RLC supporters, please save the date of Saturday, February 12, 2011!  We want you to join us in Arlington, Virginia — a suburb of Washington, DC — to attend the 20th Anniversary Convention of the Republican Liberty Caucus featuring former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and other libery activists and rockstars!  Student discount and early discount rates apply. Please go to our Convention website at http://www.rlc.org/2011-national-convention/.  Register today to attend the largest gathering of liberty-minded Republican activists in the country!  We can’t wait to meet you there.

“Voters are very focused on federal and state issues, but they also need to be mindful of issues at the local level.  We believe that Sam would be the best choice in defending freedom at the local level,” continued Chairman Burgess. The Caucus encourages the voters of Glynn County to support and vote for Sam Tostensen for the At-large seat on Tuesday.

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia works to advance the principles of limited government, individual liberty, and free markets within the Republican Party and throughout Georgia. Our candidates focus on a broad range of issues, including taxation, property rights, gun rights, free speech, federalism, and the proper role of government.  For more information and to join, visit GOPLiberty.org.

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We OPPOSE HB277, SB39 & SR44 – These measures will levy a 1 percent sales tax, statewide or regionally, for specified transportation projects. The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia stands with Governor Perdue (not often we’ve said that) in unequivocally opposing any increases in transportation taxes until the DOT is reformed so that the money is not wasted;

We OPPOSE HB 160 – Perdue’s “super speeder” bill to boost fines $200 for drivers exceeding 85 mph on Interstate highways and 75 on other roads. This measure is meant to fund “Trauma Care”. While arguable a worthy effort, the RLC-GA opposes the direct funding of any government services through Fines or Sin Taxes.

We SUPPORT HB480 & 481 – JOBS Act to cut taxes on businesses looking to hire workers and relocate to Georgia.

We Support Senate Bill 1, Zero Based Budgeting which will require the General Assembly to review all spending every four years.

Under Georgia’s current system of continuation budgeting, once new spending programs are approved, they are automatically rolled over into succeeding state budgets under the line item, continuation. Legislators focus on how much extra to spend and not whether programs approved years or decades earlier are still needed.

Zero based budgeting will require all spending to be detailed in the budget, not just the new programs. It will help lawmakers identify and eliminate wasteful and unneeded spending.

Senator Shafer’s legislation is endorsed by Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, Libertarian Party of Georgia, and Republican Liberty Caucus.

Please contact your State House member and ask them to vote for this bill.

The Republican Liberty Caucus calls on all Representatives and Senators who believe that the budget represents the taxpayer’s money and not the government’s money to override the Governor’s veto.

ATLANTA, GA, January 28, 2007 – The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia, a grassroots organization promoting individual freedom, limited government and fiscal responsibility, has issued a position on HB107 – Municipal government; additional requirements; certain franchise fees.

House Bill 107 will impose greater transparency, breaking out the cost of government in the bills consumers receive each month. It will also impose fairness in taxation. Consumers will not be forced to pay the fees and taxes imposed upon a utility by political jurisdictions to which they do not reside and have no vote.

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia takes positions in support or opposition to legislation under consideration in the Georgia General Assembly. Our criteria are based on the Liberty Compact we ask all candidates to sign. It states that candidates will work to: restore liberty, shrink government, reduce taxes, abolish programs, and promote the freedom and independence of Georgia citizens.

The Republican Liberty Caucus intends to use the recorded committee and floor votes for HB 107 as part of its review process for 2008 endorsements. We encourage all Republicans who believe in liberty to vote in favor of HB 107.

ABOUT The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia – The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia was chartered to elect and support pro-liberty candidates in Georgia. We endorsed 29 pro-liberty Republicans in 2006, 25 of which now serve in office.

“That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence

“[On this day] 56 men, a little band so unique we have never seen their like since, had pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Some gave their lives in the war that followed, most gave their fortunes, and all preserved their sacred honor… In recent years, however, I’ve come to think of that day as more than just the birthday of a nation. It also commemorates the only true philosophical revolution in all history. Oh, there have been revolutions before and since ours. But those revolutions simply exchanged one set of rules for another. Ours was a revolution that changed the very concept of government. Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.” —Ronald Reagan