The 30% tax on Chinese imports wouldn't really work. We wouldn't import as much, so the amount of money we would make from the tariff will actually be less. We would also just start buying cheap stuff from another country with cheap labor and a lower import tariff. High import tariffs don't make good economic sense.

I was excited when I read a blurb about this party on another site. When I started reading, I figured out it was anything but common sense. Truly moronic.

When I read about this "common sense party" I was initially excited ... a group of pragmatic, hopefully centrist people looking to start a movement to counter the relentless propaganda on both sides that appears to rule our political discourse ... in the second sentence of your home page, when there is a reference to the "liberal media", you lost me ... that is a right wing meme ... bye.

I totally support your position with the exception of "curtailling illegal immigration. I support the ELIMINATION of illegal immigration. I support legal immigration. That enriches our country. However, if we want to survive as a nation, we MUST know who we are welcomming into this country.

Rebuttals - What if we get a great politician in place, and have to leave because of this rule. o Answer; Politicians are not needles in a hay stack they are out there, and if a politician does a great job in office and has to leave because his term is up, I guarantee you there will be three more waiting in his place who share his values and want to continue his legacy. - Why do we need term limits, we can just vote someone out. o Answer; Look at the poll numbers! The United States is one of the worst in the world at voter participation. Many people donâ??t vote, mostly because they feel that politicians are all the same and that there vote doesnâ??t matter. - These junior politicians will not be able to stand up to the interest groups bc there will be a revolving door of novice politicians who can fall susceptible to season hardened interest groups, who can say â??this is the way it works around hereâ?� o Answer; Tougher finance reform laws, possible government money allotted to candidates who reach a designated ballot status where the elections could be covered equally via local public television.

The problem with our government is simple. The people in charge are more concerned about getting elected and keeping their job rather than doing their job. - As a result there actions in congress are driven with reelection in mind. - The problem is they then are serving the interests of themselves doing whatever it takes to get reelected rather than making the hard important decisions that will fix this country. - As a result they become extremely susceptible to pork barrel spending because it will secure votes from their local voters. In addition politicians fall into the pockets of lobbyists, because theyâ??re the ones with the money, which politicians need for their expensive campaigns. - The Solution; impose term restrictions on the congress. This would force politicians to focus on their job of serving the people and not be corrupted by the lure of reelection, or line voting. Why this will never happen. It will never be fixed bc it would be the politicians themselves that would have to propose this legislation, legislation that would in turn be firing themselves. - So the real question is; if the politicians won't voluntarily introduce and pass this legislation, how do we make them...

I can't stand with you guys because of your position on ANWR... No.1...there is no true oil shortage...under most estimates there is clearly enough oil to last another 50 years...the oil companies and MERC traders are just ripping us off...period. 2nd...why don't we open up the Eastern Gulf? Katrina proved that it can be done safely. Chevron bought the leases at ANWR KNOWING that oil drilling was off limits. Heck the Musk ox were so sensitive when they built the pipeline to Pt. Barrow thousands died because they wouldn't cross the road!!! Musk ox, Snow Geese and Caribou breeding grounds need protection. And make it clear...it's not all the oil companies disturbance, but all the yahoos that follow on snowmobies and 4 wheelers tearing up stuff that also concern me. I'm not willing to give up these last pristine places just so Chevron can make more dough. Screw that!

Mr. Shaw Thanks you for adding us to your organizations web site. James Madison

We have thought of the Common Sense Party as well and are happy to see someone has already started with it. If you do not mind, we will advertise the party on our website as well. www.votersstandingup.org

Thanks fo the inquiry please go to http://www.americancommonsenseparty.net/Join_Now_.html to Join the party if you wish to be the chairman for Utah include that information in the comment. Thanks again

Where do we sign up, want to start affiliation in Northern Utah...Where do we go for more information?

Dave Kesinger Please send candidates info to webmaster@americancommonsenseparty.net. We will dedicate a page to the candidate. Include office running for and major agenda items. Thanks

Who do I contact about using the American common sense party to run a third party candidate under that party name ?

Ready to act in MD? IM tired of all of this intranet talk. we need to act. I am looking to start the face to face dialouge in Maryland. protests, mailing campaigns, etc... but I need help. All who are intrested please reply, There is a facebook group up http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=18669286708 or if your already a facebook member just join the group Common sense party of America. NOW is the time to act, if we do not wake up now and fix this mess, our country will be lost forever!

Obama is a Joke: First apoligizes to Europe for US actions, then runs up the largest deficit in human history, then gives GM 30+ billion dollars for a comapny of 40,000 employees, then Gitmo disaster, then Air Force one over NYC, then Sotomayor and on and on. This has the be the worst administration in US history

Article V March on Washington July 4th 2009, 1pm at the Lincoln Memorial. Get your T-shirts, bumper stickers here soon!! Expect to have store front up in next gew weeks for Stickers, Pins, baseball caps and t-shirts Remember July 4th March for Article V constitutional convention on Washington at 1PM

Yes! Art. V convention! Only We The People can save ourselves. I only hope that the states haven't given up too much power over the years, and aren't overly dependent on the Fed to have the spine to do it.

