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New Political Party Time–American Citizens Alliance Party (ACAP)!

Posted on November 6, 2008. Filed under: Blogroll, Economics, Links, Politics, Rants, Resources, Taxes, Video, War | Tags: American Citizens Alliance Party, budget deficit, Democratic Party, federal spending, GNP, medicare, national debt, New political party, political parties, Politics, Republican Party, social security, third party, third party time |

 

YOU wanted “change”…

Either a change for the worse or a change of party affiliation–the choice is yours.

Frankly, I have given up on the Republican Party.

I consider myself a movement conservative or more precisely a classical liberal or libertarian or “economic conservative”.

While I voted for McCain/Palin, this is the last time the Republican Party will get my vote.

I will now be listed as independent and will work for the formation of a new third party.

Remember, Abe Lincoln won only 39.9% of the vote in 1860 as the Whigs moved to the Republican Party.

Time for Republican and Democrats tired of being sold down the river by their party elites to move on.

Time to start a third party that attacts four groups of people

1. Traditional conservatives.
2. Fiscally responsible or balanced budget business conservatives.
3. Libertarians that want smaller Federal government by eliminating Departments and cutting Federal spending.
4. Social or religious conservatives that are pro-life and family.

No more compassionate conservative or neoconservatives that want to expand the Federal government and build democratic nations abroad.

If you are for growing the Federal government and increasing the tax burden, join the Democratic or Republican Parties.

Close and secure the border from the southern invasion.

Had McCain made illegal immigration and the fair tax the two issues of the campaign, he would have won.

No more global warming or climate change fanatics with their cap and trade tax bullshit.

I urge all movement conservatives and libertarians to find a new home and run candidates that both talk the talk and walk the walk.

It might take ten to twenty years.

Just remember Goldwater tried in 1964 and Reagan finally succeeded in 1980.

Bush-Reagan Debate 1980 on Taxes

Reagan did it by grassroot efforts.

It can be done. 

Here is a reality check:

 

The take-away or message from these two charts is Federal government spending needs to be cut drastically by eliminating whole Federal Departments and absolutely no new Federal entitlement programs.

No more of bigger and growing budget deficits:

Why did Republican Party lose? Big Spending!

This table lists the gross federal debt^[1] as a percent of GDP by Presidential term since World War II.^[2] It is currently the highest since 1955. For net jobs changes, see Jobs created during U.S. presidential terms. The elected representatives of the United States share responsibility for making the decisions which bring about changes in the national debt. All spending bills start in the House of Representatives. It should be noted that oftentimes, the sitting President faces an opposition Congress. ^[3]

 

U.S. president	Party	Term years	Start debt/GDP*	End debt/GDP*	Increase debt ($T)	Increase debt/GDP
Roosevelt/Truman	D	1945-1949	117.5%	93.2%	0.05	-24.3%
Truman Harry Truman	D	1949-1953	93.2%	71.3%	0.01	-21.9%
Eisenhower1 Dwight Eisenhower	R	1953-1957	71.3%	60.5%	0.01	-10.8%
Eisenhower2 Dwight Eisenhower	R	1957-1961	60.5%	55.1%	0.02	-5.4%
Kennedy/Johnson	D	1961-1965	55.1%	46.9%	0.03	-8.2%
Johnson Lyndon Johnson	D	1965-1969	46.9%	38.6%	0.05	-8.3%
Nixon1 Richard Nixon	R	1969-1973	38.6%	35.7%	0.07	-2.9%
Nixon2 Nixon/Ford	R	1973-1977	35.7%	35.8%	0.19	+0.1%
Carter Jimmy Carter	D	1977-1981	35.8%	32.6%	0.18	-3.2%
Reagan1 Ronald Reagan	R	1981-1985	32.6%	43.9%	0.65	+11.3%
Reagan2 Ronald Reagan	R	1985-1989	43.9%	53.1%	1.04	+9.2%
Bush GHW George H. W. Bush	R	1989-1993	53.1%	66.2%	1.40	+13.1%
Clinton1 Bill Clinton	D	1993-1997	66.2%	65.6%	1.12	-0.6%
Clinton2 Bill Clinton	D	1997-2001	65.6%	57.4%	0.42	-8.2%
Bush GW1 George W. Bush	R	2001-2005	57.4%	64.3%	1.15	+6.9%
Bush GW2 George W. Bush	R	2005-2009 projection	64.3%	68.2% projection		+3.9% projection

 

The below table shows the annual federal spending, gross federal debt, and gross domestic product for average presidential parties, specific presidential terms, and specific fiscal years.^[4]

