Comrade of the Month!
Our country is at a crossroads. Bailout fever, trillion dollar deficits, and less economic freedom are on the horizon thanks to liberals pushing anti-growth policies in Washington and across the country. So let's condemn their discredited ideas with an award!
Starting this month, the Club will be giving out the "Comrade of the Month" award to the person who best lives up to the policies of big-government redistribution and restrictions on economic freedom.
Throughout each month, we'll encourage anyone to send us a nominee. You can do so here. Who qualifies as a nominee? Mostly public officials, but frankly, it can be anybody who supports and enables the kind of anti-growth policies that would cripple our economy and send us reeling into poverty.
Here are some good examples:
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) once said, "[W]e've been guided by a Republican administration who believes in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it and they have an antipathy towards the means of redistributing wealth."
Or when talking about her support for the auto bailout on the Senate floor, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said: "...this is the Christmas season. My goodness, let's take a chance on this. Let's take a chance on this."
And let's not forget what President-elect Obama said just yesterday: "Only government can break the vicious cycles that are crippling our economy."
But it doesn't have to be a person's comments that will win them the award. It might be a bill they propose. Acting as everyone's Big Brother, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced a bill last year that would "force the Federal Communications Commission to turn down the volume of television commercials." Regrettably, Eshoo's colleagues Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced their support for it, along with 61(!) other members of the House.
Once the month ends, we will take all of the nominations, and whittle them down to the 5 worst. Then we'll let Club members vote to see who wins the notorious award.
No encroachment on liberty is too small to not be considered for the award so please SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION TODAY.
