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North Suburban Republican Forum

September, 2010 

www.NorthSuburbanRepublicanForum.com www.NorthSuburbanRepublicanForum.org

Key Dates for Election Year 2010October 4:  Last day to register to vote in the November general election.October 18: Early voting beginsOctober 26: Last day to apply for a mail-in ballotNovember 2: General election. 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Get Out The Vote, Colorado Republicans!!!! 

To register to vote or confirm you are a registered Colorado voter, go to: www.GoVoteColorado.com

Our next meeting is from 9:15-10:15 am, Saturday morning, September 11th featuring a

discussion of the upcoming Colorado General Election along with hearing from any

candidate in attendance. Remember to invite somebody new to the NSRF as we discuss

 politics for the Denver North Metro area. Please forward this newsletter to other like-

minded individuals. We need to be activists to regain our county and country from

 progressive minded Liberals.

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Can you spare just a few hours a week? Or maybe a few hours every 2-3 weeks? Once amonth?  Your participation will help to insure a conservative Victory in 2010!

Please support your local VICTORY OFFICE, no matter what county you reside in. Belowis an important update regarding VICTORY for those of you in ADAMS/BROOMFIELD

County. If you reside in another county, please contact your local county Republicanoffice for more info. For those of you in Adams County that are receiving this, we need

you NOW! The primaries are over and it's time to get behind ALL our candidates toinsure a CONSERVATIVE VICTORY.

 And please, it will save us much needed time if you can respond and getsigned up for VICTORY without your County volunteers having to call ~ of course, we would love to get better acquainted, but would rather do that ATVictory. Being proactive will make a difference long-term, and actually feels betterthan throwing things at the TV! Together, we CAN and WILL WIN.

Kim Gillan

 We have another Super weekend just around the corner. The weekend of September 17th-19th,Victory will be having its 3rd Super weekend of the election cycle and we need everyone’s help topull it off! It will be post-primary so we hope that you all will be able to get out and support ALL of the Republicans on the ticket for November. This is an extremely important election year and we

need every able bodied person to get out and show the Democrats what the American People areall about and to send a resonating “ENOUGH” to President Obama and Nancy Pelosi! Here are Victory’s goals:Our goal is to contact 12,000 voters in Adams and Broomfield Counties through both phonecalling and door knocking. To accomplish this we need 150 phone volunteers over thecourse of the three days, and 45 door knockers for a total of 195 volunteers. This a very biggoal, but not one that Adams/Broomfield cannot accomplish (and as Jefferson and solid-blueDenver both blew us out of the water last time, Victory would love nothing more than to make ahuge comeback and show them who’s boss!). 

Here are Victory’s needs:Again, we need 195 volunteers at a minimum to achieve our goals of voter contact. I need you tosign up for one of the following shifts by either sending me an email with the day and shift you wantto work or giving me a call. You’ll need to tell if you would prefer to work the phones or knockdoors, or if you do not care which one you do, you will not need to designate specifically.E-mail: Anna@cologop.org  Office Phone: 303-452-1780 Cell Phone: 720-318-7084

 FRIDAY 17 TH - SUNDAY 19thFriday: 9am-12pm 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pmSaturday: 9am-12pm 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pmSunday: --- 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pm

 This is a big effort, and one that Republicans need to succeed at if we have any hopes of winningthis November! As you are all aware this is not going to be an easy election, but Republicans havethe momentum this time around, and the AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE WILL TO FIGHT!!! TheDemocrats are not going to give up and the nation is looking to Colorado: Colorado is on the front-lines of the battlefield and it is vital that we not lose an inch, rather that we TAKE BACK OURSTATE!!! Please join us in our efforts to win back seats for our Republican candidates!

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 "If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which wehave been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which wehave been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until theglorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight!" Patrick Henry  Thanks for your help! 

