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Beer Is NOT a “Luxury”!
Back in 1990, in the days when President
Bush’s father famously broke on his “Read
my lips; no new taxes” pledge - Congress decided to “stick it to the
rich” by imposing a gaggle of new taxes on
“luxury” items - such as limousines,
private planes and yachts - in order to cut the budget deficit.
In the same legislation, they also DOUBLED
the federal excise tax on beer, from $9
to $18 per barrel.
Three years later, Congress rescinded most
of those “luxury” taxes, but the jacked-up
beer tax remained. In 1996, Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested rolling
back the beer tax, but efforts fizzled out. Now, Rep. Phil English (R-Penn.)
and almost 200 co-sponsors are pushing a new bill, (H.R. 1305) to cut
the beer tax in half, back to it’s pre-1991 level.
Frankly, we think the federal tax on beer
should be eliminated entirely.
Almost half of the entire cost of a bottle
of beer now goes to federal, state and
local taxes. But Rep. English’s bill to cut the beer tax in half is
a step in the right direction.
After all, for many people a cold bottle of
brew after a tough day on the job isn’t
a luxury - it’s an imperative. So please take a second to sign a petition
and send it to your representative urging him or her to support cutting
the beer tax. Go to: http://www.libertypetitions.com.
And then forward this e-mail along to
all the taxpaying beer drinkers on your e-mail list.
Cheers!
- Chuck Muth, Editor
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A Remarkable Observation
In response to the announced retirement of
Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), former Republican
National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour had this to say: “I didn’t
agree with him on everything, but thank goodness he was willing to throw
tacks in the road to stop something that was injurious to our freedom
or that conflicted with our limited,
republican form of government.” Wow. When
was the last time you heard a top political figure in this country properly
and correctly identify our form of government as a “republic,” not
a “democracy.” Not to mention the fact
that it’s supposed to be “limited.”
Gold star, Mr. Barbour.
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Democrat Rat Gets Year in Slammer
“A judge on Friday sentenced a former
aide to George W. Bush's presidential campaign
to a year in jail for mailing secret debate material to Democratic rival
Al Gore's campaign and then lying about it to a grand jury. Juanita
Lozano, who pleaded guilty to mail fraud and
perjury, admitted she leaked a 60-minute
videotape of then-Republican candidate Bush practicing for a campaign
debate and 120 pages of confidential debate material to a Gore associate.
… (U.S. District Judge Sam) Sparks also gave the former Democratic
precinct chairwoman three years' probation and fined her $3,000.”
- Reuters, 8/31/01
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No Honor Among Thieves
“It seems as though Denise Rich -
songwriter, fundraiser, Democratic donor, and
ex-wife of former federal fugitive Marc Rich - reneged on a $40,000
pledge to the Hillary Clinton Senate campaign.
… The money has to do with Hillary's
birthday celebration last October at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.
The fabulous (is there anything else to call her?) Cher required a private
plane to bring her in from California so she could perform a couple
of songs at the star-studded show. The plane
cost $40,000.
“Denise, according to the organizers,
pledged to pay the bill as one of her ongoing
donations to various Democratic party needs during the last election
year. But Denise never anted up. According to
sources who worked on the event, by the
time the invoice was presented to Rich, it was after January 20,
2001, when President Clinton pardoned Marc Rich. ‘Denise stiffed us,’
one organizer told me. ‘The campaign wound
up paying the bill rather than going
after her. It was clear she wasn't going to pay once Marc got his pardon.’"
- Roger Friedman, Fox News, 8/31/01
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Kool-Aid Anyone?
“Immigration is basically the Kevorkian
cocktail for the Republicans. It’s suicidal.”
- Dan Stein, Federation for American
Immigration Reform, opposing the Bush administration’s
efforts to “liberalize” immigration policy, Knight Ridder
Newspapers, 9/1/01
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“It’s the Marketing, Stupid!”
Kerri Houston and Merrill Matthews Jr. of
the American Conservative Union explain
why Republicans can get their candidates elected, but can’t get their
issues advanced. In short, lousy marketing. Houston and Matthews have
the remedy for what ails the GOP and too many campaigns. Read these
“hot tips” by visiting www.CampaignTraining.org
today and sign up for the FREE weekly
e-newsletter, Campaign Hot Tips.
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PC Crowd Scalps First Amendment
“A decision by Maryland's Montgomery
County school board to prohibit the use of
sports team names like Indians and Warriors -- and investigations by the
U.S. Justice Department into whether such
names create a ‘racially hostile environment’
-- is proof that political correctness has trumped civil liberties.
