Social Security, with its ‘trust fund’ filled with Treasury IOUs, is in serious fiscal trouble, but you wouldn’t guess it from stories by the mainstream news media. Reporters and columnists have downplayed the program’s budget shortfall and claimed that fixing the broken system would be a “snap.”
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[From the Business & Media Institute, original article here]

Social Security with its ‘trust fund’ of IOUs is in serious fiscal trouble, but you wouldn’t guess it from the mainstream news media.

This is a historic year for the largest government program: Social Security, which turns 75 in just a few days. The program is also running a deficit for the first time since 1983, and ahead of estimates.

Initially, Social Security was created to provide supplemental income to elderly and disabled people who could not work, and was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Aug. 14, 1935.

Social Security is in the red six years earlier than forecasted, and for the first time since 1983 (the last time the program was “fixed”). Downplaying the significance of the problem, The New York Times reported March 24, that the program is facing a “small” $29 billion shortfall this year because the high 9.5 percent unemployment rate is cutting into payroll tax collections that fund the program’s benefits. Oh, and because there isn’t actually a trust fund with all the money previously collected by people paying into the system.

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Interesting reading.  Be informed before you vote in the current primaries and in the general elections coming this November 2010…your new taxes… 
 
You better change the current leadership in Congress or find a way to hide your money, because they are coming to take it from you in 2011…
 
This is astounding.  Many have no clue about the changes coming our way in 2011 and beyond under the current US Congressional leadership (super majority of tax and spenders extraordinaire). The new tax impact on the average taxpayer as outlined below is hard to imagine. Not to mention the shock wave that will ripple through every part of the economy.  Just adding health care benefits as part of income on the W-2 of every employee in the USA will add $150.00 a month to the average couple’s tax debt. Who has that budgeted for 2011? The Arizona Immigration Law federal lawsuit, DOJ/Black Panther story, Lindsay Lohan trial story, etc, etc in the nightly media are just distractions to keep everyone’s attention off real impacting issues like this one.  Read this and weep about how much money you are going to lose five months from now; when the tax laws change in January 2011…
 
Subject: 2011 Tax Increases
 
In just five months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:
 
If you want to see the entire list of increased taxes for average citizens; you can download this complete PDF Version at the following link:  http://www.atr.org/six-months-untilbr-largest-tax-hikes-a5171##ixzz0sY8waPq1
 
First Wave of Taxes in 2011:  Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
 
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families.
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Dear Fellow Patriot,

This week’s exercise:
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE SENATOR with the following message:

(Find your legislator here)
“I am very concerned about the state of the Texas economy. Economists have noted that the mode of taxation is, in fact, quite as important as the amount. Just as a small burden badly placed may distress a mule that could carry with ease a much larger one properly adjusted, so we are becoming impoverished and our power of producing wealth destroyed by property tax, which, levied in any other way, could be borne with ease.

Property taxes impose a larger burden on a state’s productive sector than do sales taxes. Consequently, property taxes reduce overall economic performance more than necessary to raise the same amount of tax revenue. This larger cost created by property taxes compared to sales taxes creates a tax reform opportunity for Texas. Do you have in your office a copy of the Texas Public Policy Foundation – Enhancing Texas Economic Growth Through Tax Reform, Texas Public Policy Foundation April 2009?

You have an opportunity to make groundbreaking change in Texas! I want to be sure that you are on board to ensure we have a Constitutional Amendment that secures, once and for all, private property ownership in Texas by repealing property tax.” Read the rest of this entry »

CONTACT INFO: http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=972&APP=GAC&screen=Address& 
 
July 1, 2010

Dear Friend in Liberty,

Yesterday, the House rejected Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed by a vote of 198-229.  The Audit was included in a Republican motion to send the Dodd-Frank Fed Empowerment Act (H.R. 4173) back to committee.

If the measure had been approved, H.R. 4173 would have been changed to include the thorough Audit.

Even worse, the majority of those who voted against it were cosponsors of H.R. 1207.

( http://www.campaignforliberty.com/materials/HR1207-Shame-List.pdf )

Check out our “Hall of Shame” to see if your representative is on the list of those who abandoned their so-called “support” for Audit the Fed (while voting to further empower the secretive Fed) when real action was required.

*[Editor's Note: These are the TX representatives voting 'no' on the Audit the Fed:  Ruben Hinojosa – TX-15, Silvestre Reyes – TX-16, Ciro Rodriguez – TX-23, Lloyd Doggett – TX-25, Solomon Ortiz – TX-27, Henry Cuellar – TX-28 and Eddie Bernice Johnson – TX-30]

Be sure to let them know you will make your fellow constituents aware of their failure to support full accountability from those responsible for this latest economic crisis.

If your representative stood with Ron Paul by supporting Audit the Fed, thank him for his support and urge him to fight any future efforts to expand the Fed’s powers.
See the complete roll call on the motion here.    http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll412.xml

There’s still time to stop this Fed powergrab in the Senate.

Find your senators here.  After you contact your congressman, please call your senators and demand they stand up for the American people by defeating H.R. 4173 and taking a standalone vote on S. 604, Audit the Fed.

We’ve come too far to let the Fed off the hook for its actions.  Call Congress today!

In Liberty,
John Tate
President
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Do your part and forward this to everyone you know. WE THE PEOPLE are the new media!

“We have a greater moral responsibility to act than those who live ignorance. Once you become knowledgeable you have an obligation to do something about it.”

www.campaignforliberty.com

Thanks to this HALC author’s friend, Rick, in MN….

 OK, I did my part.  Now You FIRE this around the world to everybody you know.  GRRRRR!!  I’m MAD AND YOU WILL BE TOO!
 
 Your   U.S.  House & Senate have voted themselves raises at $4,700 in the House
and $5,300 in the Senate.

