The People's Party of America's platform
The People's Party of America's™ (PPA) platform is focused on bringing democracy in electing our leaders. The underlying premise of our system is that government exists to serve the people—and not the other way around.
- Debt
Did you know that: we have not paid any amount of principal towards the national debt since 1950 and do not have any plan to do so and that National Debt quadrupled from $1 trillion to $4 trillion during the President Reagan and George H W Bush tenure? More
- Defense and National Security
Did you know that: the Army cannot account for 56 airplanes, 32 tanks, and 36 surface-to-air missile command launchers and DOD cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions? More
- Education
Did you know that: only 40 cents of every dollar on K-12 education and only 27 cents of every dollar spent on higher education went for teacher's salaries in 2009? More
- Entitlement
Did you know that: A retired person on Social Security can get additional monthly benefits for her child until age 18. In addition, her spouse can get monthly benefits to take care of that child? More
- Foreign Policy
Did you know that:Before the 1991 Gulf War, there had not been a major terrorist attack on US soil since World War II and 1/3 of the US aid to foreign countries was for military assistance? More
- Healthcare
Did you know that: 650 fires occur in operating rooms during surgery every year in the U.S. and 200,000 deaths occur every year due to preventable medical errors? More
- Permanent Political Campaign
Did you know that: there are over 12,000 lobbyists with over $3 billion in spending power and 1,900 registered agents who represent foreign countries? More
- Taxes
Did you know that: the working income is taxed at higher rates (35%) than the non- working income (20%) and the average tax rate of the top 1% has declined from 60% in 1940s to 25% by 2010. More
- Why Do We Need a Third Party
Did you know that: women represent 51% of the population but make up only 20% of the Senate and 18% of the House in 2013 and the average age of a senator is sixty-two years? More