: 1. support legislation similar to "The American Sovereignty Preservation Act", which would remove the United States entirely from the control of the UN; 2. demand that Congress ratify no more, and rescind any existing treaties that compromise the United States Constitution; 3. support immediate recall of our military forces from UN initiated engagements, and restore them to their traditional mission of defending the liberty and freedom of the people of the United States of America; 4. support an amendment to the United States Constitution stating, "a treaty that conflicts with any provisions of the Constitution shall not be of any force or effect"; 5. urge our Texas Senators to unalterably oppose any agreement or treaty that seeks to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC), make the United States a participatory party to such a court; recognize the jurisdiction of such a court within the United States or upon any native-born or naturalized citizen of the United States; and We oppose: 1. UN control of any United States land or natural resources; 2. the use of Presidential Executive Orders to implement UN treaties, thereby circumventing our elected Congress; 3. any attempt by the federal government, or the UN, to directly or indirectly tax United States citizens for UN support; 4. a UN resolution that would force the United States to adopt gun control measures by treaty; 5. the placement of the UN flag and emblem on public property or in government facilities; 6. payment of any debt allegedly owed to the UN; 7. Any attempt to grant veto power over the sovereignty of the United States to set national defense priorities, wage effective war, and negotiate peace in terms favorable to our vital interests; and 8. Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). We urge Congress to evict the United Nations from the United States and eliminate any further participation.

This is a highly paranoid view. There is no credible movement to subjugate the United States to the United Nations. The US has consistently rebuffed all such proposals.

While the United Nations has deep flaws, it is the only forum for broad international discourse.

Several of the enumerated objections are redundant with other parts of the platform.

LOST should be handled in another plank.

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Iraq

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > International Relations > Iraq
We support our military strategy and the democratically elected government in Iraq in order to avoid tyranny and provide stabilization of the Middle East. We support continued economic and security assistance to Iraq. There should be no timetable for pulling out of Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Already handled previously.

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Afghanistan

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > International Relations > Afghanistan
The conflict in Afghanistan is not over. We support our continued military operations to prevent the resurgence of Taliban forces. We admonish Afghanistan to uphold fundamental human rights of its own people, including freedom of religion.
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Already handled elsewhere.

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Enforcement of Immigration Law

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > Domestic > Enforcement of Immigration Law
We support strict and immediate enforcement of all immigration laws.
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National Defense

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > Domestic > National Defense
We continue to encourage and support funding for a strong national defense; continued development and funding of ballistic missile and space based weapons systems maintaining our military's effective combat strength sufficient to defend our nation's borders and its strategic interests; avoiding new arms control agreements with any nation not complying with previous agreements; never; and never deploying the military except against invasion or threat to our vital interests, which may include pre-emptive action; and expiration of special emergency war powers unless renewed by Congress in six-month intervals.

Emergency war powers are discussed in other planks.

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Civil Defense

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > Domestic > Civil Defense
We support a national and local civil defense system. We urge Congress to rescind all gun laws infringing upon our constitutional rights.
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This plank's point is unclear. Civil defense is still alive. It has shifted away from responding to miliary attack and is now focused on natural and general disasters.

Gun laws are handled elsewhere.

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Incentives for Retention of Domestic Operations

Strengthening the Economy > Business and the Economy > Incentives for Retention of Domestic Operations
We support incentives and deregulation to encourage capital investment to ensure retention and creation of jobs in America.
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Domestic jobs are a product of a sound economy. Other planks sufficiently address sound economic principles.

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S.A.V.E. U.S.A.

Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > Domestic > S.A.V.E. U.S.A.
We support seven key steps to secure America. S - Secure America's border; Northern, Southern, and ports. A - Abolish Adjustment of Status in the United States. V - Vigorously enforce immigration laws using federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. E - Eliminate government benefits to illegal aliens. U - Unimpeded deportation process. S - Stop employment of illegal aliens. A - Amend legal immigration rates to more sustainable levels.
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Cliches don't belong in a serious platform document. This is just one big cliche.

In its criticism of Adjustment of Status and legal immigration, this plank is factually incorrect and borderline xenophobic. The United States should encourage the world's best and brightest to immigrate here.

The rest of the plank is redundant with other planks.

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Prevailing Wage Law

Strengthening the Economy > Business and the Economy > Prevailing Wage Law
We urge the federal legislature to repeal the Prevailing Wage Law.
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Already in Waste and Fraud in Government Contracts plank. It's the Davis-Bacon Act.

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United States Energy Strategy

Strengthening the Economy > United States Energy Strategy > United States Energy Strategy
The foundation of our United States Energy Strategy must be to eliminateeliminating dependence on foreign energy sources for energy. Regulation and rulemaking must be cooperative, preserving the economy while promoting environmental preservation. We encourage Congress to: not support windfall profit tax; repealto repeal oil and gas severance and production taxes; stop promulgation of unnecessary environmental regulation; and promote all energy production including ANWR, offshore California, and the East Coast, while minimizing environmental impact.

Environmental preservation mentioned twice.

The windfall profit tax has dropped off the radar.

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Strengthening the Economy > Government Spending > Budget And Appropriations Process
We demand that Congress institute reforms that eliminate unethical politicization of appropriations. We oppose trading of votes based on pork sharing, and promises of financial and other help during reelection campaigns. We oppose state funding of programs without legislative approval.
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"unethical politicization of appropriations" is hopelessly vague. Congress is a political body. It's natural for issues to be politicized.

"We oppose trading of votes based on pork sharing, and promises of financial and other help during reelection campaigns." is also unclear.

It is unclear how the state can can fund programs without legislative approval. Budgets come from the legislature. While the governor has an authority called the "budget executive authority," this is statutorily authorized (source) and has limited legislative review. Modern government is complex, and the governor must have some discretion outside the biennial legislature.

Overall this plank appears to have a naive take on the art of politics. It is not pretty, like sausage making.

misinformed, vague

Problems

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Platforms promote principles and policies. Planks must not push particular polymorphic political proposals, including bills.about a specific bill (6)
Parts of these were recently implemented.accomplished (11)
Parts of these only promote limited religious viewpoints.advances religious doctrine (8)
Too many positions already overwhelm voters. We cannot add more without a plan to cut ballot complexity.another elected office (6)
The GOP should not be a virulent, anti-homosexual crusade.anti-homosexual crusade (6)
These destroy useful customs or start us down slippery slopes.bad precedent (17)
Cliches belong on the playground, not in serious platforms.cliche (5)
These contradict other planks.contradictory (13)
These simply go too far, overshooting a rational remedy.extreme (25)
These have factual errors.incorrect (11)
These planks advanced contemporary liberal causes or expand government.leftist (22)
These planks require belief in something that is untrue.misinformed (18)
These are not appropriate for a platform document.misuse of platform (6)
These planks have minor punctuation or grammatical errors.needs copyedit (8)
These problems were fixed before the 2008 platform was published.no longer relevant (3)
"Black helicopters" and paranoid conspiracy have no place in our party.paranoid (15)
Parts of these do nothing useful.pointless (61)
These proposals would make our kids stupider.reduces education quality (3)
These planks are internally redundant or repeat other parts of the platform.redundant (41)
These planks should propose a more general solution.too specific (6)
These planks are unclear or unfocused.vague (19)
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