Government and Democracy
“You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you.” Matthew 20:25-26
Small Government
The Christian Party is committed to small government and finds both political and theological justification for its commitment. Big Government costs far more than small government and restricts individual freedom as it creates more and more laws in order to justify its existence. Jesus’ biggest problem was with the ‘big Government’ faction of His day, known as “the teachers of the law and Pharisees”. Like Britain’s ‘big Government’ they placed regulation upon regulation, law upon law, restricting freedom and damaging society.
Welsh Christian Party will :
“You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you.” Matthew 20:25-26
Small Government
The Christian Party is committed to small government and finds both political and theological justification for its commitment. Big Government costs far more than small government and restricts individual freedom as it creates more and more laws in order to justify its existence. Jesus’ biggest problem was with the ‘big Government’ faction of His day, known as “the teachers of the law and Pharisees”. Like Britain’s ‘big Government’ they placed regulation upon regulation, law upon law, restricting freedom and damaging society.
Welsh Christian Party will :
- Support radical cuts in the public-sector workforce in order to reduce both the size of government and the size of the government spending.
- Support a radical re-employment and training programme so that public-sector workers are not thrown on the ‘scrap heap’, but are empowered for a smooth transition into the private sector.
- Call for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty within the first year of the new Parliament.
- Call for withdrawal from the European Union in the event that the United Kingdom electorate votes against the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum.
- Call for voting in civic elections to be compulsory, and non-voting to be subject to a fine.
- Give, for the purposes of fund raising, political parties the same status as charities.