Anna Fitzer Victory Field Director Adams and Broomfield Counties2200 East 104th Ave, Thornton, CO, 80229Office Phone: (303) 452-1780Cell Phone: (720) 318-7084Anna@cologop.org

NSRF upcoming calendar in 2010/2011:

October 9 – Countdown to Election Day, November 2nd and how to help GOTV

November 13 – Election recap

December 11 – NSRF Board Election, special breakfast, and planning for politics in 2011

January 8 -- Colorado’s legislative upcoming 2011 session

February 12 – Transportation issues

Adams County Republican Events Director, Jerry Cunningham, needs volunteers to help with the followingevents:

Thornton Fall Festival - Saturday, September 11th: Located at the Community field at Colorado and112th Ave from 10 AM - 5 PM. 

Reagan Round-up - Saturday, September 25th: A western flavored get-together of Republicans,Candidates and Elected Officials from 4 PM - 8 PM. Operation Free Bird – Saturday, November 20th: Noon to 4 PM at 64th and Federal (north of Rocky'sAutos).

Call or email Jerry to let him know that you can help walk with our candidates, pass out candy, hold signs and banners,man the booth, and let the communities know the Adams County Republicans are alive, kicking and taking names.Jerry phone is 303-439-8228 and his email address is: JLCHAM4@aol.com

 Join the Trumpeteers (Adams County Republican Women) for their monthlymeetings. Tuesday, September 7th from 11:30 am-1:00 pm at Northglenn’sCity Buffet restaurant and Saturday, October 2nd from 10:30 am-12:00 noonat O’Meara Ford’s community room on the second floor. Any questions,please contact Carol Barsch-Bontrager at 303-905-6900 orCarolBB07@gmail.com 

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Special Analysis: Paul Ryan's RoadmapWondering what the "Ryan Roadmap" is all about? Peter Ferrara, Director of Entitlementand Budget Policy for the Institute for Policy Innovation, has put together a summaryanalysis. Here's an excerpt -- click here to read the full analysis.

"Paul Ryan, Ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, has proposed acomprehensive plan that would eliminate long-term budget deficits, make SocialSecurity solvent, make Medicare solvent, provide a comprehensive health caresafety net for the poor and uninsured, and adopt comprehensive tax reform withlow, pro-growth tax rates.

"And that’s not just my opinion – the entire Roadmap is officially scored by CBOas achieving these results, with no tax increase. Indeed, it would balance thefederal budget over the long run with both taxes and spending at their long-runhistorical average of 18.6% of GDP. This is achieved because the plan includes all

the best ideas that have been advanced by free-market conservatives over theyears."

Read more: http://www.americansforprosperity.com/021710-special-analysis-paul-ryans-roadmap#ixzz0ynJmNIwk

A ROADMAP FOR AMERICA’S FUTUREVersion 2.0

 A PLAN TO SOLVE AMERICA’S LONG-TERM 

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 ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CRISIS 

Representative Paul D. RyanRanking Member, Committee on the Budget

 ____________________________ January 2010

WWW.AMERICANROADMAP.ORG

This document was prepared with the assistance of the Republican staff, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives. It has not been approved by the full committee and therefore may not reflect the view of individual committee members.

CONTENTSSummary: A Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0: 111th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page iii

Introduction: A Choice of Two Futures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1An Expanding Culture of Dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

Back From the Brink: A Roadmap for America’s Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15The Need to Act Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 22

Today’s Major Domestic Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25The State of Health Care Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 34A Changing Environment for Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 39Broader Implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 40

A Roadmap for America’s Future: Description of the Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 43Health Care Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 43Retirement Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 52Federal Tax Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 56Job Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 62Reforming the Budget Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 66

Appendix I: Summary of the Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Page 71

Appendix II: Summary of Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …Page 83

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Page 87

SUMMARYA ROADMAP FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE 2.0

THE CHALLENGE – AND THE OPPORTUNITY111th Congress

 A Roadmap for America’s Future is a comprehensive alternative to the heavilygovernment-centered ideology now prevailing in Washington, which pursues a relentlessexpansion of government, creates a growing culture of dependency, and in the process

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worsens a status quo that already threatens to overwhelm the budget and smother theeconomy.

