The Modern PartyThe Modern Party

Raymond LanphereBlane Burroughs

Colleen McQuillanAlex Singer Cody Cobb

Chase Sorrell

TaxesTaxes

• No tax on food to benefit all economic classes• Increase property tax and increase income tax to

counteract food without taxes• Increase tax on the richest 2% of the population• Reduce taxes on families making less than

$100,000.00 a year• Increase taxes on large businesses• Decrease taxes on capital gain

EconomyEconomy

• Spend government money to develop cleaner, more efficient ways to run our country, which will create “green collar” jobs

• Provide government money to states to improve infrastructure to increase jobs

• Increase minimum wage 35% nation wide

EducationEducation

• Increase funding dramatically

• Increase federal grants for state school systems

• Public school funding by states will come from increased property taxes

EnvironmentEnvironment

• Reinforce the Clean Air Act• Require 25% of electricity to come from renewable

resources• Double the funding on sciences for research on cleaner

energy products• Give tax breaks to companies that create and pursue

cleaner greener alternatives

Foreign AffairsForeign Affairs

• Construct timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq by summer of 2010

• Leave only enough to train Iraqi police and military• Increase military focus on Afghanistan and other terrorist

hot spots• Strong ties with Israel

Gun ControlGun Control

• The second amendment assures the right to bear arms.

• Albeit, there will be stricter background checks.

• Must have a clean record of gun related issues to purchase a gun.

• No automatic weapons

ImmigrationImmigration

• Legalize all immigrants with a clean record currently in the United States

• Enforce border patrol

• Increase spending on border patrols

• Compromise with neighboring countries to increase their border patrol as well

AbortionAbortion

• It is a woman’s right to choose what she wants to do with her body.

• However, the abortion must be performed within the first trimester

• No partial birth abortions

Affirmative ActionAffirmative Action

• Eliminate Affirmative Action

• Goes against equal opportunity

• Scholarships for minorities are maintained but, the workplace is based on skill not color/gender

Social SecuritySocial Security

• 25% of taxes be put toward social security

• Increase the rate of people making over $250,000 by 2%

• Raise the recipient age to 70 years

• Give incentives to those who choose to create and maintain a personal account

MedicareMedicare

• Increase distribution of federal funds to Medicare and Medicaid programs

• Lengthen the enrollment period for low-income recipients.