Q.  Just what is FMCP?

A.  FMCP is a t-shirt company disguised as a fake political party.  However,

      it is a fake party that has real ideas to make this a better country; we feel

      this is much better than being a real party offering up fake plans.

Q.  Who is The Free Market Communist Party for?

A.  FMCP is for anyone who, having become frustrated with being called a

      communist for thinking that America should have a national health care

      system or that some redistribution of wealth is justified, has decided:

      well, if I'm a communist I'll make the most of it.  The Party is for those

      who believe that sick children should see doctors even if their parents

      can't afford it. It is for those who believe that children should get a good

      education even if their parents are poor.  And it is for those who believe

      that the hungry, in the midst of plenty, have a right to eat --it's in the

      Bible for gosh-sakes!

Q.  Why the name?  Isn't free market communism an oxymoron?

A.   An oxymoron was chosen to illustrate that in our modern convoluted

       world an effective thinker must be able to deal with ideas that seem

       to be mutually exclusive.  Ironically, we have discovered that both

       Adam Smith and Karl Marx believed in free markets, so it's not really

       an oxymoron.  We goofed, but we're going to stick with it.

Q.   What is "radical centrism"?

A.   Radical centrism is a general term that describes our belief that a

       growing number of political centrists, moderates who consider

       themselves to be neither right nor left-wingers, are beginning to think

       that fundamental or radical changes need to be made in the way

       American institutions operate. Yes, the term does seem to be another

       one of those darned oxymorons.

Q.   What kind of radical changes does the Party propose?

A.   Our most important proposal is to make all Americans communist

        through the instrument of universal capitalism.  Communism is where

        the means of production is owned by the workers. If all Americans

        universally owned financial assets or capital, they would have at

        least partial capital ownership of the means of production and they

        would all be communists.  The Vice-President of the United States has

        recently endorsed the concept of "universal capitalism."

Q.   How can this be done?

A.    By giving every child financial assets at birth.  This is not so farfetched.

        In 2004 ultra-conservative Rick Santorum joined moderate Harold

        Ford Jr. to sponsor legislation that would put $500 in an account for

        every child at birth.  $500 is not enough.  We propose $6,000.  This

        would cost the tax payers 24 Billion a year.  A small investment for

        the great good it could do.  The poorest child would grow up knowing

        that by age 18 he would have a significant amount of money that could

        be used for college or vocational training, or to start a business, or to

        buy a home, or to save for retirement. Further societal benefits might

        be achieved if this financial account were not considered an entitlement

        but as a reward for good citizenship.  Access to the account could be

        withheld until graduation from high school or completion of a certified

        job training program, or perhaps denied altogether for the conviction

        of a violent felony.

       So, there you have it. Real ideas from a fake political party.