The Roadmap – updated since its previous introduction in 2008, to reflect the dramaticdecline in the Nation’s economic and fiscal condition – draws on Americans’ strengths torestore the Nation’s legacy of leaving the next generation better off. It achieves three key

objectives:• PROVIDING HEALTH AND RETIREMENT SECURITY. The plan ensures universal

access to health insurance; and it rescues and strengthens Medicare, Medicaid,and Social Security – allowing them to fulfill their missions and making them

 permanently solvent.• LIFTING THE DEBT BURDEN. It returns Federal spending growth to sustainable

rates, and lifts the huge projected debt burden from the shoulders of futuregenerations.

• PROMOTING AMERICAN JOB CREATION AND COMPETITIVENESS. It promotessolid, sustained economic growth and job creation here in America, and puts the

United States in a position to lead  – not merely survive – in the globalmarketplace. The plan also modernizes job training programs to meet the effects of globalization.

Why America Needs an Alternative. America faces an immense challenge – and anextraordinary opportunity.

• THE CHALLENGE. The Federal Government’s current fiscal path is unsustainable:

it leads to unprecedented levels of spending, deficits, and debt that willoverwhelm the budget, smother the economy, weaken America’s competitivenessin the global 21st century economy, and threaten the survival of the government’smajor benefit programs. The President and congressional Majority are hasteningAmerica’s march toward this reckoning, adding to trillions of dollars worth of 

unfunded liabilities, and accelerating the erosion of Americans’ health care andretirement security. Their “progressive” ideology leads to a future in which

America’s best century is the past century.• THE OPPORTUNITY. Putting the Nation on a sustainable fiscal course may be one

of the greatest domestic challenges in America’s history. But it is also anextraordinary opportunity to restore a national character rooted in individualinitiative, entrepreneurship, and opportunity – and to transform the Federal

Government to the realities of the 21st century.

 Major Plan Components.• HEALTH CARE. The plan ensures universal access to affordable health insurance by restructuring the tax code, allowing all Americans to secure affordable health plans that best suits their needs, and shifting the ownership of health coverage

away from the government and employers to individuals.- Provides a refundable tax credit – $2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for 

families – to purchase coverage in any State, and keep it with them if they move or change jobs.

- Establishes transparency in health care price and quality data, so thiscritical information is readily available before an individual needs health

services.

- Modernizes Medicaid and strengthens the health care safety net byreforming high-risk pools, giving States maximum flexibility to tailor 

 page -v-Medicaid programs to the specific needs of their populations. Allows

Medicaid recipients to take part in the same variety of options by usingthe tax credit to purchase high-quality care.

• MEDICARE. The Roadmap secures Medicare for current beneficiaries, whilemaking common-sense reforms to keep it solvent for the long term.

- Preserves the existing Medicare program for those 55 or older.

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- For those currently under 55 – as they become Medicare-eligible – creates a Medicare payment averaging $11,000 per year when fully

 phased in. Adjusts the payment for inflation, and pegs it to income, withlow-income individuals receiving greater support. Provides risk adjustment, so those with greater medical needs receive a higher 

 payment.- In addition to the Medicare payment, establishes and fully funds Medical

Savings Accounts [MSAs] for low-income beneficiaries (to cover out-of pocketcosts), while continuing to allow all beneficiaries, regardless of 

income, to set up tax-free MSAs.- Makes Medicare permanently solvent, based on Congressional BudgetOffice [CBO] estimates and consultation with the Office of the Actuary

of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.• SOCIAL SECURITY. The proposal saves and strengthens this important retirement

 program and makes it sustainable for the long term.- Preserves the existing Social Security program for those 55 or older.

- Offers workers under 55 the option of investing over one third of their current Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts, similar to

the Thrift Savings Plan available to Federal employees. Includes a property right so they can pass on these assets to their heirs, and a

guarantee that individuals will not lose a dollar they contribute to their 

accounts, even after inflation.- Makes the program permanently solvent, according to the CBO, by

combining a more realistic measure of growth in Social Security’s initial benefits, with a gradual, modest increase in the retirement age, consistent

with Americans’ improving lifespans.• TAX REFORM. This plan offers an alternative to today’s needlessly complex and

inefficient tax code, providing the option of a simplified mechanism that better  promotes and rewards work, saving, and investment.

