It is a very dark day in American Politics. We have have slowly arisen from our slumbers to find Republicans in charge of virtually every important segment of the political scene. War in the Middle East is inevitable, just another tool in the great GOP utility belt of power. The economy slowly crumbles as we find out, even more slowly, that outdated fiscal policies don't work. We sit and watch as the Social Security funds slowly disappear, in part because the only people voting for politicians are those who reap its benefits.
Yes, fellow young Americans, I present to you the grassroots for a new political platform who will stand up for what you really believe! Admit it, we live in a society where the largest electoral participation is by those who are two to three times older than you! We live in a society where, despite the fact that 90 million people smoke, or have smoked pot, there exist still some of the harshest criminal laws in effect, in any industrialised nation! My fellow Americans, you are being taken for a ride -- and there ain't no joy in it!
Today's lost generation no longer votes because it feels disenfranchised! The Toga Party will remedy this. We will stand up for your rights. We will fight for your right... to party!
The Toga Party does not endorse smoking, but neither does it support most of the kneejerk cigarette legislation being sponsored that would keep you from smoking in a bar! The Toga Party also finds the current national tobacco policies, which both subsidizes the production of tobacco and taxes its use to be hypocritical and ineffective.
The Toga Party feels that it is poor policy to put forth legal basis to draft young men for miltary action, while at the same time, disallowing them to consume alcohol. The legal drinking age in America is far above that of any other modernised nation. The Toga party notes our Founding Fathers' fondness for alcohol and thus believes that the current, excess taxation on Alcoholic beverages is un-American!
The Toga Party recognises that the American drug war has been, and will always be a failure! The current zero-tolerance policy is draconian, and current laws are completely unjustified and ancient!
The Toga Party believes that people should be able to do what they want, when and however they want to do it, in their own homes and bedrooms; The Toga party does not deny anyone his or her right to enjoy these things.
The Toga Party puts forth the notion that people should be allowed to spend their money however they like it, and are responsible for their own fiscal responsiblity. The Party feels that this is a healthy impetus for economic growth. However, the Party does not deny that people come across hard times -- unemployment, temporary or permanent disability, empty kegs -- and thus believes that, at times, concessions must be made. While the Party generally endorses the free market, it does not support the use of underhanded tactics -- such as charging two-times the normal price for a pint, to an unsuspecting, perhaps slightly-intoxicated customer -- as ethical or justified.
The Toga Party does not endorse any one rigid, moral structure; Rather, it supports a basic ethic of tolerance and amicable nature. The Party does not deny anyone the right to have religions beliefs, but does not think that such beliefs should be the basis for legislation, certainly not to the degree that they are used to impose behavioural or judiciary changes.
The Toga Party is not power-hungry. It does, however, aim to have the thrust of its power in -- where else -- the Senate.