Fiscal Year	Budget of President	Party of President	Federal Spending			Federal Debt[clarify]			Gross Domestic Product[clarify]			Inflation Adjustor[clarify]
			Billions[5]	Adjusted[6]	Increase	Billions[7]	Adjusted	Increase	Billions[8]	Adjusted	Increase
1978-2005		Democratic			9.9%			4.2%			12.6%
1978-2005		Republican			12.1%			36.4%			10.7%
1978-1981	Carter	Democratic	$678	$1,219	17.2%	$994	$1,787	-0.4%	$3,055	$5,492	9.4%
1982-1985	Reagan	Republican	$946	$1,396	14.5%	$1,817	$2,680	49.0%	$4,142	$6,108	11.2%
1986-1989	Reagan	Republican	$1,144	$1,499	7.4%	$2,867	$3,757	40.2%	$5,401	$7,077	15.9%
1990-1993	Bush	Republican	$1,410	$1,615	7.8%	$4,351	$4,987	32.7%	$6,576	$7,536	6.5%
1994-1997	Clinton	Democratic	$1,601	$1,684	4.3%	$5,369	$5,647	13.2%	$8,182	$8,606	14.2%
1998-2001	Clinton	Democratic	$1,863	$1,821	8.1%	$5,769	$5,638	-0.2%	$10,058	$9,829	14.2%
2002-2005	Bush	Republican	$2,472	$2,165	18.9%	$7,905	$6,923	22.8%	$12,238	$10,717	9.0%
1977	Ford	Republican	$409	$1,040		$706	$1,795		$1,974	$5,019		0.39
1978	Carter	Democratic	$459	$1,093	5.1%	$776	$1,850	3.1%	$2,217	$5,285	5.3%	0.42
1979	Carter	Democratic	$504	$1,107	1.3%	$829	$1,821	-1.5%	$2,501	$5,494	4.0%	0.46
1980	Carter	Democratic	$591	$1,175	6.1%	$909	$1,808	-0.8%	$2,727	$5,422	-1.3%	0.50
1981	Carter	Democratic	$678	$1,219	3.8%	$994	$1,787	-1.1%	$3,055	$5,492	1.3%	0.56
1982	Reagan	Republican	$746	$1,252	2.6%	$1,137	$1,908	6.8%	$3,228	$5,417	-1.4%	0.60
1983	Reagan	Republican	$808	$1,294	3.4%	$1,371	$2,195	15.0%	$3,441	$5,510	1.7%	0.62
1984	Reagan	Republican	$852	$1,300	0.4%	$1,564	$2,386	8.7%	$3,840	$5,858	6.3%	0.66
1985	Reagan	Republican	$946	$1,396	7.4%	$1,817	$2,680	12.3%	$4,142	$6,108	4.3%	0.68
1986	Reagan	Republican	$990	$1,426	2.1%	$2,120	$3,052	13.9%	$4,412	$6,352	4.0%	0.69
1987	Reagan	Republican	$1,004	$1,406	-1.4%	$2,345	$3,283	7.6%	$4,647	$6,506	2.4%	0.71
1988	Reagan	Republican	$1,065	$1,447	2.9%	$2,601	$3,534	7.7%	$5,009	$6,806	4.6%	0.74
1989	Reagan	Republican	$1,144	$1,499	3.6%	$2,867	$3,757	6.3%	$5,401	$7,077	4.0%	0.76
1990	Bush	Republican	$1,253	$1,590	6.1%	$3,206	$4,067	8.3%	$5,735	$7,277	2.8%	0.79
1991	Bush	Republican	$1,324	$1,610	1.3%	$3,598	$4,374	7.5%	$5,935	$7,215	-0.8%	0.82
1992	Bush	Republican	$1,382	$1,624	0.9%	$4,001	$4,703	7.5%	$6,240	$7,334	1.7%	0.85
1993	Bush	Republican	$1,410	$1,615	-0.5%	$4,351	$4,987	6.0%	$6,576	$7,536	2.8%	0.87
1994	Clinton	Democratic	$1,462	$1,642	1.7%	$4,643	$5,216	4.6%	$6,961	$7,820	3.8%	0.89
1995	Clinton	Democratic	$1,516	$1,662	1.2%	$4,920	$5,395	3.4%	$7,326	$8,033	2.7%	0.91
1996	Clinton	Democratic	$1,561	$1,673	0.7%	$5,181	$5,554	3.0%	$7,694	$8,248	2.7%	0.93
1997	Clinton	Democratic	$1,601	$1,684	0.7%	$5,369	$5,647	1.7%	$8,182	$8,606	4.3%	0.95
1998	Clinton	Democratic	$1,653	$1,721	2.2%	$5,478	$5,704	1.0%	$8,628	$8,985	4.4%	0.96
1999	Clinton	Democratic	$1,702	$1,746	1.5%	$5,605	$5,750	0.8%	$9,125	$9,361	4.2%	0.97
2000	Clinton	Democratic	$1,789	$1,789	2.5%	$5,628	$5,628	-2.1%	$9,710	$9,710	3.7%	1.00
2001	Clinton	Democratic	$1,863	$1,821	1.8%	$5,769	$5,638	0.2%	$10,058	$9,829	1.2%	1.02
2002	Bush	Republican	$2,011	$1,929	6.0%	$6,198	$5,945	5.5%	$10,377	$9,954	1.3%	1.04
2003	Bush	Republican	$2,160	$2,018	4.6%	$6,760	$6,316	6.2%	$10,809	$10,099	1.4%	1.07
2004	Bush	Republican	$2,293	$2,082	3.2%	$7,354	$6,677	5.7%	$11,500	$10,441	3.4%	1.10
2005	Bush	Republican	$2,472	$2,165	4.0%	$7,905	$6,923	3.7%	$12,238	$10,717	2.6%	1.14
2006	Bush	Republican	$2,655	$2,249	3.9%	$8,451	$7,158	3.4%	$13,016	$11,024	2.9%	1.18
2007	Bush	Republican	$2,730	$2,263	0.6%	$8,951	$7,419	3.6%	$13,668	$11,329	2.8%	1.21