1.     They voted to not give you a Social Security cost of living raise in 2010 and 2011 

2.     Your Medicare premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years and you will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr. Your total 2-yr loss and cost is -$1,600 each or -$3,200 for husband and wife.                                                        

3.     Over 2-yrs The House & Senate each get $10,000 raises

4.     Do you feel SCREWED?

5.    WILL your cost of drugs – doctor fees – local taxes – food, etc., increase?  You better believe they will!
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Urgent request from the Kingwood Tea Party Society
to City of Houston residents
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FLASH MOB NEEDED: in AUSTIN this Monday, 6/14/10 at 9 AM
CLICK HERE TO CHECK FOR UPDATES!

To attend hearing with the 261st Judicial Court’s sitting Judge….

WHEN: Monday, 6/14/2010 at 9 AM
WHERE: 261st Judicial Court in Travis County (Austin TX)

• 1000 Guadalupe, 3rd Floor
• Austin, Texas 78701
• Phone: (512) 854-9309 (for directions, to check schedule/venue)
• Fax: (512) 854-9332 Docket Number: Docket Number D1GN 10001296

If you can drive to Austin, please contact Bobby 713-451-1492.  We will also try to carpool if possible.

If you can’t attend, please write a letter and send overnight so it arrives before the hearing.
Mailing Address:

• 261st Judicial Court in Travis County
• REF: Docket Number D1GN 10001296
• P.O. Box 1748
• Austin, TX 78767 The City of Houston has scheduled a hearing concerning the 30% water rate increase in Houston, Texas IN AUSTIN on Monday!

A Houston city council member has said that this was partly done to muffle the taxpayers and to stifle the the outcry from Houston.

Please call and respectfully tell Ms. Appell to inform Mayor Parker that

• This is being done in an underhanded way to thwart the voters of the City of Houston who passed a proposition to prevent just this from happening.
• At this time in these economic times, it is a burden on all, but most especially on the poor of the city. WATER IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE.

Mayor Parker’s Chief of Staff: Ms. Appel (a PELL): 832-393-1078

Although HOUSTON TAXPAYERS are NOT REPRESENTED, MAYOR PARKER has hired the following contract attorneys to represent the city.

• J Wiley George (Houston): 713-220-3928
• Kelly Sandill (Houston): 713-220-4181
• Dave Whittlesey (Houston): 512-320-9200

SILENCE IS CONSENT! ACT NOW!

April 30,2010 – Houston
The Houston Tea Party Society hosted an event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to allow candidates for the 2010 Congressional Races in the Houston and Southeast Texas to participate and sign the Contract From America.    The event was open to all congressional Candidates in the South East Texas area including incumbents and challengers.

The Contract from America is self described as a grassroots-generated, crowd-sourced, bottom-up call for real economic conservative and good governance reform in Congress.   The initative was developed within the decentralized tea party and 912 movements. Ryan Hecker, a Houston Tea Party Society activist, developed the concept of creating a grassroots-generated call for reform prior to the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Party rallies.

John Culberson (R ) of Texas District 7 was the only incumbent present for the signing.    The candidates in attendance included Libertarians Bruce West of the 8^th district, David Smith of the 2^nd District and Steve Susman of the 22^nd District.   Republican signers for the contract were John Faulk – District 18.

Congressional candidate David Smith, CD 2-TX

John Culberson was the first to sign the contract.   Before signing the contract, he took exception to the 9^th item which was to reduce pork.   The contract states that congress will not pass any earmarks until the budget is balanced and only then with a 2/3 majority vote.    Culberson declined to include that item and used a “Line item veto” with that rule.

All other candidates signed the contract without any exceptions or exemptions.   David Smith who is opposing Ted Poe of the 2^ndCongressional District, used his time to mention “Fiscal Responsibility is vital to our economy and our government.”   He also noted that he had been busy campaigning in a non-stop door to door campaign.

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Very little media coverage of this event.  I wonder why….

PICS OF CROWD AT SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA TEA PARTY
Tea Party Rally to Oust “Dingy Harry” Reid Searchlight, Nevada — March 27, 2010
Photos © 2010 – American Border Patrol

You always need a guy in period costume, carrying a Gadsden flag!!

Here are "a few dozen people" (if MSM had covered this event, that’s what they would've said!!) protesting Harry Reid’s “AYE” Obama Care vote.

Another pic of "a few dozen people" (if MSM had covered this event, that’s what they would've said!!) protesting Harry Reid’s “AYE” Obama Care vote.

Traffic backup going to the rally. Notice the many cars pulled over and parked on the shoulder of the road. Distance to rally site was over a mile away!!

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Good news, folks!! Ms. Debra Medina (recent Republican Gubernatorial candidate), the good doctor Ron Paul himself, Mr. David Smith (CD 2, TX), Mr. Guy McLendon (Harris County Libertarian Party Chair), Mr. Pat Dixon (Libertarian Party of Texas Chair) and several other politicos were mentioned in a recent Houston Chronicle story.

[From Wallbuilders.com]

In recent years, the federal government has grown at a rapid rate, intruding into many areas that formerly were the sole domain of the states (e.g., education, transportation, health care, energy policy, etc.). Significantly, the Founding Fathers took great care to place limitations around federal powers and to preserve state and local powers. As Thomas Jefferson clearly explained:

The capital and leading object of the Constitution was to leave with the states all authorities which respected their own citizens only, and to transfer to the United States those which respected citizens of foreign or other states….Can any good be effected by taking from the states the moral rule of their citizens and subordinating it to the general [federal] authority?…Such an intention was impossible and…[would] break up the foundations of the Union…. I believe the states can best govern our home concerns, and the general [federal] government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore…never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold as at market.
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