Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan!

February 6, 1911

Let's campaign against all of the "Must Go" Congressmen with Reagan-like passion ... otherwise, "history might record us as jelly beans."

Other People's Money

The House passed H.J. Res. 45 by a 217-212 margin.  All Republicans voted against the bill.  The bill increases the current statutory debt limit by $1.9 trillion, the largest one-time debt limit increase in our nation’s history.

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Why Won’t Obama and the Dems Trust A Man With Two First Names?

Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotel queen, once famously kidded:  “Never trust anyone with two first names.”  Sadly, it appears that Obama and the congressional Democrats are taking her joke literally by shamelessly ignoring Paul Ryan’s (WI-1) comprehensive fiscal plan for America.

Ryan, a ranking member of the House Banking Committee, put together a detailed plan for reforming Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and the income tax.  His plan is called "A Roadmap to America's Future, Version 2.0" and even has its own website.  Why Version 2.0?  Because Obama and the congressional Democrats ignored his original plan introduced in 2008 … (of course, debating Ryan’s plan would be contradictory to their portrayal of the GOP as the party of “No” (click for DNC web ad video).  Plus, Version 2.0 “reflect[s] the dramatic decline in our nation’s economic and fiscal condition."      

Through Ryan’s relentless efforts on cable television (see below) and in the editorial pages, his plan has finally gotten the attention of the White House.  White House budget director Peter Orszag said on Tuesday that the Ryan Plan is “a dramatically different approach” from their own.  Under Ryan’s plan, Orszag said, “much more risk is loaded onto individuals.”    In other words, Statists fear individualism.    

Ryan says it best:  

"I'm one guy from Wisconsin with a small staff, and if I can put out a plan that solves our fiscal crisis, surely the head of our government can do the same."

We hope that Obama and the congressional Democrats (including “Must Go” Congressman Alan Grayson) begin trusting this man from Wisconsin with two first names.   To read a side-by-side comparison of the House Republican alternative to the Democrats’ government takeover of health care, click HERE.         
 

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50 "Must Go" News

- Strange News ... PR firm Murray Hill, Inc. (corporations are legal persons) plans to challenge Chris Van Hollen (MD-8, virtually untouchable) in November. This PR stunt may not get far considering the firm is only 4 years old and minimum age for congress is 25!

-   Jim Traficant:  "I'm Going To Run For Congress."  

No money, no campaign team, but he has his toupee.  With that, Traficant announced today in Akron that he is running for Congress.  "I'm a capitalist," he said. "I don't like an economy that rewards dependency, penalizes achievement, subsidizes illegitimacy and chases jobs overseas."   His old seat is currently occupied by Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who had been one of his aides.  Tim Ryan is not one of our 50 Must Go Congressmen, but come on …. how fun would it be to put Traficant back in office!

Traficant hates the government but loves America. 

Happy Birthday Ayn !!

Today would have been best selling author and visionary Ayn Rand's 105th birthday.  Ayn is perceived by some as "the most important communicator of conservative ideas to the America people."

Ayn viewed government as having three specific and limited tasks: (1) to defend the nation from foreign enemies, (2) to police the nation against crime, and (3) to enforce voluntary contracts between free parties.  So it is not difficult to see why she is more popular today than ever before given the recent power grab by our federal government (e.g., the stimulus plan, bank bailout program, cap-and-trade, and obamacare).

Her most famous novels, Atlas Shrugged (which parodied FDR's support for things like collective bargaining and wage and price controls during the Great Depression) and The Fountainhead, have reappeared on best seller lists and are selling at record levels.  Plus, she is a cult hero at Tea Party rallies across the country - where countless people carry handmade signs asking: "Who is John Galt?"  John Galt is NOT one of our 50 "Must Go" Congressmen.  Instead, he is the character in Atlas Shrugged who personifies capitalist idealism.

In memory of Ayn Rand, please take a minute to visit the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI)), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Irvine, California, which works to introduce people to Ayn Rand’s novels, to support scholarship and research based on her ideas, and to promote the principles of reason, rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism to the widest possible audience.

Help PPP-Perriello

Public Policy Polling (PPP) put up a poll on their website asking where they should poll this week.   Go to http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/ and vote for Tom Perriello (VA-5), one of our 50 “MUST GO” Congressman in 2010.  We will be spotlighting Tom in the coming days.

Debate: Dutch v. Out of Touch

Ronald Reagan v. Barack Obama on socialism,
healthcare, liberty, and our Consititution.

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