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I'd like to thank my fellow South Dakotans, the United Independents Party, the Socialist Freedom Party and my fellow party members, and the American people as a whole.

Now that the Socialist Freedom Party -- the largest socialist party in the United States and tenth largest overall -- has a seat in Congress again, we can finally get down to business. Both myself and my party will fight hard for the citizens of South Dakota and the American people. I will work to keep value-added taxes low, establish health relationships with other nations, intervene elsewhere when necessary, and ensure our national defense.

I hope to work together with the Green and Democratic parties, and the UIP, to get truly left-of-center sixth-party candidates elected to Congress. It is unfortunate, but we live in a world in which one party wields almost unchecked control over national policy. It is my goal, and the goal of many others with whom I plan to work, to move towards a more democratic national culture.

This is not to say that the USWP doesn't have anything important to offer -- undoubtedly, it has done great things for this country -- but when one party need not put forth persuasive arguments to have their candidates elected, that's problematic. I believe -- like John Stewart Mill did -- that the best ideas emerge only when there is legitimate dissent and debate.