- Provides taxpayers a choice of how to pay their income taxes – throughexisting law, or through a highly simplified income tax system that fits

on a postcard with just two rates and virtually no special tax deductions,credits, or exclusions (except the health care tax credit).

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- Simplifies tax rates to 10 percent on income up to $100,000 for jointfilers, and $50,000 for single filers; and 25 percent on taxable income

above these amounts. Also includes a generous standard deduction and personal exemption (totaling $39,000 for a family of four).

- Eliminates the alternative minimum tax [AMT].- Promotes saving by eliminating taxes on interest, capital gains, and

dividends; also eliminates the death tax.- Replaces the corporate income tax – currently the second highest in theindustrialized world – with a border-adjustable business consumption tax

of 8.5 percent. This new rate is roughly half that of the rest of theindustrialized world.

• JOB TRAINING. The Roadmap helps the Nation’s workforce prepare for success

in the global economy by transforming 49 job training programs, scattered acrosseight agencies, into a flexible, dynamic strategy focused on results, andaccompanied by clear measures of transparency and accountability. The planrequires the development of performance measures, and gives each State theoption to consolidate funding into one program, if such an approach can be

shown to improve outcomes and achieve job training goals.Why ‘A Roadmap for America’s Future’ is Different. As mentioned above, the statusquo is not sustainable. But Washington’s current leaders are making matters worse. The Roadmap is not simply a slimmer version of the “progressive” government expansion

now prevailing in Washington. It is a true alternative, and a complete legislative proposal

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consisting of specific policies supported by CBO estimates of its fiscal and economicconsequences.

Other key features of the plan:• COMPREHENSIVENESS. Whether the issue is health care, international

competitiveness, or debt, piecemeal, incremental “fixes” will never match themagnitude, urgency, and interrelated nature of America’s greatest domestic

 NOTE: The “current policy” paths in the graphics above reflect what the Congressional BudgetOffice [CBO], in its June 2009 report The Long-Term Budget Outlook , terms its “alternative fiscal

scenario.” In describing this projection, CBO says it “represents one interpretation of what itwould mean to continue today’s underlying fiscal policy,” and that it reflects “policy changes that

are widely expected to occur and that policymakers have regularly made in the past.”

This plan provides the comprehensive approach critical for achievingreal, long-term solutions.

• BACKED UP BY NUMBERS. It is a real plan, with real proposals, real numbers to back them up, and real legislation to implement it. Based on estimates provided

 by the CBO, this plan is projected to make the Social Security and Medicare programs permanently solvent. It will lift the growing debt burden on future

generations, and hold Federal taxes to no higher than 19 percent of GDP.• A TRUE ALTERNATIVE. This plan is based on a fundamentally different vision. It

focuses government on its proper role; it restrains government spending, thus

limiting the size of government itself; it rejuvenates the vibrant market economythat made America the envy of the world; and it restores an American character rooted in individual initiative, entrepreneurship, and opportunity – qualities that

make each American’s pursuit of personal destiny a net contribution to the Nation’s common good as well. In short, it is built on the enduring truths from which America’s Founders established

this great and exceptional Nation.

http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Roadmap2Final2.pdf 

Larimer County may hold key to GOP's fate in November By Lynn BartelsThe Denver Post 

Posted: 09/06/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT

Two years after former Republican Congressman Bob Schaffer couldn't carry his own hometown, Larimer County could

be the key to GOP victories in November.  The northern Colorado county's 9-12ers and Tea Partyers flexed their muscles in the primary election with dramatic results. "I tell our volunteers all the time, when you talk about abattleground for our country, Larimer County is where it's at," said Larry Carillo, the county GOP chairman.