“’There is no sensitivity exception to
the First Amendment,’ said national director,
Steve Dasbach. "The fact that some Native Americans are offended
by some Indian-themed sports team names does
not give the government the right to
prohibit such names. As long as we have a First Amendment in this country,
the government should shut down its Department of Hurt Feelings -- and
get off the warpath on the issue of Indian sports team names."
- Libertarian Party news release, 8/31/01
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Feminism Running Amok
“While women’s groups want to take as
much opportunity as they can away from male
athletes, they also want to take over the head coaching positions, too
- on men’s teams. The latest example of this misguided effort is Geraldine
Fuhr. Fuhr was turned down for the position of head coach of the boys
varsity basketball team at Hazel Park High School in Hazel Park, Mich.,
in favor of a male candidate with less
experience. She sued and, this month,
was awarded $455,000 in damages by an all-female jury. Even more ludicrous,
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley compared Fuhr to Joan of
Arc, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony.
“...Coaching high school boys is one of
the many jobs where sex discrimination
is not only justified, it should be a requirement. Young, high-school-aged
boys need a male coach. They need a father figure on the sidelines
- a man to show them how to be a man.”
- Columnist Debbie Schlussel,
WorldNetDaily.com, 8/21/01
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Socialist Insecurity
“Unfortunately, the American people have
been misled about how Congress spends
Social Security funds. When FDR implemented the system in the 1930s,
it was touted as a supplemental pension plan
for the working class. Most believed
that Congress would put their money away for them, let it grow, and
pay them a monthly retirement benefit roughly
comparable to a private pension plan.
In other words, the system was supposed to be a retirement savings
plan, not a tax. It certainly was not supposed to serve as a massive
slush fund for Congress.
“The problem, however, is that Social
Security is not run like a private pension
plan; it’s run like a pyramid scheme by a Congress that cannot stop
spending. Every dollar collected is spent.
There is no account full of money with
your name on it. Indeed, the Social Security trust fund exists only
on paper. Your federal retirement benefits are nothing more than a Treasury
department IOU. The money withheld from your paycheck goes to pay CURRENT
retirees - and there’s no guarantee that revenues will exist to pay
your benefits when you retire.”
- Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), “Texas
Straight Talk,” 8/27/01
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COMING EVENTS
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* The Young Republican Federation of
Virginia “Promise of Virginia Youth Tour
2001.” Saturday, September 8, with House of Delegates and statewide
candidates. Meet and greet individuals such as
gubernatorial candidate Mark Earley,
and hit the street at five pep rallies around the state. For more information,
please go to www.yrfv.org or contact Amy
Yeung at amy_yeung@yahoo.com
* The American Conservative Union’s “Policy
Boot Camp” for candidates September
9-11 at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA 703.524.6400.
Cost: $495.00 (includes all classes,
materials, meals and receptions). For further
information contact Kerri Houston at 972.446.6854 or Khouston@conservative.org
or go to: www.conservative.org
* The 2001 Republican Minority Conference
will be held September 14-15, 2001 in
Jacksonville, Florida. For additional information, go to: www.RepublicanMinorityConference.com
or contact Jennifer Carroll at (904) 233-5548
* 24th Mackinac Republican Leadership
Conference at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac
Island - September 21 - 23, 2001. For additional information, go to:
http://www.mackinacconference.com/
* National Federation of Republican Women’s
31st biennial convention in San Antonio,
Texas September 21-23. $375 after September 1. There’s also a two-day
Campaign Management School available for an additional $150. For
additional information, e-mail NFRWconvention@smithfairfield.com
* Education Leaders Council's 6th annual
conference Sept. 28-29 in Atlanta, GA.
Speakers include Education Secretary Rod Paige, House Education Committee
Chairman John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Florida Lt.
Gov. Frank T. Brogan, nationally-known reformers Howard Fuller, Jeanne
Allen and Checker Finn. Go to www.educationleaders.org
or call 1-800-521-2118.
* 2001 Western States Republican Leadership
Conference: October 4-7 at the Resort
at the Mountain in the Mt. Hood National Forest. $250 per person ($350
after August 1). For details, contact the Oregon Republican Party at
(503) 587-9233 or go to their web site at: www.orgop.com
* Leadership Institute (www.leadershipinstitute.org)
hosts Conservative Leadership
Conference in Arlington, VA at the Hilton Hotel across from Ronald
Reagan National Airport: October 25-27, 2001.
* Republican Governor’s Association
meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on November
8-10.
* CPAC 2002. The 29th Annual Conservative
Political Action Conference at the
Crystal Gateway Marriot in Arlington, VA from January 31 through February
2, 2002. For information, contact Christian Josi at (703) 739-2550 or
visit: www.cpac.org.
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