Tag: Michigan tea party

Rallies to be held:

Friday, Oct. 19 In Traverse City at Streeters 12 noon!
1669 S. Garfield Ave, Traverse City
Special guest:
State Rep. Greg MacMaster

State Rep. Greg MacMaster of Kewadin was elected in November 2010 to his first term in the Michigan House to represent residents of Antrim, Otsego, Cheboygan and Charlevoix counties.

Add'l rally stops:

Friday, Oct. 19 in Cheboygan--5 to 6:30
at the Opera House at 403 N. Huron Street

Sat., Oct. 20 in Sault Sainte Marie--3 to 4:30
at Studebaker's restaurant (the Oak Room)
3583 Interstate 75 Business Square

Sun., Oct. 21 in Newberry--12noon to 1:30
at Zellar's Village Inn 7553 M-123 in Newberry

Above: "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" Rally Held in Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Above: "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" Rally Held in Brighton, MI on October 8th.

"Polls show that Michigan is one of the most competitive states in the nation, with the margin between the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan ticket now down to 3% or less," said Lloyd Marcus, Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama which has organized the "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" tour.

One of the two "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" tour buses.

"Michigan's 16 Electoral Votes are up for grabs and we're going to make sure that they fall into the Romney/Ryan column on Election Day," said Lloyd Marcus.

Traverse City, Michigan marks the fifth stop in the latest swing of the "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" tour through Michigan, which will include 17 rallies across the Lower and Upper Peninsulas from October 16th - October 22nd and a return trip through the state from October 28th - October 31st.

Previously, the "Rebuild America - Defeat Obama" tour had crossed the Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan, holding 15 rallies.

To date, The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama PAC has spent nearly $800,000 on ads opposing Barack Obama's re-election.

"We're doing more than just running TV and radio ads in Michigan. We're also helping organize phone banking and Get Out the Vote operations that will likely be the determining factor in this race. We are going to turn out the vote and turn Michigan 'red' on November 6th!" declared Andrea Shea King, Co-Vice Chair of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.

Michigan TEA Party activists, a growing movement across the state, convened near Lansing on Saturday, June 13th, 2009, to hear speakers, learn about grassroots activism, and show a sense of support for possible 2010 ballot initiatives.  The Michigan FairTax Proposal (MFTP) was selected by the majority of voting delegates as the proposal of choice to unify behind and support, from amongst four suggested initiatives.  The MI FairTax focuses on job creation and economic growth by changing the method and structure of the state's tax system from taxing income to taxing retail consumption.

In my first essay in this series, "The Government's Authority to Tax," I mentioned that all arguments to the contrary aside, the government (federal, state, and by extension local) does have the constitutional authority to levy and collect taxes.  The secret to permanently reforming the government lies in constitutionally restricting its ability to tax at will.  While this will be difficult to accomplish at the federal level, the Michigan FairTax Proposal makes this something readily doable at the state level.  But the government's misuse of its legitimate authority is not the only reason to support and pass the MFTP; and with this in mind, I present the second essay the "Continuing to Beat the Fair Tax Drum" series here (with a hat-tip to John Crawford for the basic idea):

Michigan TEA Party activists, a growing movement across the state, convened near Lansing on Saturday, June 13th, 2009, to hear speakers, learn about grassroots activism, and show a sense of support for possible 2010 ballot initiatives.  The Michigan FairTax Proposal (MFTP) was selected by the majority of voting delegates as the proposal of choice to unify behind and support, from amongst four suggested initiatives.  The MI FairTax focuses on job creation and economic growth by changing the method and structure of the state's tax system from taxing income to taxing retail consumption.

It's a fairly well-known fact to regular contributors to this site, to my associates at the Kent County Republican Committee, Libertarian Party of West Michigan, and TEA Party of West Michigan, and to just about anyone who knows me well that I am an open and unapologetic (and occasionally shameless) advocate for, and supporter of, the Michigan FairTax Proposal.  I am so because I have done the "deep-digging" homework on this proposal, and fully understand its value.  With this in mind, I intend to present a series of essays to explain the reasoning behind this proposal in what should be an easy-to-understand way - under the umbrella title of "Continuing to Beat the Fair Tax Drum."  The first of these essays I present here: