Leveraging Your Political Money

People often talk about how to leverage your investment money, or how to leverage your credit to obtain a mortgage, but few explore the ways to leverage their political money.

It might seem odd to think of it that way, but who you support politically has a great deal to do with how your other investment will fare. For example, those who support lower capital gains rates support your efforts to build a retirement fund and save for college. Those who support higher rates want to make you more dependent on Big Government to provide those services.

If you've been following the successes of the Republican Contract With America, you know that the freshman class had a great deal to do with the success of that program in cutting the deficit, making Congress follow its own rules (i.e., the laws of this country) and getting the U.S. back on the right track with programs that actually work.

However, the reactionary left has responded in its usual demagogic fashion. Spinning tales of deceit about "cuts" in this program or that and accusing the Republicans of wanting to starve children and throw the elderly out into the street. Those who knew the truth could only shake their head at this latter-day doublespeak as the mainstream media dropped the ball again and again on the issues by failing to challenge any of the leftist lies or allow the Republicans equal time to refute the nonsense.

Fortunately the American public turned to talk radio and candidates for the truth, and the Republicans swept into power in both houses of Congress. Shocking the left and the media, they then made good on their promises and voted on all ten issues, passing nine of them. (All but term limits.)

The cycle has begun again, this time in a Presidential election year. Big Labor has decided to make a last stand this year, and is pouring in $35 million in order to try and stop the progress that has been made to clean up government and make it more responsible. Frightened by the progress made in free markets they've used money taken by force from some workers to lobby against programs that those workers support! The Enviro-Whackos are also out in full force, lying about what the Contract with America means for the environment.

To counter this threat, we must support the Republican members of Congress in general, and the freshman class in particular. Where does the leveraging come in? Some of the most prominent members of the on-line Republican community have banded together to form Freshman PAC, a political action committee dedicated to re-electing the top ten targets of Big Labor, Enviro-Whackos, and other extremist, far-left organizations.

With your help, and the help of others we reach, we will support as many of these candidates as we can. I say we because I am one of those on-line activists using my influence to support the cause. I don't usually get involved in actual campaigns because of the time constraints of running the Reagan Information Page, but this cause is so good, and the need is so great that I could not in good conscience decline.

How can you help? Visit the web page for the Freshman PAC at [old URL for Freshman PAC] and fill out the contribution form! By sending in $25, $50, or more we will all leverage our money into re-electing the best defenders of the Contract with America and other Republican programs. Fighting Big Labor, Enviro-Whackos and other far left-wing organizations requires money but by leveraging our money we can defeat them and their attempts to turn America back to the failed policies of the past Democratic congresses.

Be sure and forward this to email lists and newsgroups so we can reach as many people as possible. Those of you on community-level campaigns should feel free to print out copies and hand them out to your neighbors. The postal address for Freshman PAC is

				[Note, the PAC is no longer active.]
		

Remember, it's not just your money, it's your future. Let's tell the far-left we don't want to go back to the era of failed policies, we want to continue forward into the 21st century!

The Freshman PAC is no longer active, but there are many fine PACs out there that deserve your support! Check with your friends and neighbors to see which ones they like, and visit the FEC site for the current list of PACs.

...few explore the ways to leverage their political money.

Big Labor has decided to make a last stand this year, and is pouring in $35 million in order to try and stop the progress that has been made to clean up government and make it more responsible.

...visit the FEC site for the current list of PACs.