Larimer, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson are considered Colorado's swing counties. But no other bellwether county in Colorado performed as Larimer did in the Aug. 10 primaries, handing unusuallylopsided victories in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races to the GOP winners — who had significant Tea Party and9-12 support. In the U.S. Senate primary, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck defeated former Lt. Gov. JaneNorton 64 percent to 36 percent in Larimer County. In the governor's contest, Evergreen businessman Dan Maes beatformer U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis 62 percent to 38 percent.

"Those spreads really validated all the hard work that has been going on up here," said Nancy Rumfelt of Loveland andthe 9-12 Project Liberty Circle, a conservative grassroots group. "There's very much a sense of fellowship andfriendship within the groups. We work together. We talk. "When early statewide results were released on primary night,Norton's campaign manager, state Sen. Josh Penry of Grand Junction, thought there was a chance she might pull off anupset.

Conventional wisdom says a Republican has to win El Paso County to win a statewide election. Norton carried El Paso,plus other key counties such as Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson. Larimer County ended their dream. "Whenthose (Larimer) votes came in, I knew it was going to be impossible to make up the spread," Penry said. Larimer County also was good to Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, who beat back a primary challenge from former House

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Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Bennet defeated Romanoff 59 percent to 41 percent in Larimer County. Bennetspokesman Trevor Kincaid said he believes the county supports centrist candidates and that "Buck is too far outsidemainstream Colorado" to win in a general election.

But Republicans note that in Larimer County, Bennet and Romanoff combined received only 1,485 more votes thanBuck did by himself. "Ken's our neighbor, and he's been a good neighbor," Carillo said. Larimer County Republicanscredit Maes' victory there to frequent visits early in 2009. He was the only gubernatorial candidate to attend Larimer County's GOP shrimp boil in June 2009. While the governor's race is so volatile on the right that it appears DemocratJohn Hickenlooper will win in November, Republicans are confident they will win the Senate race — Buck is leading inseveral polls — plus capture the 4th Congressional District seat where Rep. Betsy Markey of Fort Collins faces stateRep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma. About 47 percent of the voters in the 4th District live in Larimer County.

Markey's campaign spokesman, Ben Marter, pointed out that the percentage of voters who marked ballots in the U.S.Senate race but didn't vote in the congressional race was greater for Gardner than it was for Markey. "I'd say thatLarimer County Democrats are more enthused about their nominee than Larimer County Republicans are about theirs,"Marter said. Also running in the 4th District are Doug Aden on the American Constitution Party ticket — known as theTom Tancredo ticket now that the former GOP congressman is the party's candidate for governor — and unaffiliatedKen "Wasko" Waszkiewicz. State Rep. Randy Fischer, D-Fort Collins, said it's a tough year for Democrats everywhere,not just in Larimer County. "This would be an easier election for our folks if people were getting back to work in larger numbers," he said. Two years ago, Republicans, including Schaffer, a former congressman from Fort Collins who lostto Democrat Mark Udall for a U.S. Senate seat, faced an uphill climb.

"I think Larimer County voters are now having a Rip Van Winkle moment," Schaffer said. "Republicans have essentiallybeen asleep the last six to eight years. "They now realize their taxes have increased enormously and the regulatory

impact on their lives is considerable, and they're fighting back."

Solving America’s Fiscal Crisis: The Ryan Roadmap

By Peter Ferrara, Special to Americans for Prosperity Foundation

Paul Ryan, Ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, has proposed a

comprehensive plan that would eliminate long-term budget deficits, make SocialSecuritysolvent, make Medicare solvent, provide a comprehensive health care safety net for thepoor and uninsured, and adopt comprehensive tax reform with low, pro-growth taxrates.

And that’s not just my opinion – the entire Roadmap is officially scored by CBO asachieving these results, with no tax increase. Indeed, it would balance the federal

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budgetover the long run with both taxes and spending at their long-run historical average of 18.6% of GDP. This is achieved because the plan includes all the best ideas that havebeen advanced by free-market conservatives over the years.

