MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES:
PARTY PLATFORM
The Light Party's platform promotes holistic medicine, national health insurance, organic foods, solar energy, and flat taxes. The also have supported equality between races and genders in their platform.
They seem to believe that the strength of the nation as a whole is proportional to the health of the citizens, and that if we impose a "$.50% transaction" fee on stock trades that Wall Street can "bail itself out."
Along on taxes on stock trades, members of the Light Party want to impose a tax on industries that are not environmentally friendly, as stated in the tax plank of their platform.
In their "Project Peace" Plank, they want to call for immediate de-alerting, and eventually abolishment, of nuclear weapons to make us a more peaceable nation.
The "Project Light" Plank, to go with the general theme of the party, states the party's support of creating a "Sustainable Global Solar Hydrogen/ Hemp Based Economy".
The "National Initiative For Democracy" Plank states that there will be an amendment passed, if the party were to gain power, that would allow citizens to vote directly on items of importance, i.e. taxes, decriminalization of drugs, ect.
Medical Director - The S F Medical Research Foundation
Founder - The Light Party
Director- The Global Peace Foundation
WHY THEY DON'T WIN ELECTIONS
The Light Party will never gain power because from just looking at what they stand for, most people will assume that they are a big group of hippies. they don't believe in a lot of military conflict with other nations, and most American citizens feel that we should attack another country if the dare to attack us first. They lose a lot of votes trying to promote flat taxes and "green taxes", which would hurt the wealthier people, who have tremendous enfluence on voters. The Light Party is trying to form an ideal peaceful society, and most people don't think that it is realistic and won't vote for them simply because their ideals seem like they won't translate well.