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Reform Party National Committee Meeting
The Reform Party represents the interests of voters who are concerned with out-of-control spending, growing budget deficits, an unsustainable national debt, as well as gross mismanagement in government and unethical behavior from our elected representatives. It is our belief that the American public and the Reform Party share many of the same core principles when it
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Super Committee Is Super Disaster

US Congress - Debt Super Committee
Obama threatens veto as pre-determined cuts get triggered Is anyone really shocked that the Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on deficit reduction? In another round of partisan exchanges, President Obama blamed Republicans for the super committee’s failure to reach an agreement. The president said he also would veto any attempt to undo the automatic
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Meaningful Campaign Reform Starts At The Ballot

Ballot Box - US Election
In The Hill a few days ago, there was a story about how money in politics (See “Sen. Sanders champions liberal charge against money’s influence in politics“) seemed to trump all other issues during the recent Take Back the American Dream conference held in Washington, DC. While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) seemed to steal the
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What Steve Jobs Teaches Us. In Business. In Government. In Life.

Steve Jobs - RIP - Memorial
As a child of the 1980s, my first computer was CoCo3 (Tandy’s Color Computer 3). That was followed by an Apple IIe. And later, a loud box-shaped Mac that graced my dorm room desk at Andover. The innovation in computing and in technology that followed in the years since I was wide-eyed high school student
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Debt Ceiling Debate Show True “Deficit” Is In Democratic And Republican Leadership

Debt Ceiling Political Cartoon
President Obama, as well as congressional Democrats and Republicans, are trying to show the American people they take the nation’s financial health seriously. So much so, they are scrambling to reach an agreement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling — the legal limit that Congress may owe — by August 2. Of course, let’s not
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Obama’s Social Security Threat

Social Security Card - John Q Public
On Tuesday, in response to the on-going debate around raising the debt ceiling, President Obama said, “I cannot guarantee that [Social Security] checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.” In my view there is something fundamentaly
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President Obama’s Tweet-a-Thon Not an Example of Open or Good Government

President Obama Holds A Twitter Town Hall
Yesterday, President Obama’s first-ever presidential forum using Twitter generated substantial media buzz. However the event itself largely failed to deliver any tangible benefits, and ultimately was not an example of what social media can do to provide open and better government. Here are some observations: 1) Drew Cline of New Hampshire’s Union Leader, who helped
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Who are the “Real” Reformers of Government?

Ross Perot - 1992 Debate - Real Reformer Of Government
The word, “reform,” has been skillfully placed in political rhetoric by strategists and advisers who continue to lure the public into believing that their candidate, or official, is an outsider to the political norms. Reform has become commonplace, not just on the national scene, but in Virginia’s politics recently as well. The public continues to
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REFORM PARTY OF VIRGINIA

The Reform Party is a centrist, independent, and solutions-oriented political party, committed to best representing the needs of the American people.

We were founded by independent voters (the largest voting bloc in America), and remain the only political party in America to successfully change policy direction in Washington, DC, and across state capitals.

We are committed to building a strong organization, ending the corrupt two-party system, and restoring power to the people.

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