Platform for National Transformation

Thomas Lee Abshier, ND
1/5/2010

Principles of a Christian Nation:

• Return to acknowledging Christianity as our moral, societal, legal foundation
• Reject “Separation of Church and State”
• Establish law based upon Christian principles.
• Return our nation to Godly rule under the Lordship of Jesus Christ
• Influence the culture by reason for Godliness
• Liberty is the Fruit of Righteousness
• Freedom is the Reward for Godliness
• Serve your God and Country through Daily Personal Righteousness
• Preach the Good News of Christ to the Whole World, to People of all Faiths

States Rights:

• Return the relationship of States and Federal government to the 10th Amendment template
• Return the Federal Government to Constitutionally authorized scope as per the Founders’ intent, as per the 9th, 10th, and 11th Amendments.
• Strip the Commerce clause of its universal applicability to all activities of all people, and return it to its intent of keeping trade “regular”
• Amend the Constitution to expand the scope of Federal Government if such powers are deemed necessary.
• State power over all issues moral issues (drug use, sexual conduct, abortion, euthanasia…)
• State powers over all social organization issues such as: health care, education, environment, energy…

Legislating Morality:

• All moral/behavioral laws shall be the purview of local and State governments.
• All vices: tobacco, alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, prostitution… shall be regulated by State and Local law, not Federal.

Line item veto

• One concept one bill
• All bills read in Congress before voting on them
• All bills posted on the Internet prior to voting, and delayed on their vote until the public debate has come to a cultural consensus.

Stop Judicial Activism:

• Amend the Constitution, do not bend or rewrite it by Judicial Activism
• Support for the Constitution Restoration Act of 2004, HR 3799
• Remove the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to rule on Constitutional issues pertaining to God
• Legislation: Reverse Everson v. Board of Education (1947 Supreme Court Ruling introducing the historically unknown concept, & opposite to the intention of the Founders,“Separation of Church and State”)

Acknowledge that we are a Christian Nation:

• Christian principles as moral foundation for law and social relationships
• Return to America’s Foundation as a Christian Nation
• Teach children our Christian heritage
• The Constitution viewed as the a distillation of Biblical principles
• Christian Principles as the governing pattern for Executive orders, Legislation, Judicial decisions, and Administrative law

National Sovereignty:

• Reverse trends in toward Globalism, New World Order, Socialism
• Break treaties that violate the US Constitution

Voting:

• Positive identification
• Auditable paper trail for all votes

Privacy:

• All domestic electronic, written, voice communications shall be private
• Exceptions: conspiracy to commit illegal or revolutionary activities.

Economic Recovery and Prosperity:

• Free Market, Capitalist economy, with transparent accountability.
• Trading equivalency
• Energy Independence
• Domestic manufacturing capability
• Financial independence

Foreign Trade:

• Repeal NAFTA, GATT, CAFTA
• Apply tariff to level imports that equalize costs associated with US mandated environmental, legal, regulatory burdens
• Corporate tax rate equivalent to foreign industrialized nations

Welfare:

• Transfer all Federal programs to private charitable responsibility, e.g. Churches, service organizations, non-profits.
• Personal contact and accountability to peer and group structure.
  Ÿ Remove incentives for single parenthood.
• Divorce as a lengthy and costly procedure, unless with cause.

Prisons:

• Penitence from penitentiary, and Corrections from corrections institutions
• Bible instruction, counseling, skill and relationship development.
• Repayment of debt to the victims or society.

Taxes:

• 17% flat tax, Fair Tax, National Sales Tax, to Provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare for ourselves and our posterity.

Defense:

• The President may use the Marines for police actions, but protracted actions should be considered by Congress.

War on Terror:

• Properly identify the enemy as Militant Islam
• Vanquish the enemy, and preach the Gospel

Borders:

• Close the borders to illegal immigration
• A society can only exist as long as it maintains its integrity.
• The goal is leadership as a Godly nation, not unity and conformity

Language:

• English only as our national language, no dual language option
• Schools, voting, phone messages, product brochures, all in English

Pro-Life:

• A State’s rights issue. Let the people decide on issues of morality.
• Ban Abortion except when mother’s life is actually endangered (e.g. ectopic pregnancy)
• Carrying a child/life once conceived is a Service to God – not just an inconvenience or a choice
• Oppose Euthanasia, Fetal Stem Cell Research, and Human Cloning
• Support for Traditional Marriage
• Support Defense of Marriage Amendments
• No Hate Speech legislation criminalizing criticism of homosexuality
• State and local laws to regulate or allow sexual behavior, e.g. Adultery, homosexuality, incest, pederasty, etc.
• Repeal of no-fault divorce – recognize the effect and consequence of marital misbehavior.  Marriage is not just a business contract.

Energy Independence:

• Remove domestic drilling restrictions, drill in ecologically sensitive manner
• Full tax deduction for development of alternative energy with accountability and report on expenditures.
• Research toward Hydrogen-based transportation systems
• Methanol as a bridge fuel (“Energy Victory” by Robert Zubrin)

Employment:

• Investment in the Godly Countries, and Prosperity through Nation Building
• Overcome world poverty by investment in 3rd World Infrastructure Development
• Nation Building through Missions, Energy, and Industrialization

Environment:

• Environmental Stewardship & Ecosystem Maintenance
• Recycling Clean Energy, Co-Farming, Habitat protection, Desert reclamation, & Proper Forest Management
• Balance between Nature Preservation & Human Needs
• Nature is God’s Gift to Man, it Must be Respected
• Proper Compensation by Government for Appropriated Land
• Midwest Aquifer Depletion & Southwest Drought
• Encourage R&D and implementation of Solar-Desalinization Technologies

Healthcare:

• Medical Efficacy Evaluation of Alternative & Conventional Medical Treatment
• National “Outcome-Feedback System”
• Medical Cost Reductions through Preventive Lifestyle Incentives
• Discretionary Medical Savings Accounts to Access Alternative Care

2nd Amendment:

• Support for the Right to Bear Arms for defense against criminals and tyranny
• Education and training in proper use, and time to use, of firearms
• Local militia membership for all adults in defense of homeland – use Switzerland as a model

Education:

• K-12 Implement programs with proven success.
• Non-denominational Godly precept instruction is the foundation of education
• Choice & Competition in Education (Public, Charter, & Home Schools)
• Displaced worker retraining by industry. Training enables Productivity
• Education throughout a Lifetime