I have seen the American Solidarity Party mentioned in another thread on this forum as well as posts by Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine. I would encourage everyone considering voting for the ASP to read their party platform first. While there are some good pro-life and pro-family positions, the platform reads very much like European Socialism or even Deistic Communism. Just want voters to know exactly what the ASP is before voting for them.
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I thank you for this information. I will take a look at it. The argument is, that if Abortion is your #1 Issue, then these other issues are secondary. I’m not voting with the Pelicans. I’m a porcupine, who is writing in “Ron Paul.”
…Okay, I had the chance to read through their platform. Though they use some terminologies that are used by some socialists, I do not interpret them to be promoting big government socialism/communism. I do have questions about some of their positions. Most true Marxists are against the natural Family unit. They want to replace the so-called nuclear Family with the state. I do not see that this is the case with the American Solidarity Party. They are concerned with social issues, but seem to want local governance to serve the needs of their communities.
As a libertarian, I would rather the free market and voluntarism address these issues. We saw how Christians came together in the hurricane stricken areas of our Country and did a superior job than the Federal Emergency Management Agency did.
The American Solidarity Party is better than the Democratic Party. And Peter Sonski (a Catholic) appears to be more Pro-Life than both Trump and Vance (who claims to also be Catholic).
What does concern me a little is that the American Solidarity Party used to be named “The Christian Democracy Party.” It sounds like a place where Pro-Life Democrats go, if they don’t like individual liberty, private property rights, and smaller government.
Interesting. As I mentioned in another thread, I recently joined the Solidarity Party. About 35 years ago I became a Democrat to work for Frank Pallone, who said he was prolife. Not long after he was elected, he changed his position, so in the next primary campaign I worked for a prolife Democrat who was running against him. When that was over, I became a Republican again. After some years, I was more and more disappointed with the Republicans and became an independent. When I moved to Pennsylvania two years ago, I became a Republican again, hoping I could help get some good candidates nominated. That didn’t work, and the national Republican party is becoming more and more indifferent to abortion, and as we know the Democrats are downright enthusiastic about it. Twice this year (while praying in Philly and at a Life Chain) passersby shouted, “We love abortion!” I never heard that before. I have heard pro-aborts shout, “Hail Satan!” and “Praise Satan!” I don’t think that the pro-aborts generally want to be so blatant yet, but I expect to hear more of that in the future.
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Thanks for sharing! I agree and respect everything you have said here. We all have come from somewhere. In my early twenties, I could care less about politics (which I’m grateful for). I registered to vote at age 25 as an Independent (mainly, because I didn’t want the junk-mail). I began to vote for Republicans after 9/11 out of fear of the terrorists (an irrational fear looking back).
Then I saw Ron Paul (who has delivered thousands of babies), on the debate stage. He was the only candidate who was saying the truth and no just pandering. They asked each candidate, What is one book that every American should read? Each candidate down the line answered the obvious, “The Holy Bible,” pandering to their Christian base. But Ron Paul, a Christian himself, answered, “The Law” by Frédéric Bastiat (a Catholic). I added the book to my wish list and forgot about it.
A couple years later, my Mom got the book for Christmas. I stuck it on my shelf and forgot about it for another year. One day I picked it up and began to read it (it is very short). I finished it in one sitting. It changed my worldview. It just made sense to me.
Mitt Romney made it easy for me to start voting libertarian, but I did not officially join the Libertarian Party for a couple more years. It was Tom Wood (also a Catholic) and Comedian Dave Smith who encouraged their listeners to join the Party and I decided to take the plunge. My brother also became interested in liberty and decided to run for office.
I first became a State Delegate and later a National Delegate. I attended this year’s Libertarian National Convention in Washington D.C., held at the same hotel where President Reagan was shot!
I am a member of the Christian Libertarian Caucus and the Pro-Life Liberty Caucus. Not only did I get to see Dr. Ron Paul, former President Trump, and RFK Jr. speak, Vivek Ramaswamy and Clint Russell debate, more importantly, vote on our Presidential, VP candidates, and LNC Officers, but also got to meet many people I’ve only gotten to know online in person.
A group of us Catholic Libertarians attended Mass together at the Cathedral. I got together with other Christians prior to business to Pray each day of the Convention.
The LP is like a dysfunctional family. There are Atheists, Classical Liberals, Conservatarians, Voluntarists, Christians and everyone in between. We often disagree on many different topics, but that is what I love about being a Libertarian. We can disagree and that’s okay. There are a lot of lawyers in the LP, probably, because we naturally enjoy debate.
Here are some libertarian thinkers and philosophers; some that I agree with and some that I do not. If you are wondering which seat I would choose, I would choose to sit in either seat #1 or seat #10.
The reason I believe this to be basically a Pro-Life Socialist party is that if you read through all the different policy positions, almost every single one include the phrase “we support increased funding” or some variant of that. We are already 35 trillion in debt (adding 1 trillion every 90 days) and over 100 trillion when you add in “unfunded liabilities.” Yet, they never spell out how they are going to come up with this “increased funding” for their positions. I can’t take them seriously just on that alone.
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That’s a valid point. No Third Party politician, however, has contributed to the $35 trillion Debt. Are you arguing that the Democrats AND the Republicans are socialist? Because I would agree ; )
Yes, no third party has contributed to the debt, but it seems clear that the ASP certainly would if put in office.
Yes, the Democrats are socialists by nature and some of them openly admit it. The Republicans say they are against socialism but are too afraid that cutting spending would cost them votes. Both are responsible, but that doesn’t mean a third party would automatically be better (and I’m a third party kind of guy).
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There are a few places in the platform that mention increased funding, often paired with specific taxes. I didn’t see anything advocating increased debt for the country, but I would like someone to point it out if I missed it. I would be willing to pay higher taxes if they weren’t going to immoral activity. Budgets can be balanced with compromises, but human life is being thrown away, and Trump has little objection and Harris none.
Great point. If you listen to the Free & Equal debates, most of the third Party candidates agree that government spends money on things it shouldn’t. I presume the American Solidarity Party people would agree as well. So, it could reallocate funds from one area and put it towards another.
Personally, I want a balanced budget and for the government to pay off the enormous debt it has incurred (and so the balanced budget would include money to pay down the debt).
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