From: rwoodman@alumina.rutgers.edu (Robert Woodman)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.reform
Subject: American Patriot Party's Plan for America
Summary: Check it out.
Keywords: Kick ass lit.  Read this.  Take it seriously.  Tell friends
Date: 20 Nov 92 23:06:11 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

To Whom It May Concern,
 
We have become increasingly worried about the future of America. 
America is a runaway train speeding toward sure destruction if 
something is not done to bring the machinery under control.
 
As the cost of living increases, the educated working-class segment of America are having smaller families in order to live
within their means. At the same time, the non-working welfare
segment of America is encouraged to have larger families through
a skewed system that offers additional funds to welfare families
with extra mouths to feed. And although we need to take care of
all our fellow Americans, this trend is self-destructive in nature.
We must educate and motivate all Americans to become self-reliant.
 
In 20 years, when the larger welfare-families that we now
encourage grow into larger masses of un-educated welfare
recipients, we are going to have a terrible problem on our hands.
The pyramid structure of our social classes will no longer exist.
We will see a huge base of non-productive Americans drawing a
living from the hard work of a select few. A select few who will
maintain very little of their hard-earned money as they finance
the monstrous needs of a crumbling America.
 
Unless our leaders can do something to bring this problem under
control - the bleak future of America is inevitable. When America
reaches a point that crime has escalated out of control; when it is
not safe for the working American to raise his family in America;
when the hard-working American sees his paycheck getting smaller
and smaller to feed a larger base of non-working Americans, he is
going to retaliate. This retaliation will not be seen in the form of
violence. Americans will retaliate by leaving for a brighter future
abroad. It will be a sad state in this country when Americans are
forced to relocate abroad in order to maintain a safer upbringing for
our families.
 
Americans are frustrated. We are disappointed in our leadersU
inability to act in our behalf. This is OUR country; a country of the
people, by the people, for the people. And right now, we do not feel
that our elected officials are representing our best interests. And
we demand that they do.
 
Based on what most Americans earn, they can be happy to claim that
they have their very own adopted welfare family. And that is ALL
their tax money goes to pay for. We are fortunate that there
are more Americans working than those not working. Otherwise,
there would be no money left for anything else. We are frustrated
that so much of our hard-earned money is spent to finance 
something we do not believe in.
 
It is a point of aggravation for all hard-working Americans. We
resent continually paying for another manUs livelihood. And we
resent that some of these Americans abuse our charity by breaking
into our homes and stealing what we have worked hard to buy while
we are hard at work earning money to help pay for their next meal.
And we resent paying out lumps of money to apprehend individuals who have robbed us. And when they are apprehended, we resent
paying more of our hard-earned money to pay for their court costs
and attorneyUs fees. And if they go to jail - we resent having to pay
for that too.
 
The Welfare Plan presented in this document will call for major
changes within the infrastructure of our present welfare policy.
 
m All welfare recipients will WORK to EARN their welfare check.
Work will eliminate idle time. Research indicates that a vast
majority of burglaries occur during the day when most of us are at
work. It stands to reason that those of us WHO ARE WORKING are not
responsible. Burglaries and even violent crimes would recede if idle
time was put to work. Insurance companies would save millions in
claims that could be avoided if not for daytime burglaries. Our
courts and jails would not be overflowing as they are today. And the
overall actual savings would work its way into our economy through
increased retail and manufacturing profits.
 
Hard working Americans will feel relieved that their homes are not
being burglarized while they are at work earning a living. In
addition, there is a lot of work out there that is presently
cost-prohibitive. The Radopt-a-highwayS plan was a brilliant
breakthrough. We remember seeing our highways swamped with
litter. But today, they are relatively clean as compared to 15
years ago. We say, go one step further. Welfare labor, manpower we
are already PAYING for, can be used to clean up our roadways
throughout American cities. Highways are adopted - but our
community roadways are still a mess. Use this manpower to clean
up ALL our roadways. And have you been to the beach lately? Our
beaches today are almost as bad as the highways were 15 years
ago. Use some of this welfare man-power to clean up our beaches
and state parks.
 
