Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Party Platform Now Posted on Blog

In an effort to enable followers and readers of this blog more access to information regarding our ideas and platform, we have decided to post the platform on this blog.  It is on an additional page, on the right hand side of the blog under "Pages".  There is also a "Contact Us" page, where you may find information to send us your ideas/questions/comments.  Please take a look at the platform.

Foreign Policy

War is only necessary if every avenue of peace has failed.  We must exploit every method of peace before turning to military action.  Military action is an absolute last resort.  We must not endanger our soldiers or the citizens of other nations by pulling ourselves into war.  War is avoidable and should not happen except under very specific circumstances.  These circumstances are that if an enemy makes a direct attack on US soil and is not open to any peaceful discussions or actions.  Then, it may be necessary to go to war, but one should manage the war wisely.  War costs too much money, and a long drawn out war has a large, negative effect on the deficit and the economy.  War does not necessarily ensure peace.  Oftentimes, escalated conflict can throw the entire world into disarray.  We must think about those affected by are actions.  There are families on the ground, ordinary families, just trying to live a life and provide food for their families.  One bomb can destroy that in an instant. 

Basic Finances

In order to remain fiscally responsible and free of debt, many American families and businesses adopt a simple principle: don't spend more than you take in.  It's simple finances.  School groups do it.  Lemonade stands do it. Lots of people do this.  The question remains: why doesn't the federal government do this?

The feds have been lax on what kind of debt they will allow, and both parties are to blame for this is some way or another.  Yes, Democrats traditionally win the yearly overspending contest, but Republicans insistence on only cutting spending while at the same time cutting taxes, often for the rich, wins no prize for its responsibility.  Both parties spend huge amounts on foreign wars.

It makes little sense to only cut spending or only raise taxes in order to cut the deficit.  Using only one of these methods ends up with a tougher strain on the middle class and/or Government with to little funding too effectively complete its job.  Exercising both options tempers the harshness.  Cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans makes the most sense, since they are the ones that can afford it.  One thing that politicians must realize is that these taxes are never really going to redistribute the wealth.  When the rich are taxed more, they will still be rich.  When the middle class is taxed less, they are still in the middle class.

All this, though, does not take away the responsibility of the Federal Government to spend its money wisely.  Its our money.  Fiscal responsibility is imperative.  Cut programs that don't work and aren't effective, and reward programs that do more with less.  There are ways to do the same job with less money, and it still doesn't mean less workers.

Spending money wisely is basic economics; its about time Washington learned its lessons.

Stand Up For What You Believe In

What is popular is not always right, what is right is not always popular.  We must not be afraid to stand up for what we believe in.  Standing up for what is right requires a great form of courage, courage that we all can muster.  If we stand up, we become noticed and therefore can elicit positive change.

Who we are-a little more detail

Auxilia is a unofficial political party that has been created  in June, 2009 to support multipartisian cooperation in the country.  We are dedicated to promoting peace throughout the world and creating an effective government for the people, by the people, and of the people.  We want to combat the spread of partisanship and divisiveness.  We pride ourselves in working together to make our country and our world a better place to live in.  Our mission is to keep a multipartisan agenda in place and influence the political scene.  We hope you will look around our website.  Please view our Party Platform for 2011.