The Parkersburg Tea Party Core Values and Mission Statement

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Comment by Parkersburg Tea Party on June 29, 2009 at 3:25am

The Parkersburg Tea Party Core Values and Mission Statement
Our mission is to organize, educate, and inform our fellow citizens for the purpose of securing public policy consistent with our core values. We fall under the West Virginia Preamble to our Constitution: WV Preamble: "Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ."
We will unify and we will exercise through all legal means available to us, our power to effect the election of local, state, and federal candidates who espouse our core values. Principles of the Parkersburg Tea Party as an organization believes in the Constitution of the United States, Free Markets, Limited Government, and Fiscal Responsibility. The Tea Party is a non-partisan grassroots organization of individuals united by our core values derived from the Constitution of the United States of America, the Bill Of Rights, the Federalist Papers, and the Declaration of Independence. The core values of Parkersburg Tea Party are the same values upon which the United States of America was founded. We will uphold and follow the original intent of the Constitution of the United States. We, the members of The Parkersburg Tea Party, are inspired by our founding documents and regard the Constitution of the United States to be the supreme law of the land. We believe that it is possible to know the original intent of the government our founders set forth, and stand in support of that intent. Like the founders, we support states' rights for those powers not expressly stated in the Constitution. As the government is of the people, by the people and for the people, in all other matters we support the personal liberty of the individual, within the rule of law.
Fiscal Responsibility: A limited government, designed to protect the blessings of liberty, must be fiscally responsible. Our current governments’ actions have resulted in huge burdens of taxation. This increasing taxation unjustly restricts the very liberty limited government is designed to protect and abrogates the rights the Constitution is designed to secure. In addition, the increasing national debt is a grave threat to our national sovereignty. We therefore demand from our governments: fiscal responsibility, a plan of reduced spending, and balanced budgets without the creation of further debt. Political Action: We, the people of the Parkersburg Tea Party, will take political action to secure a government that is constitutionally limited, and will actively oppose all government officials, elected or appointed, that violate their oath of office. To that end, we are committed to work with any party or group of individuals who are in support of our core values, thereby leaving social issues to be decided at the state or local level as the Constitution intends. We are not in support of, or supported by, any political party. We will not be influenced by any special interest. We recognize and support the strength of grassroots organization powered by activism and civic responsibility at a local level. The Parkersburg Tea Party stands with our Founding Fathers, as heirs to the republic, to claim our rights and duties which preserve their legacy and our own.

Comment by Parkersburg Tea Party on June 27, 2009 at 1:12pm

what do you think? I need input.

Comment by Parkersburg Tea Party on June 19, 2009 at 7:58pm

WV Preamble: Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God .I think this should be added.

Comment by Parkersburg Tea Party on June 19, 2009 at 4:24pm

Sorry. The formatting doesn't work, but the content is here. For a formatted copy download attached file.

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