Here’s how it works.

Health Reform. The tax break for health insurance that currently applies only to

employer-provided insurance would be extended to everyone. All workers would beeligible for a refundable tax credit of $2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for families forthe purchase of health insurance. They could buy that insurance from any state, not justtheir own, and would own it directly and individually, making it fully portable from jobto job.

Medicaid would provide supplemental payments to the poor in addition to these taxcredits to help them buy insurance. This would benefit the poor enormously, freeingthem from the Medicaid ghetto that underpays doctors and hospitals so badly that 40%won’t even take Medicaid patients today, resulting in worse health outcomes for thepoor. The poor would instead enjoy the same health care as the middle class, since theywouldbe able to buy the same insurance in the marketplace. States would also be free to takethe federal financing for Medicaid in finite block grants, with the flexibility to tailor theirprograms to the specific needs of their populations and better control costs. The planalsoprovides federal funds for state-run high-risk pools that guarantee safety net coverageforall regardless of pre-existing conditions, addressing that problem without burdensomeregulations that would sharply raise health insurance costs for everyone.

Social Security. The Roadmap includes no changes applying to anyone already retiredor over 55, who receive all of their currently promised benefits in full. Workers under 55are free to choose to save and invest over one-third of their payroll taxes in personalretirement accounts, similar to the Thrift Savings Plan covering federal employees. Those accounts take over responsibility for paying an equivalent proportion of futurebenefits, resulting in sharp reductions in government spending over the long run. Theaccounts are backed by a federal guarantee that workers will not lose a dollar of theircontributions to the accounts, even after inflation. Because long-run market investmentreturns are much higher than what Social Security even promises, let alone what it canpay, workers should receive substantially higher overall retirement benefits as a result.

 The transition to the accounts is fully financed by the reductions in overall federalspending included in the overall Roadmap. Combined with gradual, modest adjustmentsto the retirement age and benefits for high-income retirees, the plan achieves fullsolvency for Social Security as scored by CBO.

Medicare. The Roadmap also makes no changes in Medicare for current retirees oranyone 55 or above. Those under age 55 are promised vouchers starting at $11,000 peryear to be used to buy health insurance in retirement. Low-income retirees would

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receivemore depending on their income, to ensure they could obtain essential coverage.

Lower-income retirees would also be free to choose fully funded Health SavingsAccounts (HSAs), which would finance health care costs up to their insurancedeductible. This would give patients powerful incentives to control costs to preserve the savings intheir HSAs, stimulating competition among health care providers to control costs for

patients. Workers and retirees with higher incomes would still be free to set up tax-freeHSAs, and seniors could use their Medicare vouchers for an HSA option, helping tocontrol health costs.

 These reforms achieve full solvency for Medicare as officially scored by the CBO.Republicans should not be misled by phony charges that this plan includes the samekindof Medicare cuts as the Obama health plans. Those plans would cut $800 billion inpayments to doctors and hospitals for today’s Medicare patients, which would seriouslyreduce the quality and availability of their health care, and would take the money fromthose cuts to finance government-run medicine for others. The Ryan Roadmap makesnochanges in Medicare for today’s seniors or those near retirement. Instead, it adoptsfundamental reforms of the program ensuring that essential health care is still availablefor all seniors, with the savings from those reforms used to provide for the long-termsolvency of Medicare.

Tax Reform. The Ryan Roadmap would provide all taxpayers the choice of filing underan alternative, greatly simplified tax code with just two rates – even lower than theratesunder the Reagan 1986 tax reform. Joint filers earning up to $100,000 per year in familyincome, and single filers earning up to $50,000, would pay just a 10% rate, with a 25%rate on all higher incomes. A generous standard deduction and personal exemptionwould exempt the first $39,000 per year for a family of four from any income tax.

 The plan would promote savings by eliminating taxation of capital gains, dividends andinterest, and the entire death tax. This would prevent multiple taxation of the capitalessential to creating jobs and economic growth. The arbitrary and unfair AlternativeMinimum Tax (AMT) would also be abolished. The corporate income tax – currently thesecond-highest rate in the industrialized world – would be replaced entirely with aborderadjustable business consumption tax of 8.5%, which would restore American

international competitiveness.

