Resounding Victory for Election Integrity

July 1, 2021

Decision affirms a state’s basic right to set its voter rules to ensure election security

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning released the following statement on United States Supreme Court Brnovich vs. DNC ruling:

“Expect a renewed, desperate effort by Democrats in the House and Senate to destroy the chain-of-custody for ballots in the wake of today’s Supreme Court Brnovich v. DNC decision.

“The Court held by a 6-3 margin that the state of Arizona did not have discriminatory intent, nor did its policy of disqualifying votes cast outside of a person’s precinct and the prohibition on ballot harvesting  have a disproportionate impact on racial minorities.

“This decision affirms a state’s basic right to set its voter rules to ensure election security and that the one-person-one-vote principle is upheld. It should be cheered across America as an affirmation that cheating will not be institutionalized so long as Congress is stopped from passing far-left election laws that attack voter identification, chain-of-custody, and accurate counting of election results. This is a victory but Americans must continue fighting to ensure that Congress does not overturn it.”

Background 
  • In Brnovich v. DNC, Democrats are asking the Supreme Court to transform the plain language of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which forbids election laws that discriminate on the basis of race, into a blank check that would allow for courts to strike down ordinary election laws without limit.
  • The impetus behind this request are two common-sense, race-neutral Arizona laws: Arizona’s ban on ballot harvesting prevents bad actors with malicious intent from coercing voters or altering ballots, and its law requiring voters to vote in the correct precinct allows for the efficient administration of Arizona’s elections.

For media availability, contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or email at cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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ALG to Congress: To offset $1 trillion infrastructure plan, Congress should use 3-year sequestration, not tax increases

June 24, 2021

Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement on the White House-announced $1 trillion infrastructure plan:

“President Joe Biden has announced a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill via budget reconciliation but has not told the American people how they can afford it under current deficit neutral rules. Given the massive growth in government spending due to emergency Covid spending, the only approach is to revive bipartisan sequestration rules from 2011 that prohibit the increase in discretionary spending for a minimum of three years, rather than raising taxes.

“If infrastructure is a priority for government spending, then it’s only logical that funds be shifted from other areas, including unspent Covid funds, to meet this priority. It would be a massive mistake to burden our recovering economy will killer tax increases. Flatlining government spending is the only acceptable approach to paying for any infrastructure plan.”

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Motorists Reject Citation-Taxation Schemes: ALG Foundation Poll

June 22, 2021

Americans for Limited Government Foundation poll finds Virginians support motorist-friendly reforms

 

Fairfax, Va. – A new poll of Virginia voters commissioned by Americans for Limited Government Foundation found strong support for motorist-friendly reforms and strong opposition to predatory towing and policing for profit.

With more than six million drivers in the Commonwealth of Virginia, motorist advocates are putting politicians on notices that voters will be looking closely at their attitudes toward predatory policies that impact drivers.

“I think what this poll shows is that Virginia voters, from across the political spectrum, are overwhelmingly opposed to taxation by citation schemes. This poll also contains very bad news for two groups of crony capitalists: predatory towing companies and red light and speed camera companies. Candidates would be wise to take note and immediately get to work on finding solutions to address these voters’ concerns.” – Richard McCarty, Founder, Coalition for Motorist Rights

“Virginians clearly are overwhelmingly opposed by the automated vehicle tax cameras which have little utility except to act as speed traps. Not surprisingly, the car tax is particularly reviled in the state. The next governor should reform Virginia’s laws to reflect the concerns of drivers that the existing system is punitive with little redeeming value on the safety side.” Richard Manning, President, Americans for Limited Government Foundation

Key findings:

Predatory towing

73.7 percent support reform to curb abuses
52.4 percent strongly support reform

Traffic ticket quotas

81.9 percent support banning them
65.6 percent strongly support a quota ban

Speed cameras

72.3 percent support banning them
52 percent strongly support a ban

Red light cameras

75.1 percent support banning them
51.4 percent strongly support a ban

Speed trap towns

77.6 percent support state laws to rein in speed trap towns
60.3 percent strongly support such legislation

Mandatory annual vehicle inspections

68.4 percent support a change in state law to only require inspections every two
years, rather than annually

Annual car tax

80.5 percent support abolishing the tax
61.4 percent strongly support abolishing the tax

Hypermetrics conducted the poll by phone between May 3-6 with 855 Virginians statewide responding. The margin of error was 3 percent.