And the environment is an issue that concerns everyone. Clean-up
efforts are obviously beneficial to the environment, but recycling
is the key. Virtually EVERYTHING can be recycled. We propose a
nationwide, mandatory recycling program. Recycled materials could
be sold thereby generating additional funds for our municipal needs.
And the whole recycling effort would utilize the manpower that we
are already paying for via welfare.
 
Manpower is a valuable resource. And since we are already paying
the price, letUs use this resource. We are tired of having our taxes
increased year after year after year. It annoys us that on the one
hand our representatives are wasting billions, and on the other they
are constantly running out of money. The money and resources
needed to get the job done are already there. We expect our
representatives to use those resources wisely and stay the hell out
of our pocketbooks.
 
With a welfare workforce, we would obviously need a way to manage
these work crews. We propose that unemployment recipients be
named as management individuals for the workers. This would be a
way to maintain checks and balances with the welfare workforce
while also creating incentives for unemployment recipients to
re-enter the workforce more quickly than they frequently do. Many
individuals receiving unemployment RrideS their paid time off and
take an extended Rvacation.S This happens at OUR expense.
 
Welfare recipients will be paid $3.50/hour and they will be required
to work however many hours necessary as dictated by the amount of
their welfare check. The hourly rate for welfare MUST be slightly
less than minimum wage and there will be NO CHANCE for anyone
working within the welfare workforce to EVER earn a raise or work
their way up. We donUt want individuals in the program to work their
way up; we want to encourage them to work their way OUT. The point
is not to create a huge workforce working for the state. The point
here is to encourage a work ethic and encourage individuals to seek
employment in the private sector. Rush Limbaugh recently aired a
program directed at addressing his listeners concerns on welfare.
During this program, a young man called in and told Rush RIf you
ainUt gonna pay me $10 an hour - donUt even waste your time callinU
me!S...Back to reality - There are scores of hard-working Americans
out here working for LESS than $10 an hour. It seems terribly wrong
that so many Americans who earn very meager wages are having to
support a segment of our population that deems itself Rtoo goodS to
work for the same wages.
 
If an individual is earning less than minimum wage working to earn
their welfare, that minimum wage job will start to look a lot more
appealing. Childcare needs for these workers will be filled by our
welfare work-force while the parents are earning their welfare
check. Our presently RunemployedS status individuals can help
maintain checks and balances in childcare. For those individuals who
have taken the initiative to earn a job in the private sector,
health-care needs will be subsidized. It will cost America much less
to subsidize healthcare than it will to pay for EVERYTHING as we
now do.
 
As more and more Americans become contributing members to our
society, we will all enjoy the benefits. There will be a larger base
of people CONTRIBUTING and a decreasing base of individuals
drawing from the system. This shift will amount to a larger base of
taxpayers and it will free up billions of dollars in funds that are
presently being wasted on self-destructive welfare programs. These
additional funds could be used to boost education, pay for new roads,
and fill the deficit.
 
And as more and more Americans become contributing members to
our society, we will see an overall boost in spending. This will
stimulate economic growth and spawn a new era of prosperity.
Economic growth means more jobs in all areas of the workforce:
Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing, the Service Industry, and
Construction. By helping our fellow Americans pull away from
welfare and join the workforce, we can bring this runaway train
under control.
 
America is worth saving.
 
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It is our objective to gather 10,000 names of Americans who agree
with the views expressed herein. These names will be collected and
mailed to members of the House of Representatives, The US Senate,
Congress, and the president of the United States.
 
If you agree that a radical change to our present self-destructive
welfare system would be a step in the right direction, please join
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For more information, please direct your inquiries to:
Michael C. Young - PO Box 1584, Jamestown, NC 27282-1584 
Phone: 919-454-3097 - 919-271-6811.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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