Monmouth Illinois Tea Party Group

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Roundtable: How to create U.S. jobs? - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

QUESTION:

WASHINGTON D.C. —

What strategy would you suggest for creating jobs in the United States?

Remove onerous regulations, cut waste
Some large corporations at least appear to have a lot of cash on hand. Consumers seem to be willing to buy although without using their credit cards quite so recklessly. The hang-up is uncertainty. From large corporations to small businesses there’s a wait-and-see mentality. The key, therefore, is to remove the uncertainty.

Last week the president announced the elimination of some of the government regulations. Not as many were removed as were added. As long as the uncertainty remains, jobs will elude us unless we start reversing the situation. I would suggest: Start eliminating the most onerous regulations. Next, start eliminating the waste and redundancy that was reported by the GAO last March. They can be done simultaneously. Once this is seen as a serious effort confidence will begin to emerge and hiring will begin again. If no serious effort is seen, employment will remain stagnant at best.

Charlie Gruner

Galesburg 9/12 Group Member

To read the full article follow the link below:

Roundtable: How to create U.S. jobs? - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Letter to the Editor: Congressional Black Caucus Attacks Tea Party

This is a letter to the editor sent to the Register-Mail on Wednesday. It has not been in the paper yet.

I am writing about the 3 recent attacks on the Tea Party by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).

1) Rep. Maxine Waters , California Democrat, while addressing a community summit, said the Tea Party can go straight to Hell. Rep. Waters is currently under an ethics probe for obtaining $12 million in TARP money for One United Bank. Her husband Sidney Williams was a former director of the bank and owned $350,000 in bank stock.

2) Rep. Andre Carson, Indiana Democrat, while addressing a CBC event in Miami, said that some Tea Party affiliated Congressmen would love to see you and me (blacks) hanging on a tree. I would suggest Rep. Carson identify these Congressmen so we can vote them out of office.

3) Rep. Frederica Wilson, Florida Democrat, while addressing a jobs fair in Miami, said the real enemy is the Tea Party.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson also jumped on the Tea Party "dog pile". Jackson was speaking at a Martin Luther King luncheon and said the Tea Party is not new. It is reminiscent of the States' Rights groups of the past that fought federal integration. In case you forgot, Rev. Jackson was the one caught on an open microphone saying he wanted to neuter then candidate Obama.

I have been to a few Tea Party rallies and several Tea Party meetings. I have never heard a racist comment. When I attended my first Tea Party meeting, I was not greeted by a "Grand Inquisitor" at the door asking if I was a racist, homophobe, gun owner, Christian, pro life, right-wing extremist, big oil and corporate jet owner lover. I was merely welcomed to the meeting. The Tea Party has 3 core values - limited constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and free enterprise. Our monthly meetings are educational in nature. Our members are encouraged to do research on pertinent issues affecting our Country such as social security reform, health care, immigration, tax reform, deficit reduction, etc. and present position papers to the group for open and honest discussion. Although many Tea Party members are already active in community service, we have been exploring ways to increase the service by possibly partnering with other groups.

I have found my fellow Tea Party members to be well-informed individuals who care deeply about the Country. I would like the CBC to adhere to Dr. King’s ideals of judging people by their character.

Kirk Heller

Galesburg TEA Party Member

Knoxville, IL

Friday, September 2, 2011

Galesburg Tea Party 2nd Annual Rally - Sept 15, 2011

Galesburg Tea Party
2nd Annual Rally
Thursday, Sept 15, 2011
6:00p.m.
Lake Storey Pavilions 1,2 & 3

“We the People” - What We Stand For!
Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government & Free Enterprise

2011 Master of Ceremonies
Judge Harry Bulkeley & Rick Welty
2011 Guest Speakers
John Block, Former Secretary of Agriculture
Darin LaHood, Illinois State Senator
Dick Johnston,
Professor Monmouth College
Joe Mangieri,
Mangieri Electric

Enjoy patriotic music, singing and
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance!

FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

Bring your own lawn chairs,
refreshments & umbrellas!

Visit our Website
www.galesburgteaparty.org

Monday, August 29, 2011

Letter to Editor -Tea Party, a Party of Balance

This is a copy of a letter to the editor written by Dick Conklin and published in the Register Mail on 8/28/11. Thanks Dick!

It may shock some that the "Party" , the Tea Party which is told to "go to 'hades' and stay there', that is called terrorists, hostage takers, extremists is really the Party of Balance, the "Party" that is centered. This probably sounds to many like self-justifying political pablum but I'd like to offer a few examples.

In the area of taxation the Tea Party favors a flat tax rate applying to more tax payers, with virtually no loopholes or exemptions. Then the Warren Buffets of the world would no longer get away with paying less in taxes than their secretaries and GE with its billions in profits wouldn't get away with paying no taxes while other private enterprises may pay anywhere between 0 and 35% as under the current tax structure. Which is the more balanced approach this latter or current tax structure or the Tea Party's approach?

The Tea Party again favors a "Flat" or "Fair" Tax Plan ( 2 different approaches to taxation) that removes lobbyists and special interest groups from determining tax rates. This certainly is a more balanced and reasonable approach to setting tax rates and structures.

Regarding Government Spending, George Bush in his 8 years of Presidency generated nearly $5 Trillion in additional debt while President Obama nearly $4 Trillion in his 3 Years. The current debt reduction plan will actually result in an increase in our current debt of $14.4 Trillion by another $8 Trillion in10 years. None of this is balanced or centered. The Tea Party favors deficit and debt fixed in relation to a percentage of GDP. They favor a balanced budget amendment because historically congress has shown no adult capability in reigning in uncontrolled unsupportable spending.

In the area of Government intrusion in our Lives The Tea Party feels it is not the job of the government to micro manage our lives down to telling us what kind of light bulbs we can use in our own homes. When Donna Brazille, former campaign advisor for Bill Clinton and current political analyst for the DNC, opines in a recent Guest Column, that it is the government's job to protect us from corporate greed, the Tea Party would ask where she finds that power in the constitution. The problem resides in that she is making and asking the government to make a subjective value judgement and base policy on it. What is one woman's greed may be anther's incentive to create wealth for herself and jobs incidentally for others. When you have a strong central government it is only natural for it to try to intrude itself in our lives. It takes an ever vigilant citizenry to minimize the role of a strong government in picking winners and losers based on its own subjective values such as one's definition of greed over another's.

These are just a few examples of the balanced nature of the Tea Party. This will most likely not convince the hard line name callers on the other side. However, it may open the eyes of many others that the Tea Party is far more balanced in its approach than that of its demonizers.

Dick Conklin

Galesburg TEA Party

Flashback: 'Your Children Will Be Communists'

“I ask you to join me in helping to restore the individual freedoms and initiatives this nation once knew. To make government more the servant and not the master of us all. In this free nation, we do not choose to be ruled. We elect to be governed.”

Flashback: 'Your Children Will Be Communists'

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Illinois Review: Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation in July

This is what raising taxes does.

“Illinois started to create jobs as the national economy began to recover. But just when Illinois’s economy seemed to be turning around, lawmakers passed record tax increases in January of this year. Since then, Illinois’s employment numbers have done nothing but decline.”

Illinois Review: Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation in July