For media availability, contact Richard McCarty at 202-656-2653 or email rlmcca@yahoo.com.

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ALG to Senate: Just Say ‘No’ to Schumer’s Election Rigging Bill

June 22, 2021

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning is urging Senators to vote against S.2093, the so-called compromise election reform bill in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to bring the bill to a vote this week.

Manning issued the following statement:

“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will walk his party off of the election cheating cliff by having a vote that he knows will fail on S.2093, which is little more than the reviled S.1 in sheep’s clothing. The federalization of our nation’s voting system would ensure that the California way of counting the votes until election officials get the results they want will spread to the rest of the nation.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges every Senator to oppose this blatant attempt by Schumer to end basic ballot security requirements and common sense vote counting accountability measures by state governments. The principle of one person, one vote is precious to our republic, as is the expectation that every vote gets counted, yet Schumer’s bill would violate both of these foundational American principles.  It is time to put this attempt at a partisan election takeover into the annals of history under the chapter titled, really bad ideas that failed in the U.S. Senate.”

For media availability, contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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SCOTUS fails again to limit size and scope of government

June 17, 2021

Courts cannot be depended upon to save the Constitution and country

Fairfax, Va. – The Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the third time it has preserved the 2010 healthcare law.

Texas and other Republican-leaning states, backed by the Trump administration, sought to strike down the law on technical arguments after Congress reduced to zero the tax penalty for failing to carry health insurance. Thursday’s 7-2 decision, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, found that none of the plaintiffs suffered any injury from zeroing out the penalty and thus they lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit at all.

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement in reaction:

“Sen. Ted Cruz was right when in 2013, he led a charge to defund Obamacare which passed the House of Representatives but flamed out in the Senate amid promises of future repeal of the hated federalization of health care.  Today’s Supreme Court decision that the 18 states, all of which had mandates put on them by the law, did not have standing with the Court, shows how weak the Court is when faced with threats of political court packing.

“It also shows that promises to rip the law out “root and branch,” depended upon a Court filled with originalists.  As Americans for Limited Government has asserted time and again, the framers intended for Congress to be the most powerful branch of government.  It should be no surprise that conservative jurists defer to this reading of the Constitution, even if they abhor the law to be decided.

“The Court held that the states did not suffer any damage due to the zeroing out of the individual mandate by Congress and hence were not eligible to bring the case.  This is an obvious dodge, as the underlying case would have forced the Court to make the determination if the thin reed that the individual mandate was a tax used by Chief Justice John Roberts used as a cover to save the law had been destroyed by Congress’ later decision to zero out funding for the individual mandate.  Ironically, the case may have been different if Congress had actually repealed the mandate which forced people who did not want to or could not afford, the crummy and expensive Obamacare insurance to pay a tax as a penalty for making the choice to not enroll.  But Congress did not take this step.  It is unclear what the final decision would have been because by simply defunding the individual mandate, the law remained in place, but is unenforced.

“This disappointing decision makes clear that the battles over the Courts matter in terms of keeping people off the bench who would use it to usurp the will of the people. This sobering thought makes the current fight over maintaining the filibuster and defeating the Democrat election changes all the more important.  If candidates who support limited government fail to gain control of the Senate in 2022, it is clear the Courts cannot be depended upon to save the Constitution and country.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

 

 

 

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Congress needs to stop spending to staunch rapid inflation rise

June 16, 2021

This sustained and substantial increase in the producer cost of final goods is akin to finding a dead canary in the mine shaft of government spending excess.

Fairfax, Va. – The prices that suppliers are charging businesses and other customers rose again last month, adding to inflation pressures bubbling through the U.S. economy.

