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ISSUES

Gun Control:•Uphold Second Amendment•Support child safety locks, waiting periods, and background checks to help prevent guns from falling into the hands of children and convicted felons.

ISSUES

Drug Abuse•Say that education is the most effective defense against drug abuse.• Promotes programs that have been shown to dramatically reduce drug dependency and to eliminate stress and restore balance in an individual’s physiology and psychology.

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Welfare•Welfare should not be a lifestyle, but a short-term safety net to assist individuals who have lost employment or who are out of work to obtain new employment.•The Natural Law Party's pro-growth economic policies will create an abundance of good jobs which will place an ever-increasing premium on the value of the worker.•Through programs to improve the financial and quality-of-life conditions at the basis of welfare, we can broaden the idea of "welfare" from a notion of cash or in-kind goods to a more expansive notion of physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

ISSUESAgricultural•The Natural Law Party supports legislation that will ensure social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture while balancing the following goals: ensuring an economical and healthful supply of high-quality food for consumers; promoting health and longevity in farmers and in the population as a whole; protecting natural resources and the environment; cushioning farmers from the natural and financial instability unique to agriculture; enabling farmers to better pursue financial profitability; and restoring the vitality of rural communities.

“Keep abortion legal; but reduce them by education”

“Encourage self-esteem & education to prevent drug abuse”

PARTY TYPE

Ideological

PRESIDENT: JOHN HAGELIN

48 States

HISTORY

•The Natural Law Party (NLP) was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.•The NLP viewed "natural law" as the organizing principle that governs the universe. The Natural Law Party advocated using the Transcedental Meditation technique and the TM-Sidhi program to reduce or eliminate problems in society.

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THOUGHTS

Good overview of all the problems with smart ideas to solve them.

CITATIONS

http://www.natural-law.org/platform/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party