Goals

A Country That Respects Individual Rights and Encourages Independence of Thought

  • Both in our country and others
  • We respect and rely upon the foundational principles the country was based upon to ensure these freedoms
  • These rights extend to everyone, not just citizens, and they are not conditional but inalienable

A Government That is Limited, Effective, Efficient, and Transparent

  • Limited
  • Effective
    • Professional, committed, accountable
  • Efficient
    • We embrace continuous improvement and regular evaluation and reassessment
    • A regular assessment of government is both desirable and necessary
  • Transparent

Politics That Are Respectful, Ethical, Collaborative, Transparent and Limited

  • Respectful
  • Ethical
    • We abide by a code of ethics that ensures our politicians are serving their constituent’s and the country’s interests and not their own
    • In exchange for this power, we ask those wielding it to remove any possibility of conflict, be it financial, personal, or [any other] while they are in office.
  • Collaborative
    • We recognize the purpose of deliberative bodies is to deliberate, respectfully, collaboratively, consensual
    • Collaboration, respectful, sincere and constructive, as a goal and a necessity for stable, durable government
  • Transparent
    • Politicians serve their constituents and the country, wielding power through their consent, they are bound to a transparent
  • Limited

An Economy That is Thriving, Fair, Sustainable and Dynamic

  • Our dynamism, our individual drive is what sets our economy apart.
  • If we value work then we also value the dignity of work
  • We strive for an economy that creates jobs that support a basic standard of living (yes, living wage)
  • Work is the means to creating an economy that allows individuals and families to support themselves

A Country that is Insatiably Curious, One That Explores, Innovates, and Invents

  • We are insatiably curious
  • We explore the world including ones beyond ours, we push the boundaries of science in pursuit of new discoveries knowing this is how the human race evolves
  • We respect science and it’s role in bettering the human condition and expanding its knowledge

A Democratic Republic Based on Laws, Institutions, and Consensus

  • The power we grant our government is democratic, power based on the consent of the governed, described in broad terms by the Declaration of Independence; the means we exercise that power is through the republican form of government, delineated in the Constitution.
  • This construct has been, of late, called into question and challenged, much to the country’s detriment
  • There is a need to reaffirm American foundational institutions
    • Rebuild and reinforce governance structures
    • Build new structures to diffuse and limit concentrated power
      • Specifically refute the idea of a unitary executive or imperial presidency
      • Codify structures that were previously accepted norms