Constitution Party response to the state of the union

It is clear both ‘Big Box’ parties still don’t get it! America’s Largest “Third Party” Responds to the President’s Address
LANCASTER, PA: The president tried to convince Americans last night that “we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border - and that requires a temporary worker program.”
To stop the invasion of our country the president proposed giving illegals an “orderly path” and simply doubling the size of the U.S. Border Patrol. He wants you to believe this “will leave border agents free to chase down drug smugglers”, yet two U.S. Border Patrol agents were arrested and jailed for trying to do just that, while the president does nothing!
Constitution Party Communications Director Mary Starrett commented: “Apparently the president hasn’t listened to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want illegal immigration halted.”
While the Constitution Party applauds the president’s attempt to bring tax reform into the health insurance debate, his proposal doesn’t go far enough to remove government from the equation. National Chairman Jim Clymer stated: “Our health care costs aren’t so high because we have too little government involvement but because we have too much. Americans now fund half of all medical care expenses with their taxes -mostly through Medicare and Medicaid.”
Clymer cited medical procedures typically paid for out of pocket as a case in point: “Operations like laser eye surgery have fallen in price every year for a decade, proving that when consumers, not corporations or the government are in charge, the market will dictate both quality and lower costs.”
The Constitution Party decries the president’s call for expanded federal mandates for alternative fuels and increased fuel efficiency standards. “‘Command and Control’ environmentalism stymies free market solutions. It’s not cost effective for consumers and it’s unconstitutional” Clymer said, adding “Despite the scare tactics used by both parties, air pollution emissions in the U.S. are lower than they were in 1940. Instead of being beholden to big multi-national oil companies, we should allow the free market to develop new energy sources.”
As to the constitutionally unauthorized war in Iraq, the Constitution Party reminds Americans that during his 2003 State of the Union address, the president said: “If Saddam Hussein does not … disarm…we will lead a coalition to disarm him.” He said those words relying on intelligence information that we now know to be false. More than 3,000 U.S. soldiers have since died. Both parties in Congress abdicated their duty to either declare war or prevent engaging in war. The president should now be looking for ways to extricate the U.S. from the quagmire he and Congress got us into by making arrangements for Iraq to immediately assume the responsibility of stabilizing its government, and getting our troops out. Let us use the past as prologue for what could very well be justification for yet another war in the Middle East, this time in IRAN. What could be the purpose of calling for an increase in the size of the military, other than to engage in further excursions as world policeman? Has this president learned nothing from the Iraq debacle?
Unlike the Republican and Democrat parties, the Constitution Party remembers that our founders warned against such “foreign entanglements”.
The Constitution Party believes the president’s request to renew his No Child Left Behind law should be flatly denied by Congress. According to the president, NCLB, would “prepare our children for jobs of the future.” Presumably, these are the same jobs that have been shipped offshore by this administration’s misguided trade policies.
The Constitution Party (www.constitutionparty.com), the third largest party in the United States measured by voter registrations, is growing fast and is made up of Americans who believe a return to constitutional government is imperative.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 24, 2007For more information contact Communications Director: Mary Starrett,(602) 315-6193, mstarrett@constitutionparty.com