The Next Level

by Walther on August 24, 2010

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There is no Tea Party

May 3, 2010
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Liberty Rising

It wasn’t long ago that I’d warned that the mainstream GOP would work feverishly to co-opt the participants of the original tea party, which took place during the Republican primary in 2007 when a groups of Ron Paul supporters self-organized a fundraiser to raise a $6 million money bomb for their favorite candidate on the [...]

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13 Points

March 19, 2010
This entry is part 2 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

1. Foreign Policy Work directly with foreign civil society institutions to create a more transparent world. Milestone: Develop an international transparency commission. 2. National Security Our number one national security priority is securing our borders. Milestone: Complete virtual fence between US-Mexico boarder. 3. Employment Reorient our labor and tax laws to encourage self employment. Milestone: [...]

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Introduction to the QS Platform

January 31, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

Everyone agrees that the American economy has transformed from an industrial base to an information one, so why is our society still structured as if industrialization never ended?  It’s as if we’ve invented fire but refuse to use it to cook.  Let’s start cooking. We all want the same things – security and high quality [...]

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Parties Over

January 30, 2010
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Liberty Rising

When asked why she voted for the GOP candidate for senate, a lifelong Massachusetts Democrat said she wanted to send a message to her party that she was upset. The American people are upset.  Very upset.  The war $700+ billion dollar war continues.  The $700+ billion bailout saved Wall Street by further crippling the middle [...]

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Conclusion

January 28, 2010
This entry is part 21 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

“The spirit that sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you.  It’s people.” (Barack Obama, 1/27/10) Never before in the history of humanity have we, the people, been able to unite comprehensively to solve our collective problems.  There is no longer any need for us to organize the deployment of social [...]

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Immigration

January 27, 2010
This entry is part 20 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

America was populated during two rounds of mass immigration.  The first was during the first ice age approximately 13000 years ago when people from Asia crossed the glaciers that connected modern Russia to Alaska.  The second round began in the 1600s and continued until World War Two.  Much of this immigration was legal.  Since the [...]

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Trade

January 27, 2010
This entry is part 19 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

One of the central tenets of economics is that trade creates wealth.  Any restriction on trade reduces people’s capacity to create wealth.  People who can’t create wealth through trade will inevitably try to steal wealth through violence.  Thus, everyone in the world has an incentive to enable others to create wealth.  Truly wealthy people view [...]

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Crime

January 27, 2010
This entry is part 18 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

Our criminal policy must find the two correct balancing points between order and freedom, imprisonment and rehabilitation.  Finding these points requires compromise.  On one hand, we could ensure that everyone was safe by placing everyone in a cage guarded by the state.  On the other hand, we could ensure everyone was free by eliminating all [...]

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Energy

January 27, 2010
This entry is part 17 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

The implementation of a simple, clear and consistent carbon tax plan will spur investment in alternative energy sources.  The proceeds from a carbon tax could could invested in government infrastructure projects that reorient our society for a low carbon future or pay for voucher programs. Developing and deploying smart grids so communities can share energy [...]

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Climate Change

January 27, 2010
This entry is part 16 of 21 in the series The QS Platform

No one knows if humans are are contributing to global climate change.  Both sides have legitimate fears about the effects of climate change on society.  We can pursue a middle course that satisfies all parties. Climate change believers fear that our rapid release of hundreds of millions of years of carbon stored in coal, oil [...]

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