Mr. Sleeth please never despair and go right ahead and kep flying that flag over your home. The dream is still alive as long as we have people who can still believe in the dream. Please send the Article V link on the constitutional convention to ten of your friends and they can send to 10 of their friends. We can spread the word this way. Sincerely JM

Part 3-Final: Don't even get me started on the supposed "conspiracy theory" of a North American Union (like the European Union) with Mexico and Canada and the common Amero Currency. I believe we are being groomed to one day (5 maybe 10 years) to accept this concept and that will be the end of America. We will be told it is for the good of the people and our strength as a union. We will be told it will cure illegal immigration and open trade doorways. It is happening. It started with NAFTA. There are plans made and meetings have been had. Presidents have made comments or will not deny when asked. There are people doing things without our knowledge or the knowledge of our congress. Executive orders are fast becoming a way to do business to skirt around the congress which represents the laws and the people of this nation. Iraq and the mess over there was an excuse to position ourselves with a power stance in the middle of the oil fields between Saudi and Russia. Yes Saddam was a bad guy--heck--we put him in there! America is acting as England did in the 1700's. It will come to bite us in the butt and hard. Believe me, I am in 100% support of our troops and what they do or at least what they are told to do. I just do not think they are being told honest reasons. Boy did your site open my hot buttons! We are in SO Much need for a strong third party! I think there are more independents out there than ever! I hope your site can help band us together. I am in full support!

Part Two: We need someone who can stand up and tell it like it is and say NO if we cannot afford it. I voted for Ross Perot he was SO RIGHT and the media and career politicians snubbed him. I wanted to vote for Huckabee. Huckabee was not loud enough like Ron Paul--and look how he was treated! What is it going to take? We are being warned by these individuals and nobody listens. The FairTax would have elevated the problem we are in now...I cannot understand why people cannot see all the good it will create. Rich career politicians and their money buying lobbyists that will lose their jobs with the FairTax enacted is going to be the toughest battle to overcome. We are heading or need to head toward revolution to make things change. We are going to need to somehow get the right people positioned to make things happen from the inside. Something has to give. I want my America back. I do not even feel proud to fly my American flag anymore. I took it down. If I had the gumption I would hang it back up upside down because America is in distress. We need politicians to serve their time for an average American wage and pay SS and Medicare out of their paycheck--since when is a government program better then the program for the rest of us? No more multi-million dollar pensions--get a job after serving! Serve and then step down. We need to say NO to all the hand outs and buying of the public wants. You can't have something for nothing. I learned that as a child. Let competition operate the schools so that those that can do a better job are allowed to do so. America is for sale and China and the mid-east is quickly buying us up. We are losing our sovereignty and dignity. We are losing our country and what it was founded upon.

Part One: Thank you...thank you. My father and I wanted to start the "common sense party" 15-20 years ago! I am a conservative independent as I feel the Republican and Democratic parties are no longer much different. I am also a volunteer District Director of the FairTax for the past 7 years. I am sick of how politics and media controls the people's rights. To not include ALL potential candidates in the political process and on debates should be a crime. Money should not control who gets heard. To spend multi-millions on campaigns is wrong-wrong-wrong. Give all candidates equal time and equal expense. Obama to Paul should each have the same time on the air and money to spend but not untold millions--that should be donated to charity instead of wasting it to toot your horn. Let the popular vote count--get rid of the electorial college. You have to be rich to get into politics today. Joe the plumber would never have a chance. I do not know what it is going to take to wake up Americans to take a stand and say NO MORE! I for one have been there for a long time and feel isolated and often treated like a radical or doomsayer. I am by far more for political correctness than I am against government and taxes. I am not. We need government and taxes--just not when it is done the way it is now. Americans are living in a "Matrix" world and cannot see the ills, corruption, illegal, wrong, unethical ways most politicians are running things now. My view is untainted. I see the wrongs and it makes me sick and sad to be called an American. We are losing our freedoms so fast it is very scary. Apathy seems to be taking over. Wake up Americans...if not too late...you are fast becoming slaves of your government...bottle fed to pacify your thoughts and actions.

To recall a senator it can only be done in 18 states. You need to get 1/2 of the signatures that the senator was elected by. In the states where you cannot recall a senator you can petition the state legislature to impeach.

How does one go about having a petition to recall a senator or congressman? Not that it would happen, but with enough signatures, the state would have to notify the congressman. Congress would at least recognize the possibilty of losing their jobs. I believe it has to be done at the state level. Anyone know how many sigs are necessary? Mick

Youd have my vote!!! JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! This is what it is all about. Bailout or not there needs to be something other then resturants, banks and gas stations in this country. Where are the jobs for $20 bucks an hour. All I ever see is $13 $15 dollar jobs if your LUCKY and don't worry, soon they'll be shipping those jobs overseas too. No good paying jobs means no one has the means to pay back the money they have borrowed. In a sense creating the problem of defaulting mortgages and credit card debt. The American people want to pay off there debt but you have to provide the tools in order to do it. Green tech and fossil fuel effiency are good ways I see us creating the good jobs people need in order to pay there bills. Just think, we could sell it to the rest of the world and make $$$ and believe me there will definetly be a market. Anyone been paying attention to Russia and Ukraine lately. Europeans won't stand for this kind of instability very long and will be looking for alternative means of energy. I say lets give them what they want and create good paying jobs for Americans! It won't solve all our problems but it's a good start. Common Sense.

You're no common sense party, you're just a right wing break off puppet. Nothing more.