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=Official Website for the Conservative Party of America=

//**Presidential Candidate: Ryan Wellman**//
//**Vice Presidential Candidate: Jillian Nicols**// //**Campaign Manager: Lindsay Hasbrouck**// //**Political Advisors: Angel Daly, Micheal Vaughn, Colby Vanderhoof, Jenny Wolfe, Cody Covine**//

//**Troops in Afghanistan**//
Although we do not agree with acting as the world's policeman and we do not encourage entangling alliances, at this point our presence in Afghanistan is necessary. There are currently 94,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and pulling out any substantial amount of troops quickly will create power vacuum, which will likely be filled by Al-Qaeda. Therefore, troops cannot be pulled out until Afghanistan has established a government capable of handling problems in Afghanistan and a police force that can enforce the government’s decisions. The police force is currently 350,000 strong but more men are needed to protect a population of 29.1 million people. To be successful in Afghanistan, we will have to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, which is not an easy or quick process. If we decide to pull out before this objective is accomplished, Afghanistan will once again become a failed nation, creating the same problems that brought us into the country in the first place.

As a party, we believe that is an absolute necessity that our government reduce the federal deficit. We can do this by cutting spending and raising taxes. It is important to understand that when we propose raising taxes we are NOT suggesting that taxes should be raised on the middle class. Instead, we would raise taxes on the upper class, or the multimillionaires.
 * //Economic Plan//**

The most important economic crisis facing the American people today is the problem with the Social Security System. When Social Security was created the retirement age was set at 65. In 1935 retirees on average only lived another 12 1/2 more years, Currently, retirees are living an average of 18 more years. Originally, Social Security was developed as a supplementary income for the elderly. It was never meant to be the sole source of income, yet today 20% of married couples over 65 and 41% of unmarried people over 65 rely on it for 90% of their income. Finally, by 2035 the number of people drawing Social Security will have almost doubled from the current 40.7 million people to 76.3 million. This in turn will mean that there will be 2.1 workers per beneficiary in comparison with the current 2.9 workers per beneficiary.

We believe that the best way to rectify this problem is by privatizing Social Security. This would allow individuals to be in charge of their own retirement. They could invest as much money as they want in any stock they would like. It also allows lower class Americans to elevate themselves by making smart, responsible financial choices.

It is the position of this party that the government has no business telling anyone which medical procedures they are allowed to receive. It is a moral question that must be answered on an individual basis and not on a national one. Abortion is legal in this country and it is the will of the people that it stay legal. A poll taken by Quinnipiac University showed that 62% of people agree with the decision handed down in the case Roe v. Wade. In a CBS News poll, taken in August of 2010, 75% of those polled believed that abortion should be legal. Another poll taken by the Virginia Commonwealth University in May of 2010, shows that 81% of people favor abortion.
 * //Abortion//**

Our party believes that same-sex marriage should be not be legalized. According to a poll conducted by CNN, 48 percent of Americans believe same-sex marriage should not be legalized while only 42 percent believe it should. Marriage is and was intended as a special bond between one man and one woman and from nature's perspective, homosexuals serve no purpose for the continuation of the species. Because of this we find it impossible to pass a law with these rights. However, because of our opposition to gay marriage we do not condone disrespectful behavior towards gays.
 * //Gay Rights//**

//**Education Plan**// According to the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. has not improved in reading since 2000, and in mathematics we are back to the same level of performance that we were in 2003. South Korea and Finland are the top scoring nations in the PISA study. In the U.S. more money is spent per student than any other OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) country. Obviously spending more money on each student isn’t the answer except for adding more to the national debt. Part of the reason for such mediocre test scores are from the tests themselves. These standardized tests are centered around helping the school systems, but they are helping destroy them. By repeatedly testing the students false results can be expected. All the valuable time used for administering and training for the standardized tests is wasted where it could be used for teaching. Also the United States tests every single student, including immigrants without English as their first language. Whereas high scoring countries only test their elite students. These tests cannot be considered accurate when compared to such countries. We are planning to do away with standardized testing and let our teachers get back to teaching.

//**Pollution**// Global warming is most definitely a global problem and something must be done. Industrialized countries want all the countries to follow the same rules across the board. Countries who are just beginning to industrialize argue that they should not be punished since they are not the ones who started the problem in the first place. Both sides have valid points and both will have to compromise to reach a much needed agreement.

In the meantime, the United States should set a better example for the rest of the world since we are in fact the world's largest polluter. Since 1990, the U.S. has seen a 20% increase in its carbon dioxide emissions. That number is predicted to increase by another 15% by 2020 if there is no cap set on emissions. While those statistics may be startling, there is one that is even more so. There has been NO federal bills passed to cap the carbon dioxide emissions. How can we ask other countries to do things that we have yet to do ourselves? That is why we must regulate the output of pollution. Once we have done this we can then go to other countries and ask them to do the same.

//**Health Care Plan**// We favor that health care remain a private responsibility and not one of the government. The federal government has accumulated a mind boggling amount of national debt, much of which is from the failing Social Security system. Why then would we want the government to take on another responsibility when it is already unable to manage their current ones? These are the sentiments of most Americans. A Gallup Poll taken in November of 2010, shows that 61% of Americans favor a private insurance system in comparison to the 34% that favors a government run system. 54% of people disapprove of the newly passed Health Care Bill while only 34% approve of it, according to a poll taken by Quinnipiac University in February of 2010. Finally in a Rasmussen Poll published as recently as December 7, 2010 shows that 56% of Likely Voters support the repeal of the Health Care Bill while only 41% oppose repeal.