Foreign Policy:
Not uncommonly, Frank Moore is adamantly opposed to the Iraq war. His stance is similar to Dennis Kucinich, calling for an end to private arms sales and bringing troops back from Iraq immediately. He is against intervening in Iran and would like to start closing down foreign bases. He’s sort of Isolationist like that.
He prefers to spend the money domestically: “I will use the money that is now spent on weapon development on development of new cheap clean energy sources, mass transit, and other ways to live in the post-oil era. I will work closely with Congress in developing a more effective oversight system of all federal agencies.”
In a radical departure from the nuclear arms race, Moore declares that he will destroy 10% of our nuclear arsenal every year.
“The end of hunger, poverty, and discrimination in this nation will be my main focus domestically,” Frank Moore writes.
Social Security: His most radical policy involves getting rid of welfare, medicare and social security and replacing it with $1,000/month (nontaxable) paid to every American to subsidize health care and cover the cost of living.
Healthcare: Moore calls for a universal “prenatal-to-the-grave health care” system. People will get the same health care that the president gets.
Education: He wants to provide “universal free education with equal access.” Federal funding will depend upon the number of students in each district and control will be left to states. Repairing school infrastructure is of vital importance to Moore.
He adds, “I will give back the art of teaching to teachers, instead of making generalized goals, instead of focusing on testing. I will focus on creating smaller classes, on providing needed tools, raising teachers’ salaries, and attracting/training new teachers.”
Economic Policy: Moore wants to strictly enforce product safety and labor standards. He thinks buying and selling debt should be illegal and that the citizens should see an equal increase in federal funding when Congress members vote for a pay raise.
Moore discusses how his $1,000/month income distribution will help the economy and small businesses: “Now my policies are pro-business. The universal education system will provide business with a superior, flexible work force. The minimum income and the universal health care will remove the business’s burden of providing health insurance and pensions to workers. In reality, this relief will be much more than any tax cut could give. Moreover the minimum income will make the starting and maintaining a small business much easier. This is also true for small family farms. The minimum income will encourage independent invention and artistic pursuit, on which true progress depends.”
Taxes: Frank Moore believes in the Flat Tax initiative. He says, “I’ll do away with all tax deductions for over $12,000 income. Instead, there will be a flat tax of 10% on annual income of less than one million dollars for an individual and less than five million dollars for a corporation. But the flat tax will jump to 75% on annual income exceeding these limits.”
In another bold move, he believes that individual taxpayers should funnel their taxes to a cause of their choosing. However, corporate taxes will be spent on government-picked items.
Corporations will undergo 25-year-renewal process. If they “fail to operate in the public interest,” they “lose their right to exist,” Moore believes.
Environment: “I will encourage a society of small villages connected by mass transit,” Moore states. He feels public mass transit should be reliable, free and operating 24/7.
He adds, “We will encourage electric cars, fast trains, clean sustainable decentralized energy generators. I would shut down all nuclear generators.”
Abortion: “A person has a fundamental right to be in control of her body and personal life. Having/not having an abortion falls in this fundamental right. I will protect this fundamental right in all of its forms.”
Gun Control: “I’d ban assault and automatic weapons outright. For other guns, I am for strict control.”
Same Sex Marriage: “Government should leave marriage to churches. Instead, any two or more adults who have been living together for at least 2 years should be able to register as a ‘family.’”
The Death Penalty: Opposed. “Only violent criminals should go to jail.”
Legalization: “The use of drugs should be legalized and taxed. Pot and spirits should be sold over the counter to adults only. Tobacco and other addictive drugs should be sold by prescription only. Free drug rehab programs should be readily available.”
Immigration: “I believe we as citizens of the world should have the right of travel/movement. I believe we need [immigrants]. So I believe in fairly open borders…using our historical relationship with Canada as the model. I would remove racist filters. I would deny entry to those with criminal records. I would seriously beef up the security and inspections at our ports.”
“When everyday people in the “real world” hear about my candidacy, they become extremely excited. They don’t see a performance artist in a wheelchair. They don’t check the odds of my winning. Instead they see someone who they could excitedly vote for… somebody who shares their dreams, talks deeply about what really affects their lives. And then they read my platform. Then they got more excited at how possible it is to bring our dreams for our society into reality… to remove fear and isolation; to get the boot of big corporations off our neck; to provide everyone health care, life-long education, a minimum income, and a livable wage; to restore our rights and freedoms; and to bring our troops home now! We everyday people know the real state of the union! But more importantly, we have the sense of what is possible! We need leaders who share our dreams and who do not sell us short. Or sell us out!”
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