The Labor Department said Tuesday that its producer-price index rose 0.8% in May from the prior month, up from the 0.6% increase in April from March. The average rise between 2017 and 2019 was 0.2%.

The producer -price index is an inflation measure of what it costs those who make or produce the goods, services and equipment we consume, and as such, it is generally seen as a precursor to future inflation in the economy.

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning offered the following analysis and policy recommendations:

“The unadjusted producer-price index increase of an annualized 6.6 percent in May, is up from 1.6 percent when Joe Biden took office. This sustained and substantial increase in the producer cost of final goods is akin to finding a dead canary in the mine shaft of government spending excess.

“America is out of the low demand driven deflationary cycle experienced during the pandemic-induced economic shutdown, and now faces a dangerous price surge which is a function of the rapid increase in the money supply.

“Congress can and should act now to stop this obvious trend in its tracks by freezing federal spending at the normally appropriated levels of 2020 as well as ending all new and unspent COVID emergency spending. By stopping our nation’s double digit money supply growth, lawmakers would undercut the primary inflation driver.

“Inflation is dangerous because it is the ultimate hidden tax. Inflation means that our money becomes worth less, making the cost of things we purchase more expensive. The result right now is that real wages (how much you make versus how much it costs to buy the same things with that money) are going down and the higher the inflation rate the less a paycheck will buy. Naturally, that causes people to demand higher wages, which has the perverse effect of increasing the cost of goods and services creating a vicious cycle that is directly due to the federal government’s money supply increase.

“America had to do what was necessary to fight the Chinese lab originated virus, but now the war is against the ravages of that spending on our economy. To win that war, Congress must reinstate the sequestration policies that the Republican House of Representatives forced upon the Obama administration just ten years ago, which lowered federal government spending, and led to dramatic drops in the budget deficit. In 2019, regularly authorized and so-called mandatory spending by the federal government was just under 4.5 trillion dollars, a level which should stand as the pre-pandemic baseline that Congress should strive to achieve when approving spending bills this year.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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Fly Your Flag, Piss off a Liberal

June 14, 2021

Fairfax, Va. – In recognition of Flag Day in the United States, Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement:

“Flag Day is more important today than ever before in history.  We have a concerted attack by the left on America as symbolized by recent challenges on what our flag stands for by those who revel in the protection of people who burn it in the streets while viewing those who fly it proudly as a national problem.  After Memorial Day, Mara Gay, a New York Times Editorial Board member complained on MSNBC about the amount of flags she witnessed on Long Island stating, ‘…I was really disturbed. I saw, you know, dozens and dozens of pickup trucks with expletives against Joe Biden on the back of them, Trump flags, and in some cases just dozens of American flags, which is also just disturbing … Essentially the message was clear. This is my country. This is not your country. I own this.’

“Americans for Limited Government strongly encourages every American to fly their American flag today and every day as a reminder to their neighbors that they are not alone in their feeling of pride in the United States of America, and also as a reminder to those who are disturbed by flying the flag that they are a small, narrow minority of elitists who hate American freedoms and the God-given individual liberties that have made our nation unique and a beacon of freedom for the rest of the world.

“Fly your flag and piss off a liberal.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643, or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

 

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Time to end national economic emergency measures

June 4, 2021

May’s drop in unemployment makes clear the economic emergency is over.

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s May unemployment report which showed a drop in unemployment from 6.1 percent to 5.8 percent.

“As states continue to reopen their economies, it is having the obvious anticipated impact of lowering the unemployment rate. The number of people on temporary layoff declined by 291,000 people in May accounting for about 60 percent of the drop in the number of people unemployed.

“However, the fact that more than a million additional people still remain on temporary layoff status when compared to February 2020, prior to the Chinese lab originated pandemic, continues to prove that big, blue state governors economic shutdown policies have been a disaster for American workers. The ten states with the highest unemployment rates are all run by Democrat governors.

“We can anticipate that positive employment numbers will keep growing through the summer as blue states continue to open up. Another positive impact this summer will be the decision by almost half of the states to drop the federal government extended unemployment benefit which has discouraged workers in these recovered states from coming off the sidelines and taking a job. Next month’s unemployment report should reflect this important policy shift by increasing labor participation.

“It is clear that the economic emergency is over. Congress should take immediate steps to end economic measures that no longer make sense. The job market challenges that remain are largely due to the actions of state governments governing by fear rather than science. These challenges no longer require a one-size-fits-all federal government response. It is time to end national economic emergency measures.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643, or email at cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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Fire Fauci!

June 2, 2021

Americans for Limited Government loses faith in Fauci and calls for his removal

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government (ALG) is promoting an online campaign urging our members and supporters to support  the Fauci’s Incompetence Requires Early Dismissal (FIRED) Act.

The bill would impose a retroactive 12-year term limit on the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci’s official post. The top scientist has held the job since 1984, so if the bill were to be signed into law he would be forced out of his job.

ALG President Rick Manning issued the following statement calling for Fauci’s removal:

“Dr. Fauci’s response to this pandemic has been a disaster and he must be dismissed. Fauci has not been open and transparent with the American people about the origins of the deadly Covid-19 virus. His muddled messaging on the value of masks has cost him credibility. Now, as more evidence emerges that the virus may have come from the notorious Wuhan lab, something Fauci denied was even possible, it is clear that Fauci is part of the problem. Clearly Fauci knew there was a strong possibly the virus could have emerged from the Wuhan lab which he had funded. Fauci must be fired. He has spent the last year scoffing at and denying the Wuhan lab-leak theory and as a result we haven’t had an honest investigation, possibly costing millions of lives. An intense investigation into the origins of the virus will be essential to preventing future pandemics. Unfortunately, due to Dr. Fauci’s decision that ousting Trump was more important than getting to the truth, we are 13-15 months behind in preventing another world-wide pandemic that experts fear.”

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who introduced the FIRED Act, told ALG, “Dr. Fauci represents everything that President Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address: the scientific-technical elite steering the country toward their own ends. Americans have had decades of Dr. Fauci’s leadership, and he publicly failed to respond appropriately to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is time for him to step aside so that new leadership can ‘follow the science’ and start reopening America.”

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN ASKING OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS TO EMAIL THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS URGING THEM TO SUPPORT the FIRED Act.

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Thank you, Mitch McConnell for protecting America from the Woke Mob in Congress

May 28, 2021

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in reaction to the defeat of a measure in the Senate that would have resulted in a partisan witch hunt against Trump supporters:

“Thank you Senator Mitch McConnell for working to make certain that the one-sided Pelosi Star Chamber on the January 6th Capitol break-in is not moving ahead.  After hundreds of FBI and other law enforcement officials using the full power of the federal government investigated and continue to investigate what happened, as well as the House impeaching the President with a full Senate acquittal, there is nothing to be served by another investigation but political theater.

“Ironically, if Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi truly wanted to get to the bottom of what happened, they would be investigating why the House Sergeant at Arms (who is directly controlled by the Speaker) refused requests leading up to January 6, by the head of the Capitol Police to have National Guard protection for the Capitol in spite of intelligence indicating that trouble might be brewing.  What’s more, they would investigate why the Capitol Police falsely claimed that Officer Brian Sicknick died from a head wound caused by a fire extinguisher when the coroner determined that not only was there no head wound, but his untimely and unfortunate passing was a completely natural event due to a stroke suffered on January 7th.  Finally, it would be important to discover what prompted a Capitol Police officer to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt with the same kind of investigative fervor that is used in other police shootings of private citizen.

“America owes a debt of gratitude to Leader McConnell for his courage in standing up to the mob which wants to continue to politicize the tragic events of January 6.  His determination to bring national healing should be hailed from ocean to ocean. For those who love America and want our nation to thrive, moving ahead rather than being continually divided by those who seek to use their governmental powers against their political opponents, I say, thank you Leader Mitch McConnell, thank you.”

For media availability, contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or email at cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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