The Third Party

My fellow Americans, I hear you. Grassroots and constituents hate their own parties and groups. Republicans jumping ship back and forth. Democrats keeping on their own ship mostly, but feeling betrayed. AFT trying to get the grassroots power (their own power base).

AFT is a party, it just hasn't been recognized as one, and hasn't accepted itself as one. AFT does not belong in any of the current parties today. It's true. Republicans are the strongest supporters, but with their majority did nothing for it. Many Democrats like it but with the party *dead* against it, they are frozen and mute on the subject. The constituents of both parties are quite similar in their desire for the FairTax, but the parties are more interested in themselves. Yet the Democrat constituency stands out with amazing patience and loyalty.

Most people already want the FairTax, they just don't know it yet. When we get the support of the masses (the question is only how soon), my experience shows that the politicians will manipulate, deceive, and divide them in every possible way to advance their own agendas and the power of their parties, respectively. AND IF somehow we manage to ram the popular rampart through the castle gates, storm the congress, and put the FairTax bill before our leaders, I promise you that they will pervert it in every way possible so that the bill which is passed is only vaguely similar to the original, and over time the people will see the FairTax defiled by corruption comparable to the current Income Tax. To me, this is a very ugly picture on the backs of tremendous will and sacrifice by AFT leaders and grassroots.

Try a different picture now. Fine, charismatic, honest, amiable, open leaders are taken from within the FairTax ranks as candidates for a new FairTax party. Wealthy individuals such as Ross Perot and Bill Gates are persuaded to back us. Our party is cleansed from all politics, including desires for reduced government (that will happen in time when the people are empowered to rule in fairness and sovereignty), and our platform becomes only fairness, honesty, and integrity. These leaders will inspire a nation which already want the FairTax deep in their hearts. These leaders will protect the FairTax from corruption, and fairness from politics.

DO NOT entertain the idea of creating a third political party in terms of the traditional partison lines, or it CANNOT energize the populous. We need a party for the people, protecting fairness in every aspect of government while ready to advance the will of the people IN ANY FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE WAY WHATSOEVER.

Let the people increase government spending by 10% every year (or reduce it). Let them UNSECURE the borders if they wish (however unlikely that might be). Let them deteriorate our military readiness (that hasn't been the American way yet, but hey, people may change with good representation, no? :) Let the people abandon social security (its was built upon an unstable foundation and is due to collapse of its own accord quite soon anyway) and replace it with something which is fair to all. Last, but most important, let the people "abandon" the Constitution (according to its own provisions for ammendment of course)! It is THAT document which established the system which empowers two parties, both of which have done injustice to the people since the beginning. Let the people reform the constitution to create a system of nonpartisan popular sovereignty in equality, instead of the highly partisan system which fights, controls, subdues, and manipulates the people at every turn.

I accept that AFT wants a strong popular base, and though I see much wasted effort and disappointment at the end of that road, please recognize that any party and any person is at risk to the corrupting influence of power unless they stand on the sure platform of democracy, equality, and freedom, where each candidate is not an agent of popular power, but a powerful agent of the people, a true representative.

Andy Landen
Houston, TX