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From: Ron Paul
To: Liberty Activist
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:38 PM
Subject: Debt ceiling betrayal
Dear Liberty Activist,
With President Obama determined to see our country's debt limit raised,
will House
Speaker John Boehner and other Washington insiders sell the Tea Party and our
nation down
the river?
Only one thing will stop this from happening: You and I raising a cry of
opposition
that scares sense back into the Republican leadership.
I'm doing all I can. Will you join me?
It's time we say "NO" to more government and begin the necessary
unwinding of wasteful
spending in ALL areas.
If you agree, please sign the petition urging your representative and
senators to
REJECT the White House's compromise efforts and instead immediately join me in
signing the
"Cut, Cap, and Balance" pledge to bring critical changes to how government
operates.
It's vital Congress hears from you now.
If they don't, I'm still afraid we're just days away from a full-blown
BETRAYAL.
That means NO Balanced Budget Amendment and NO real spending cuts.
And maybe even tax hikes in exchange for weak "promises" of limited
spending cuts
sometime down the line!
I wish this was all just a bad joke.
But that's the "deal" President Obama is offering the Republican
Leadership.
Of course, the Washington political establishment knows such limited cuts
won't save
our economy – but they sure look good for the cameras and give politicians
talking points
for their reelections.
So, without your IMMEDIATE action, I'm afraid American citizens will get
sold out
again.
That's why I need you to help me draw a line in the sand.
Such compromises as are being currently floated should never be seriously
considered
for even a second, but the Republican Party never seems to learn its lesson.
It fell for the exact same type of "dealmaking" during Ronald Reagan's
second term.
In 1986, the Democrats promised 3 to 1 in spending cuts in exchange for
tax increases.
The tax increases came. The spending cuts did not.
Then again in 1990, Republicans made virtually the same deal, and again
tax increases
came – the spending cuts did not.
Republicans must not take this bait and be fooled again.
If they do, I can promise you President Obama will be ecstatic.
Should he get his way, he knows he could have the Tea Party on life
support.
The fact is, Republicans were put back in power during the last election
to STOP the
runaway spending in Washington, D.C. – not cut "deals" and increase taxes and
spending.
Should they cave on their Tea Party mandate now, I believe the GOP will
pay a severe
price at the ballot box in 2012.
I also think that President Obama believes the same.
You see, he knows the American people are outraged and demanding true
change.
But he's also desperate to keep the government's out-of-control spending
machine
rolling along, so he's eager to create yet another meaningless deal that
provides him with
some campaign trail rhetoric about supposed "change."
Now is the time to press our advantage and reform Washington.
It's time to show some backbone.
After all, if the Republican Leadership won't join me in FIGHTING the Big
Spending,
Big Government status quo in Washington, D.C. NOW, when will they ever?
Our national debt is $14.3 TRILLION. The "official" unemployment rate is
over 9%!
Our country's deficit is increasing at a rate of nearly $4 BILLION per
day.
When will the leadership of BOTH parties start showing that they are
SERIOUS about
addressing our nation's problems?
The answer is when you and I MAKE them.
To win this fight we must get hundreds of Members of Congress to keep the
pressure up
on Speaker Boehner and the Republican Leadership.
Any "deal" to raise the debt limit that doesn't include "Cut, Cap and
Balance" needs
to be declared dead on arrival.
Quite simply, I am running for President to fundamentally change the way
government
operates, not just tinker around the edges.
I was the first Presidential candidate to sign on to the "Cut, Cap, and
Balance"
pledge.
The "Cut, Cap, and Balance" pledge states that members of Congress will
not vote to
give even a dollar more to raise the debt ceiling without certain conditions
being met.
These conditions include one-year cuts in spending totaling at least $500
BILLION, a
cap on federal spending, AND passage of the Mike Lee/Rand Paul Balanced Budget
Amendment.
You and I cannot allow our elected officials to continue to throw our
country's future
down the drain with backroom deals and reckless, unchecked spending.
It's vital we FORCE Washington, D.C. to change course right NOW!
But it's going to take a massive outpouring of grassroots opposition from
folks like
you to make that happen.
Every Congressman and Senator needs to hear from millions of Americans
that any
business-as-usual compromise is unacceptable.
So please help me defeat any phony "deals" and FORCE Washington, D.C.'s
political
establishment to change its ways.
And if you can, please make a generous contribution to my campaign to
Restore America
Now so we can spread my message of fiscal sanity and responsibility to millions
of more
Americans.
Time is running out, so please act NOW!
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
P.S. President Obama is convinced that if the Republican Leadership
caves in on his
demands for an increase in the debt ceiling and tax hikes to go along with only
promises of
limited spending cuts, he'll have the Tea Party on life support.
That's why it's vital you sign the petition urging your representative
and senators to
reject phony compromises and join me in taking the "Cut, Cap, and Balance"
pledge right
away.
And I hope you can follow this action with a contribution to help me run
a top-notch
campaign in key states to rein in an out-of-control government and Restore
America Now.
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www.ronpaul2012.com
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