AN INNOVATIVE PATH TO THE FUTURE
Dear Colleague:
As we gear up for the 111th Congress, our beliefs seem under fire. Countless election ’08 post-mortems appearing in newspapers across the country have cast doubt on the GOP’s ability to carry on as a viable political party. Some have even gone so far as to proclaim that conservative principles have become irrelevant – if not dead – as a response to our nation’s formidable challenges. To many in the pundit class, our party is finished.
These tales of doom are flatly absurd. In the face of a grueling economic slowdown, the Democrats intend to raise taxes on capital investment and the incomes of those they deem “rich,†two-thirds of whom are small businesses that are engines of job creation. How could there possibly be a time where GOP tenets like low taxes are more necessary?
Like you, I know how invaluable common sense conservative principles are to maintaining a healthy and vibrant democracy. Our nation is at its finest when individuals have the incentives and ability to work, invent, invest and responsibly carve out their own destinies. That’s why Republican goals are tied to free markets, limiting government, keeping taxes low, spending wisely and governing more transparently and effectively. Building an agenda of reform based on self-empowerment and entrepreneurialism is absolutely essential to expanding our tent and making inroads with an increasingly diverse electorate.
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