CCV GOALS AND PRIORITIES



CCV GOALS AND PRIORITY ISSUES

At our initial meeting early in 2010, the Concerned Coastal Voters developed the following major goals for our organization to pursue:

1. To publicly present conservative views in a professional, factual manner and to counter misinformation where appropriate.

2. To research topics of interest at the national and state levels, and share the information among members of our group.
3. To identify and pursue the most effective venues for disseminating factual information related to our priority issues.

4. To expand membership of our group to like-minded persons regardless of their political affiliation.


Some of the Issues We Care Most About:


1. Free Enterprise Economy (e.g., fiscal responsibility, tax policies that promote growth of businesses, jobs, and general prosperity, elimination of unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation)


2. Limited, responsible, and responsive government.


3. Strong national defense, including border security.


4. Adherence by politicians and the courts to the Constitution and the rights of the individual. (e.g., civil rights, freedom of expression, right to bear arms)


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Friday, April 8, 2011

Hear the People (Letter to Independent Coast Observer)

Democrats are raging hypocrites, complaining that Republicans won’t allow the “vote of the people” on extending taxes. The People voted down similar propositions two years ago, and polls show they were ready to vote it down again if given the chance. Republicans wanted The People to be allowed to vote on cutting current and future public employee pensions and setting spending caps, and polls showed The People were ready to do just that. So Democrats wouldn’t allow Republicans to put pension and spending reform on the ballot if Republicans allowed a vote on tax extensions.
Now there won’t be a vote by The People on tax extensions. If by some miracle (the Age of Miracles has past) Democrats get taxes on the November ballot, they won’t be tax extensions, they’ll be tax increases. The People won’t approve tax increases, just like they wouldn’t approve an extension.
The teachers’ unions propose putting increasing taxes on the rich on the November ballot. They think Californians can always be counted on to increase taxes, as long as it’s not on themselves. They’re right, but there’s no way they’ll get enough signatures in time to put it on the November ballot. Anyway, California is in deep financial troubles now because its income taxation is focused on taxing the rich. Any economic downturn quickly becomes a disaster, since over half of Californian “taxpayers” don’t pay any California income taxes.
California does not have a low taxation problem – it’s already one of the highest tax states. California has a spending problem, and Republicans are the only ones trying to slow it down. The People have spoken.

Michael B. Combs
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