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At the origin of America, our Founding Fathers built this country on 28 powerful principles. These principles were culled from all over the world and from centuries of great thinkers. The original 28 principles are in print in The Five Thousand Year Leap. These principles have been distilled down to the 9 basic principles.
The formation of Constitutional TEA Party is based on these principles. The TEA parties held from coast-to-coast are based on these principles of our Founding Fathers.
So, how do we show America what’s really behind the curtain? Read The 9 Principles. If you believe in at least seven of them, then we have something in common. Join with us at Constitutional TEA Party to spread these principles, one person at a time.
1. America Is Good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.”
from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Honesty“I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
George Washington
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.”
Thomas Jefferson
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.”
Thomas Jefferson
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.”
Thomas Jefferson
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.”
George Washington
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.”
George Washington
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.”
Thomas Jefferson
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude
The War Room Back To Top
To keep the momentum going on our side, please use these tools to make it easier for you to communicate with your House and Senate representative. And share them with everyone you know--we need as many people working on our side as possible. Together, we can stop this Washington health care power grab in it tracks, forcing Congress to start over and instead draft patient-centered reform, not politician-centered reform.
Please take action in defense of liberty:
1) Call Congress to where you can easily connect with your representatives. House Senate
2) Email Congress to easily send your message to Capitol Hill. House Senate
3) Boots on The Ground to see other ideas on how to make your voice heard click here
4) Access updated Talking Points click here
ALSO: Hand-write letters to your elected officials in Washington, and get your friends to do so too. Then, bundle the letters and hand deliver them to your elected officials or mail them (which takes about 2-3 weeks to get to them).
Boots On The Ground Back To Top
District Office Visits
Can't reach your Senator or Representative on the phone? Visit their local district office. It's effective. It's fun. It doesn't hurt. This is an important way to take your message right to their doorstep. Go by yourself or take some friends. Your Congressmen need to hear from you in person.
- Call ahead to set up an appointment/make sure the office will be open. Try to reach an aide that works on healthcare.
- Bring a copy of our talking points to leave behind and remind the staff where you stand.
- Deliver hand written letters from constituents or a petition and politely explain your position. Send us pictures!
Letter Writing Party
Hand written letters are an important way to communicate your message in a personal way and are extremely effective. Not an economist? Not a problem. Anyone with commonsense can explain why more government means more problems.
- Pick a place to write letters like your home or a restaurant.
- Call your friends and neighbors - remind them to come armed with paper and pens.
- Discuss the issue and write a clear, straight-forward letter explaining why you oppose ObamaCare and how it will effect you. You can use talking points if you get stuck. And send us pictures!
Other Ideas
- Hold an imprompu demonstration outside your legislator's district office. Make sure you call the local media to get press.
- Join your state's Ning page to recruit, organize, and brainstorm.
- Take our talking points door to door to educate your neighbors and urge them to get active.
- Write a letter to the editor. Congressmen read them.
- Invite local healthcare experts and hold a town hall meeting to answer questions people might have.
- Above all, send pictures.
Talking Points Back To Top
The health care “reform” legislation that is moving through the House and Senate fails to offer the common sense reforms our system needs and instead decreases our health insurance choices and makes health care more expensive with higher taxes.
TELL YOUR SENATORS AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:
- Riddled with Taxes: This legislation is riddled with tax hikes. They start by taxing those earning over $10,831 year who don’t buy health insurance $750—a tax that escalates to $3,800 as income rises. Health insurance, health care devices and drugs are also taxed, adding to the cost of health care, and decreasing the competitiveness of these businesses.
- Medicare Cuts: The bill cuts $500 billion in Medicare spending, including over $130 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage and nearly $120 billion in Medicare cuts for hospitals that care for seniors. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says they “expected the Medicare Advantage plans to lose 2.7 million enrollees over the next decade” as a result.
- Raises Insurance Prices: CBO also finds “premiums in the new insurance exchanges would tend to be higher than the average premiums in the current-law individual market…”
- Force, Not Choice: This legislation includes an “individual mandate” forcing all Americans to purchase health insurance, like the Massachusetts law. Taxpayer subsidies will be given to those earning up to three times the federal poverty level. Those not qualifying for subsides will be taxed up to $3,800 if they do not buy insurance, and the Joint Tax Committee has confirmed failure to pay your fine could result in jail time. The experience in Massachusetts has left those caught in between unable to afford insurance and having to pay the tax.
- Big Insurance Boondoggle: Forcing all the uninsured into insurance could bring as much as $200 billion a year in new premiums to insurance companies, including $465 billion in subsidies over 10 years.
- Privacy Violation: This legislation would allow law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and the Department of Justice unprecedented unfettered access to medical records.
- No Lawsuit Reform: This legislation fails to curb junk lawsuits. It doesn’t even implement the “demonstrations projects” on reform the President called for (despite the fact that states like Mississippi have already done so and seen medical malpractice insurance premiums drop 42 percent). Instead, it will “express the Sense of the Senate that health care reform presents an opportunity to address issues related to medical malpractice and medical liability insurance.”
- Bipartisan Opposition: The only thing bipartisan about this bill is the opposition to it.
- In the Senate, a vote for "cloture" on this legislation is a vote in favor of government-run health care. We will be watching your vote closely. VOTE NO!