Our Purpose

The environmental crisis threatens the very existence of our civilization. Current politics does not take this threat seriously. The prevention of catastrophic climate change must become the central issue of American politics.

 

We are building a political movement to meet this challenge, while simultaneously working toward the creation of a sustainable, prosperous economy and true national security.  We are committed to finding new leaders who have the wisdom and the courage to confront the long-term problems that our political system ignores.

Creating a Healthy Environment

A Pollution Tax: In order to prevent environmental devastation, we must make polluting unaffordable, unattractive, and unacceptable. We advocate a comprehensive pollution tax – a tax on all polluting activities, not just greenhouse gases. The goal of this tax would be to achieve environmental sustainability and avoid the disasters being forged by climate change, biodiversity loss, and …

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Fixing the Economy

Demand Side Economics; Strengthening the Middle Class: The middle class is the backbone of our consumer economy; for a strong economy the middle class must be actively supported through a progressive tax structure and strong public sector which ensures full employment.  This policy orientation is called demand-side economics, and it is a dramatic shift from the supply-side, …

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True National Security

Improved Foreign Aid: The current system of militarized nation building and unilateral loans and grants is not helping create a stabilized world of nations.  In fact, such policies have been shown to further destabilize countries, and they have also created animosity against the United States.  If struggling nations are not helped they can become failed …

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Creating a Healthy EnvironmentFixing the EconomyTrue National Security