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FAITH IN ACTION

From: Gary Marx

The Conservative Action Project, chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese, is designed to facilitate conservative leaders working together on behalf of common goals.  Participants include the CEOs of over 100 organizations representing all major elements of the conservative movement—economic, social and national security. MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT DON’T LET OBAMA’s “FISCAL CLIFF” become AMERICA’s SLIPPERY SLOPE 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) ANY “GRAND BARGAIN” MUST INCLUDE:

  1. NO NET TAX INCREASE
  2. NO DE-COUPLING OF TAX RATES
  3. NO SEQUESTER WITHOUT REAL SPENDING REDUCTIONS
  4. NO TWO-STEP PROCESS THAT KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
  5. NO INCREASE TO THE DEBT LIMIT WITHOUT BUDGET CUTS and SPENDING CAPS 
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. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE “FISCAL CLIFF” ISSUE SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323830404578143481447216310.html?mod=hp_opinion http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/charles-krauthammer-fiscal-cliff_n_2215815.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-a-cliff-of-democrats-choosing/2012/11/28/0320513c-38ce-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2012/11/28/democrats-must-move-on-entitlements-in-cliff-deal-bowles-says/ http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2012/11/26/republicans-will-stick-to-grover-norquists-tax-pledge http://heritageaction.com/2012/11/reckless-spending-is-the-real-cause-of-americas-fiscal-problem/ http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/334264/repeat-after-me-social-security-adds-deficit-veronique-de-rugy http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-obamas-time-to-lead-on-entitlements/2012/11/27/0430b112-38c8-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333990/transparency-walk-walk-mr-president-john-fund http://www.nationaljournal.com//blogs/influencealley/2012/11/gop-fix-the-debt-group-too-one-sided-on-fiscal-cliff-26 http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/27/social-security-fiscal-cliff/1730631/ http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/269469-obama-tries-to-corner-gop-on-top-tax-rates http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/11/26/higher-gas-tax-idea-joins-fiscal-cliff-talks/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grover-norquist/fiscal-cliff_b_2173978.html http://netrightdaily.com/2012/11/the-real-fiscal-cliff/ http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=312094 http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2012/11/18/well-never-reach-the-fiscal-cliff-and-it-wouldnt-matter-if-we-did/ http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=310753

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