TEA PARTY of WEST MICHIGAN CORE PRINCIPLES

These are the positions which we encourage government officials to actively and vocally take as they protect and defend the original meaning of our founding documents.

1. To preserve the economic future for our children.
2. To work for a return to the principles of our governing constitution.
3. To demand limited government.
4. To promote the free market that made our country the leader of the world.
5. To give support for individual rights, and property rights.
6. To provide a platform for giving like-minded people a voice.

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Reading List

This is my personal favorites reading list.  I will be adding more.  But this is a start.  I think the order they are in is a good one or at least it was for me except the fiction are good at anytime.  I've put them here because the authors seem to be on our Tea Party wave length or in the case of Ayn Rand she was ahead of us.  --  Tina

The 5000 Year Leap, Principles of Freedom 101.  Skousen published by National Center for Constitutional Studies.  (I have soft cover copies of this book for $10 which is what I paid for them).

The Law, The Classic Blueprint for a Free Society,Frederic Bastiat  (I'm sure the American Opinion Bookstore has this one)

The Road to Serfdom,Text and Documents, The Definitive Edition, F.A. Hayek.  (I believe they may sell this at the American Opinion Bookstore along with other major bookstores) 

The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers,(There are many different editions out there and I know the American Opinion Bookstore and others will carry this)

Atlus Shrugged,Ayn Rand (fiction)

The Hunger Games,Suzanne Collins (fiction) coming out this March in theaters.

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A win for the Tea Parties in Michigan and a win for Michigan. 

It's not over yet but it's a big nail in the coffin.  Hopefully it will give the Supreme Court yet another reason to find ObamaCare unconstitutional.  As more and more states refuse to write the Exchanges that have to be written according to ObamaCare, the more we'll show that we mean business and that this bill is unconstitutional.  If the Supreme Court still does not find it so we need to move to nullify it. 

State health exchange hits snag