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NATIONAL TRADITIONALIST CAUCUS ISSUES
FREE MARKETS:
We
at the National Traditionalist Caucus support a free market economy
above all planned economic systems. A free market, with supply and
demand  setting
prices, is the best system for the efficient production and
distribution of goods and services. This process invariably lifts
living standards, while keep living costs down. We also share our
founding fathers’ belief that economic freedom is an essential
prerequisite for political and personal freedom. If you cannot
control what you own, you have no true freedom!
The Sixteenth Amendment,
allowing an the Income Tax, was a violation of the very character of
the U.S. Constitution. By some accounts, it wasn’t even
written to permit taxes on wages. We believe this monstrosity
should ultimately be repealed. Until such time, we will continue
to fight to lower and simplify taxes as much as possible. We also
believe that inflation and deficit spending are both hidden taxes, and
forms of theft, that are especially ruinous to our financial
base. To stop all this, we advocate a return to a standardized
dollar and laws requiring a balanced budget.
We also chastise the
International Monetary Fund for pushing devaluation of currencies in
emerging markets. This policy has destabilizes the economies and
governments of the developing world, disrupts international trade, and
cost the U.S. tens of thousands of jobs by making out export more
expensive. We must demand the end to these policies or a cutoff of
all U.S. tax dollars.
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