Green Party doesn’t answer to large businesses: Analyst

US Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is not a corporate candidate because her party does not take money from large businesses, an American political analyst and activist says.

The Republican and Democratic Parties receive funding from corporations, particularly on the military–industrial complex, Myles Hoenig told Press TV on Monday.

According to a new poll, third-party candidates campaigning for the 2016 US presidential election are gaining more support among voters as Republican and Democratic nominees continue to struggle with their unparalleled unpopularity.

Recent polling averages by RealClearPolitics hint at a steady yet significant rise in support for Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson, going from 4.5 percent to 7.2 percent over the past six weeks.

Meanwhile, Green Party candidate Jill Stein has also enjoyed a surge in support. She is now supported by 3.5 percent of the voters, up from 2.5 percent in June.

“Every four years during presidential elections, the two dominant parties fight for barely half of all eligible voters to cast their ballot for one or the other. Each side offers a different vision of where to take the country,” Hoenig said.

“The Democrats emphasize peace and security through military strength, and so do the Republicans. They both play on the American ‘values’ that is supposed to be our hallmark as a nation. On many other issues they have differing platforms. Pro-choice vs. anti-choice, aide to poorer families vs. cutting back such aide, and other noticeable platform differences,” he stated.

“However, each election, there is always the fear that the other candidate will win and both parties play on this fear. Up until now, they’ve relied almost 50/50 on platform and fear as the motivating factors to offer prospective voters,” he added.

“This year, all bets are off! The Republican platform is the most conservative in their history yet their candidate is more to the left of the Democratic candidate on some issues,” the analyst noted.  

“The Democratic platform was only written to placate the more liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders. Their candidate, Clinton, may have some liberal positions, but overall, she is far to the right than what the platform calls for. And everyone knows that Clinton is the most hawkish candidate we’ve had in decades,” he said.

“She promises to bomb Iran if it attacks Israel, not that Iran has ever really threatened to do so. Her environmental policies that she has promoted in the past would appear to be as extreme as any Republicans’ in their attempt to destroy the Earth’s environment for the sake of Big Business,” the activist said.

“This year, there is finally a choice in Jill Stein of the Green Party whose positions are based on the needs of everyday people, not corporations, bankers, the military industries, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others,” he observed.

“The Green Party does not answer to large businesses as it takes no money from them for campaigns, something all the other parties rely on and base their positions on who has given how much. Stein is not a militarist; in fact she calls on a 50 percent reduction of the trillion dollar war budget,” noted Hoenig, a Green Party candidate for Congress.

“The other parties rely on the revolving door of Pentagon generals moving into the armaments industry upon retirement and influencing politicians’ votes on war with huge campaign contributions from the war industries,” he pointed out.

“Lastly, this is an election that more and more people aren’t going to be swayed by the argument that if you don’t vote for X, you’re going to get Y. Both Clinton and Trump are the two most hated politicians in America and other parties, namely the Greens and the Libertarians, offer alternative views,” he said.

“The Libertarians are an extension of the Republicans so might attract those who find Trump distasteful but the Greens are far more radical than the Democrats but offer positions usually applauded by most Americans. They just don’t get the coverage as the media, as proven in recent leaks, are in the pocket of both parties,” the commentator concluded. 

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