Further increases with Obama already in the works.

The new Democratic and Republican Party theme song from the gals on K-street:

Big Spender

Time to put ACAP on big government and big spending.

Let the American people keep their hard earned money and invest or spend their money themselves!
 

Background Articles and Videos

 

 

What if Economic Conservatives Stay Home on Election Day?

by Michael D. Tanner

“… Yet it was the Republicans’ big-spending, big-government ways that helped ensure their defeat in the 2006 midterm elections. It wasn’t evangelical Christians or so-called “values voters” who deserted Republicans. Roughly 70 percent of white evangelicals and born-again Christians voted Republican in 2006, just a fraction less than in 2004.

It was suburbanites, independents, and others who were fed up not just with the war and corruption, but also with the Republican drift toward big-government who stayed home, or even voted Democratic, on election day 2006. That night, more than 65 percent of voters told a pollster they believed that “The Republicans used to be the party of economic growth, fiscal discipline, and limited government, but in recent years, too many Republicans in Washington have become just like the big spenders they used to oppose.”

So far, the Republican presidential candidates have offered little to … small-government conservatives.

So far, the Republican presidential candidates have offered little to these small-government conservatives. Fred Thompson gives an occasional nod to entitlement reform. John McCain has been critical of pork barrel spending. Ron Paul opposes pretty much all government programs. But by and large, the candidates have not offered a platform for curtailing the size, cost, and power of government.

Can anyone think of a single major government program that any of them, with the exception of Rep. Paul, have called for significantly cutting or eliminating? …”

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8806

Gird your loins, conservatives

 

“There is no time to lick wounds, point fingers, and wallow in post-election mud.

I’m getting a lot of moan-y, sad-face “What do we do now, Michelle?” e-mails.

What do we do now? We do what we’ve always done.

We stand up for our principles, as we always have — through Democrat administrations and Republican administrations, in bear markets or bull markets, in peacetime and wartime.

We stay positive and focused.

We keep the faith.

We do not apologize for our beliefs. We do not re-brand them, re-form them, or relinquish them. We defend them.

We pay respect to the office of the presidency. We count our blessings and recommit ourselves to our constitutional republic.

We gird our loins, to borrow a phrase from our Vice President-elect.

We lock and load our ideological ammunition.

We fight. ..”

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/05/gird-your-loins-conservatives/

 

Why McCain Lost

By Jewish Odysseus

“…So here we are, on the verge of the greatest accomplishment by the American Left since…Well, maybe ever. To them, the Clintons represented the Menshevik phase, while Obama represents the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks. So, to quote the original Bolshevik himself, what is to be done?

First, the Republican Party needs to relentlessly reform its state electoral rules to ensure that those voters choosing the Republican candidate are genuine Republicans who have the best interests of the Republican Party at heart. This self-evident corrective of course should have been completed by early 2001. It wasn’t, so here we are, with a self-admittedly weak-on-economics candidate trying to talk his way through a financial meltdown. It has been pathetic.
Second, we as voters and activists need to re-examine the emphasis we place — or don’t place — on communication skills. Conservatives need to rediscover the importance of communication and argument in our representatives. It is important to note that the only Republican in recent history who received any compliment from the media hive was Ronald Reagan, who they labeled “The Great Communicator.” This was of course an apparent put-down, since they were writing off Reagan’s successes as the result only of his hypnotic, inscrutable speeches. But that non-compliment-compliment was the hive’s acknowledgment that Reagan had been effective against them.

Going back to Bush 41 in 1988, the Republican’s have nominated a string of candidates who have been at best “poor” in communications. As the 1960’s Left demographic takes its seats in the highest offices of the media, academia, entertainment, arts, “public policy” think tanks, polling organizations, even business and finance, we have to assume that every one of our initiatives will be maligned, marginalized and targeted for oblivion, while the most crackpot schemes of the Left will be given respectful and favorable commentary. In this environment, we simply cannot afford any more tongue-tied leaders who are unable to argue their way out of a paper bag. …”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/why_mccain_lost.html

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