Don’t Let Obama’s “Fiscal Cliff” Become America’s Slippery Slope
Today I joined with almost 40 other prominent Americans representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement who have united on the “Fiscal Cliff” issue with the following Memo for the Movement:
ANY “GRAND BARGAIN” MUST INCLUDE:
- NO NET TAX INCREASE
- NO DE-COUPLING OF TAX RATES
- NO SEQUESTER WITHOUT REAL SPENDING REDUCTIONS
- NO TWO-STEP PROCESS THAT KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
- NO INCREASE TO THE DEBT LIMIT WITHOUT BUDGET CUTS and SPENDING CAPS
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PLEDGES MADE SHOULD BE PLEDGES KEPT!!!
RE: Averting the “Fiscal Cliff” through significant spending cuts, entitlement reform, and tax reform with lower rates for individuals. The Federal government clearly has a problem with spending money it doesn’t have—see $16 trillion debt.
ISSUE IN BRIEF: The term “Fiscal Cliff” is the name given to the possible effect if a number of laws–due to expire–are not extended or modified. The result would be tax increases and spending cuts. These are all coming to a head at the same time because Congress passed and the President signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 enacting automatic spending cuts to begin on January 2, 2013.
ACTION: Conservatives should insist that negotiations on any “Grand Bargain” be an open process for the citizens to observe for themselves and President Obama should submit a plan in the form of actual legislation so all will have time to read it and express their opinions to their elected representatives.
Edwin Meese III, former Attorney General
William Wilson, President, Americans for Limited Government
David N. Bossie, President, Citizens United
Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Myron Ebell, President, Freedom Action
Duane Parde, President, National Taxpayers Union
Phil Burress, President, Citizen for Community Values Action (Ohio)
Kay R. Daly, President, Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Stuart W. Epperson, President, Council for National Policy
Alan Gottlieb, President, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
Penny Nance, President, Concerned Women for America
Floyd Brown, President, Western Center for Journalism
David Williams, President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
Terrence Scanlon, President, Capital Research Center
Gene Mills, President, Louisiana Family Forum
Alfred Regnery, President, The Paul Revere Project
George Landrith, President, Frontiers of Freedom
Elaine Donnelly, President, Center for Military Readiness
Tom Schatz, President, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
Andrea Lafferty, President, Traditional Values Coalition
Gary Bauer, President, American Values
Dr. Herb London, President Emeritus, Hudson Institute
Amy Kremer, Chairman, Tea Party Express
Brent Bozell, Chairman, ForAmerica
James Martin, Chairman, 60 Plus Association
J. Kenneth Blackwell, Chairman, Coalition for a Conservative Majority
Peter Thomas, Chairman, The Conservative Caucus
Mathew D. Staver, Chairman, Liberty Counsel Action
Mallory Factor, Chairman, The Charleston Meeting
Rev. Louis Sheldon, Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition
Richard Viguerie, Chairman, ConservativeHQ.com
Tom Donelson, Chairman, Americas Pac
Bill Pascoe, Executive Vice President, Citizens for the Republic
Susan Carleson, Chairman & CEO, American Civil Rights Union
Heather Higgins, President & CEO, Independent Women’s Voice
Marc Rotterman, Senior Fellow, John Locke Foundation
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Faith & Freedom Coalition
(All organizations listed for Identification purposes only)