We, who gather under this banner of reform, represent the dreams and hopes, the anger and frustrations of millions of working U.S. citizens who are disillusioned with the American System and disgusted with the performance of both major political parties: the Republican Party for its dedication to wealth, the Democrat Party for its prostitution to wealth.
Although Americans who support independent third parties are sincere in their commitments, should they win office, we don't believe the promises they make can be kept under the present political environment, which is biased towards wealth and makes a mockery of the democratic processes.
We working Americans find ourselves confronted by a situation unknown in modern times: our democratic ideals and values are being distorted and our dreams of a better world for ourselves and our children are being destroyed by the actions of our own rulers who must do as they do to save their corrupt capitalist system and preserve their way of life.
Corruption saturates both our political and economic systems, and as a result of the 2000 Florida election fiasco, we now know that even the decisions of the Supreme Court can be swayed by the influence of wealth.
We know that the mass media subordinates or withholds important information, and that many of our most talented journalists and writers are paid to write articles and stories containing half-truths and outright lies that promote the current policies and objectives of rich, powerful Americans.
We fear the Administration's actions that eliminate or weaken federal programs designed to protect working Americans from the abuse of wealthy citizens, as much as we fear the dismantling of the public school systems in favor of private or religious education. For we know this goes hand in hand with the administration's drive for secrecy and the almost complete lack of open public debate on important national issues such as healthcare, justice, poverty, homelessness, and unnecessary wars.
We fear the fascist policies of the unelected president and his cohorts are destroying whatever potential the republic has of ever evolving into a true democracy.
And so, based upon the belief our common denominator is "citizen of the United States of America," we form this political party to do what we believe is the only option left—remove the power of the U.S. government from those who hold it and change the political system from one that responds to the influence of wealth to one that responds solely to the whole citizenry; from one that exclusively nurtures the needs and whims of wealthy, white, male citizens to one that nourishes citizens of all skin colors, religions, and political beliefs.
For these ends and upon these principles, we do establish and adopt this Charter of the Direct Democracy Party of the United States of America.