Principles

•	Restrict the White House and Congress of unnecessary spending
o	No gifts or trips regarding special interests
o	Politicians should have equal rights as the average citizen
•	Health care
•	Retirement
o	Pass laws with penalties
•	Balance the Budget
o	Develop a plan
•	Balanced Budget Amendment
o	Annual financial report, available to the public
o	Eliminate “off budget” programs
o	Support Presidential Line Item Veto
o	One accounting system throughout the government
•	Campaign reform
o	Disallow incumbents from fundraising while in office
o	Eliminate private contributions, ie 527s and PACs
•	Replace with public funding of campaigns
•	New Tax System
o	Fair taxation for individuals and corporations
o	Must raise money to cover governmental expenses
o	Tax laws must be approved by the people
•	Promote jobs
o	Involve America in trade agreements that promote American Jobs, consumer safety, environmental protection, and fair trade.
•	Get out of NAFTA, GATT, CAFTA, and WTO
o	Promote small business
•	Trade agreements, tax reform, health care reform, and others that support small business
•	Lobbyists
o	Domestic and International, heavy limitations
•	Immigration
o	Illegal
•	No. Stop it now!
History
• Ross Perot
o He ran for President in 1992 as an independent and won 19% of the vote
o Had hope for the next presidential election
§ Set up the Reform Party
o He led the Reform Party in 1996, won 6% of the vote
•  One of the few major victories of the Reform Party
o Jesse Ventura, 1998
§ Governor of Minnesota
• Insignificant in the following presidential elections
• 2012 Candidates
o Andre Barnett
o Robert Steele