Power should be devolved to the lowest practical level. The Bill of Rights and other constitutional provisions have deep permanence and are not to be manipulated or abridged for political gain. Politics dependent on corporate financing and lobbyist influence is corrupt, anti-democratic and unacceptable. Simplicity, conservation, and recycling should be central to our economy, our politics and our lives. Individual privacy is paramount and not to be subservient to the needs of the state.
Individual rights are manifestly superior to any granted corporations.
Our elected officials are servants and representatives, not rulers. We need more community more than we need more things. We are citizens and not merely taxpayers. We own our government and are not merely its consumers. Please feel free to reproduce and distribute the statement.