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RNC Platform, BOY, are we different!

By marsha - Sep 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm EDT

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This is a partial digest for Demos working and with little time.
62 pages.. I got to 29. This is only what jumped out at me. There are many other issues I have not covered.
GOVERNMENT EMPOLYEES... PLEASE READ THE BOLD PRINT!
Read it all and find out how different we are..
http://platform.gop.com/thankyou.htm
(words in parentheses are mine)
peace to you all,
marsha

SECURITY
(domestic spying)
We must continue to remove barriers to cooperation and information sharing.
Intelligence
The multi-jurisdictional arrangements that now prevail on Capitol Hill should be replaced by a single Joint Committee on Intelligence.
Terrorist acts
(attacks).. should have put an end to the Democrats' naive thinking that international terrorists could be dealt with within the normal criminal justice system.
new weapons
We must develop and deploy both national and theater missile defenses to protect the American homeland.

IMMIGRATION
Employer tool to track new hires.
EVerify system--which is an internet-based system that verifies the employment authorization and identity of employees--must be reauthorized. A phased in requirement that employers use the E-Verify system must be enacted.
The rule of law means guaranteeing to law enforcement the tools and coordination to deport criminal aliens without delay.
It does not mean driver's licenses for illegal aliens, nor does it mean that states should be allowed to flout the federal law barring them from giving in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens, nor does it mean that illegal aliens should receive social security benefits, or other public benefits.
We oppose amnesty.
We support English as the official language in our nation.
We oppose the granting of refugee status on the basis of lifestyle or other non-political factors.

SECURING PEACE
To Advancing America's values should be the core mission of every part of the federal government, including the Department of State.
*(supports "Mexico City Policy")
*(RNC Rejects U.N. treaties which) promote radical social engineering.
(Including....) UN convention on women's rights, UN convention on the rights of the child, Law of the Sea Treaty.
The Republican Party does not accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over Americans.
We support approval of the free trade agreement with Colombia.
Afghanistan: (get this?????) In the seven years since U.S. troops helped topple the Taliban, there has been great progress. (yeah, right)
Iran: We oppose entering into a presidential-level, unconditional dialogue with the regime in Iran.
(Opposes the Budget Act of 1974 )
complaints:
..assumes every spending project will be on the books forever)
..treats well-deserved tax cuts as a kind of spending)
..fails to recognize the positive impact of lowering tax rates on economic growth.)
In its deceptive and irresponsible accounting, an increase in a program's funding is actually a decrease if it is less than the rate of inflation.

We favor adoption of the Balanced Budget Amendment to require a balanced federal budget except in time of (endless?) war.
***We call for a one-year pause in nondefense, non-veterans discretionary spending.
***We call for a constitutionally sound presidential line-item veto.
***We support a supermajority requirement in both the House and Senate to guard against tax hikes.
(no exempted lobbyists or special interests)
We support the Government Shutdown Protection Act to ensure the continuance of essential federal functions. (should be called the Gingrich Law, LOL)
***(privatization of Social security and medi-care.)

(LOOK OUT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES!!!!!!)
*The expected retirement over the next ten years of more than 40 percent of the federal workforce, and 60 percent of its managers, presents a rare opportunity: a chance to gradually shrink the size of government while using technology to increase its effectiveness and reshape the way agencies do business.
Civil service managers should be given incentives for more effective leadership, including protection against the current guilty-until proven-innocent grievance procedures.

CONSTITUTIONALIST JUDGES
Judicial activism is a grave threat to the rule of law.
(We)deplore the Court's arbitrary extension of Americans' habeas corpus rights to enemy combatants held abroad.
VOTING RIGHTS
We oppose attempts to distort the electoral process by wholesale restoration of the franchise to convicted felons, by makeshift or hurried naturalization procedures, or by discretionary ballot-reading by election boards.

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