FInally! Contract with America 2010!

Tired of waiting for my Party to create a new Contract with America for today's issues, I finally wrote it myself -- just as Newt Gingrich did when he first ran for Congress. I am a solid Constitutional Conservative Republican running for Congress in Nevada CD1. After speaking out all year and helping to drive hundreds of conservatives to the Clark County Republican Party, I finally announced my own candidacy for the toughest race in the state. With strong Grass Roots support and involvement with the TEA Party movement from the very beginning, I realized I could use my position to call all Republican leaders back to the principles of our own platform and the Constitution.

My Contract with America 2010 consists of 7 Principles and will be accompanied by 10 proposed pieces of legislation. I hope to receive suggestions from sitting Conservative Republican members of the House and Senate on legislation that has been blocked so far by Democrats, but I have also included the Balanced Budget Amendment from the original contract as well as legislation I have written ending automatic citizenship for children born to illegals, repeal the Tip Tax and Inheritance Tax, etc.

The 7 Principles are based on issues that the American People agree with us on 70 - 80%. That's a LOT of Republicans, Democrats and Independents and they are all Conservative in nature.

1) SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION against all enemies foreign and domestic.
2) NATIONAL SECURITY: win the war against terrorists who have declared war on the United States.
3) FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY: reduce government spending and repeal failed bailouts.
4) LOWER TAXES: unleash the free market economy to increase jobs.
5) ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: streamline the immigration bureaucracy to support LEGAL immigrants and end the free flow of ILLEGAL immigrants.
6) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: use all of America's available, untapped resources.
7) 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS: every government has the right to arm itself and in America, the People are the government.

The full text and proposed legislation can be viewed online at http://tatner.com/articles/contract.pdf

These are indeed alarming times, and we need to make a bold statement to define ourselves that even our elected leaders cannot ignore. Sadly, too many Republican leaders haven't understood that when you reach out halfway to the Democrats, you move halfway towards Socialism and halfway away from the Constitution. To many baby steps like this over the past 30 years since Ronald Reagan are what have emboldened the Democrat leaders who have be completely taken over by outspoken Marxists, Maoists and Socialists. As Americans, and especially as elected leaders, we must be just as outspoken for our principles based on the teachings of the Founding Fathers.

I am a loud voice for Conservatism and I am a proud Republican. We have nothing to be shy or fearful about. Republicans are the Party that freed the slaves, promoted Civil Rights, and reversed the devastation to the economy caused by Jimmy Carter. We can take back our country and restore America's prosperity, but we need YOUR help.

Actually, my actual contract has proposed legislation that gets into much greater detail. But yes, we need to hire more ICE agents to patrol the border and actually do their job. Unfortunately, we've been told by our own government that if Arizona sends illegals to be deported ICE will just release them. That's outrageous, so I have a solution. Put them all on a bus to Los Angeles which has declared itself a sanctuary city. Overrun LA with illegals using their health services and clogging their system until they figure out this is a really bad idea.

Carl Paladino’s Contract With New York

Cut taxes and spending by ten percent in the first six months of his administration and cut spending by a total of twenty percent in his first year;

Review every department and agency of state government to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness and necessity and cut programs not benefiting the taxpayer;

Cut the State’s income tax on manufacturing to keep these businesses in New York, preserve jobs, and attract new ones here;

Cut optional Medicaid benefits back by $20 billion - saving New Yorkers $10 billion;

Limit the total time a State Legislator can serve to no more than 8 years;

Eliminate the State Legislators’ pension plans and their discounted lifetime health care coverage since serving in the State Legislature is a part-time position - or make them work full time for full benefits;

Require a super majority of 60% of both Houses of the State Legislature in order to raise any state taxes;

Require State Legislators - including exempted attorneys - to fully disclose the amount and all sources of outside income to guard against conflicts of interest.

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