Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is American Solutions?
A. American Solutions is a tri-partisan, citizen action network of 1.5 million members. American Solutions' goal is to create the next generation of solutions that will ensure that the United States remains the safest, freest, and most prosperous country in the world and that will enjoy the support of a tri-partisan majority of Americans (Democrats, Republicans, independents). Its General Chairman is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
For more information about American Solutions and why we exist, click here to read a welcome letter from Speaker Gingrich.
Q. When was American Solutions founded?
A. American Solutions was officially launched on September 27, 2007 during the inaugural Solutions Day. More than 100,000 people participated in Solutions Day 2007, including a standing-room only crowd in Atlanta and in 2,000 other remote locations in all 50 states.
Q. What is Solutions Day?
A. Solutions Day is an annual event to inform, connect, and mobilize citizen leaders to help win America's future. Solutions Day focuses on providing citizens with the tools, knowledge, and training needed to transform government at all levels--from school boards and city councils to state legislatures and Congress. Click here for a more detailed summary of Solutions Day 2007. And click here for more information about Solutions Day 2008.
Q. Why are you doing this?
A. The American people are tired of Red vs. Blue partisan bickering and want to create a Red, White, and Blue country. Yet, the current political governmental system has four major flaws which block it from developing the kind of solutions we need.
First, it is dominated by daily headlines, a focus on the negative, fights rather than discussions, and sound bites and commercials so short they can't communicate anything complex or positive.
Second, the old system simply does not have the ideas and techniques for being successful. Today's politicians are trapped in old ideas, old interest groups, and old bureaucracies that simply do not have the tools for solving America's problems.
Third, consultants dominate the current system, and they are essentially technicians with very limited knowledge of fundamental issues and historic lessons. So they tend to reduce the system to clever commercials and fancy fundraising gimmicks.
Fourth, the current system focuses on the Oval Office, yet there are 513,000 elected officials in America, from school board to city council to county commission to state legislature. Real solutions have to move through all these offices, not merely the White House.
Q. Specifically, what does American Solutions do that is different or better than other approaches?
A. Our solutions are different and better because we speak to the whole country. This is not a base approach. It is designed to speak to traditional and non-traditional audiences alike. This is a Red, White, and Blue approach, designed first-and-foremost to promote the values and principles of the entire country. These beliefs are outlined in the "Platform of the American People."
Q. What type of legal entity is American Solutions?
A. American Solutions is a tri-partisan political association that is registered with the IRS as a 527 Political Organization.
Q. Who are your contributors? Will you disclose them?
A. American Solutions meets all of its reporting obligations in full compliance with the law. All of our financial reports are publicly available on the IRS website.
Q. What is Newt Gingrich's role?
A. Speaker Gingrich serves as General Chairman of American Solutions. Speaker Gingrich and other leaders will provide ideas and guiding principles for the American Solutions movement. For more information about Speaker Gingrich, please visit www.newt.org and sign up for his weekly newsletter.
Q. Is this a Republican organization? Are the RNC, NRCC and NRSC supporting this organization?
A. The positions American Solutions advocates are neither Republican nor Democrat. They are about Winning the Future of America for our children and grandchildren. We hope all political organizations, candidates and activists consider our ideals for the good of the American people and our future.
A. American Solutions is a tri-partisan, citizen action network of 1.5 million members. American Solutions' goal is to create the next generation of solutions that will ensure that the United States remains the safest, freest, and most prosperous country in the world and that will enjoy the support of a tri-partisan majority of Americans (Democrats, Republicans, independents). Its General Chairman is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
For more information about American Solutions and why we exist, click here to read a welcome letter from Speaker Gingrich.
Q. When was American Solutions founded?
A. American Solutions was officially launched on September 27, 2007 during the inaugural Solutions Day. More than 100,000 people participated in Solutions Day 2007, including a standing-room only crowd in Atlanta and in 2,000 other remote locations in all 50 states.
Q. What is Solutions Day?
A. Solutions Day is an annual event to inform, connect, and mobilize citizen leaders to help win America's future. Solutions Day focuses on providing citizens with the tools, knowledge, and training needed to transform government at all levels--from school boards and city councils to state legislatures and Congress. Click here for a more detailed summary of Solutions Day 2007. And click here for more information about Solutions Day 2008.
Q. Why are you doing this?
A. The American people are tired of Red vs. Blue partisan bickering and want to create a Red, White, and Blue country. Yet, the current political governmental system has four major flaws which block it from developing the kind of solutions we need.
First, it is dominated by daily headlines, a focus on the negative, fights rather than discussions, and sound bites and commercials so short they can't communicate anything complex or positive.
Second, the old system simply does not have the ideas and techniques for being successful. Today's politicians are trapped in old ideas, old interest groups, and old bureaucracies that simply do not have the tools for solving America's problems.
Third, consultants dominate the current system, and they are essentially technicians with very limited knowledge of fundamental issues and historic lessons. So they tend to reduce the system to clever commercials and fancy fundraising gimmicks.
Fourth, the current system focuses on the Oval Office, yet there are 513,000 elected officials in America, from school board to city council to county commission to state legislature. Real solutions have to move through all these offices, not merely the White House.
Q. Specifically, what does American Solutions do that is different or better than other approaches?
A. Our solutions are different and better because we speak to the whole country. This is not a base approach. It is designed to speak to traditional and non-traditional audiences alike. This is a Red, White, and Blue approach, designed first-and-foremost to promote the values and principles of the entire country. These beliefs are outlined in the "Platform of the American People."
Q. What type of legal entity is American Solutions?
A. American Solutions is a tri-partisan political association that is registered with the IRS as a 527 Political Organization.
Q. Who are your contributors? Will you disclose them?
A. American Solutions meets all of its reporting obligations in full compliance with the law. All of our financial reports are publicly available on the IRS website.
Q. What is Newt Gingrich's role?
A. Speaker Gingrich serves as General Chairman of American Solutions. Speaker Gingrich and other leaders will provide ideas and guiding principles for the American Solutions movement. For more information about Speaker Gingrich, please visit www.newt.org and sign up for his weekly newsletter.
Q. Is this a Republican organization? Are the RNC, NRCC and NRSC supporting this organization?
A. The positions American Solutions advocates are neither Republican nor Democrat. They are about Winning the Future of America for our children and grandchildren. We hope all political organizations, candidates and activists consider our ideals for the good of the American people and our future.
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Why is Newt Gingrich a member of the CFR?????