 Those who wanted to continue to use any of the deductions, credits or tax preferencesof the current code would be free to do so, by filing under the current complex code withitsmuch higher rates. But those choosing the new alternative could save considerablemoney and time filing their taxes on a postcard.

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Long-Term Prosperity for America. Further contributing to a long-term balancedbudget is a binding cap on all other federal spending. The massive reductions in federalspending, taxes, and government debt from the entire Roadmap would produce abooming economy, the creation of millions of jobs, higher wages and incomes, and long-termprosperity for America, restoring the American Dream. This is exactly what TeaParty activists have been asking for.

Indeed, this booming prosperity would produce much more revenue than the CBOestimates, because the CBO is stuck in its old-fashioned static analysis. Those higherrevenues can be used to expand the personal retirement accounts further, until theycanfinance all of the benefits currently financed by the payroll tax, allowing that tax to bephased out entirely. That would enable retirees to choose their own retirement age andget much better benefits than Social Security. It would also further contribute to thesolvency of Medicare and the maintenance of health benefits for retirees.

One suggestion to improve the Roadmap: its business consumption tax is too much likeaValue Added Tax (VAT), which can be increased too easily to promote Big Government. That could be replaced in the plan with a 12.5% corporate income tax, which workedquite well in Ireland, transforming over 20 years that longtime poor country fromsuffering the second-lowest per capita income in the European Union to the secondhighest.

Peter Ferrara is Director of Entitlement and Budget Policy for the Institute for Policy Innovation. He served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President Reagan, and as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States under the first 

President Bush.http://americansforprosperity.org/files/AFPRyanRoadmap.pdf 

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A Rocky Mountain showdown

By George F. Will Thursday, September 2, 2010

DENVER Put away the pitchfork metaphors that are prevalent in this season of populist ferment:Colorado'sSenate contest is a duel of distinguished diplomas. Tea Partyers toiled mightily to nominate Ken Buck as theRepublican candidate to run against Sen. Michael Bennet, who is a direct descendant of a Mayflower passenger,grandson of an economic adviser to Franklin Roosevelt and son of an official in the Carter and Clintonadministrations. He attended tony St. Alban's school in Washington and Yale Law School. Buck is aPrincetonian.

But to erase the stain of privilege, Buck stresses that his family, although hardly poor, was frugal -- "No, youwon't get a Happy Meal, you'll get a burger." And he worked in a Princeton cafeteria and later as a truck driver,ranch hand and janitor, so there.

A large man with close-cropped gray hair, he was a college football player talented enough to get a tryout as a punter with the New York Giants. Having, perhaps, an unslaked appetite for blocking and tackling, he became,after years in business, a prosecutor in Weld County, north of Denver. Explaining his Senate candidacy, hesays: "I was in law enforcement for a long time and had seen how politicians had screwed up, so I decided Icouldn't do worse and might do better."

Colorado Republicans have nominated a weak candidate for governor, and former Republican representativeTom Tancredo, an immigration obsessive who is running for governor as an independent, will siphon awaysome Republican votes. So Republicans assume that Democrats, assured of holding the governorship, willdirect more money to Bennet. Republicans, however, hope Tancredo will pull to the polls some disaffectedconservative voters who otherwise might not show up and who also will vote for Buck.

Bennet, formerly superintendent of Denver's schools, was appointed to the Senate after Barack Obamanominated Sen. Ken Salazar to be secretary of the interior. He is one of six appointed senators. The other fiveare Roland Burris (D-Ill.), who replaced Obama; Edward Kaufman (D-Del.), who replaced Joe Biden; KirstenGillibrand (D-N.Y.), who replaced Hillary Clinton; George LeMieux (R-Fla.), who replaced Mel Martinez, who

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resigned; and Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.), who replaced the late Robert Byrd. A seventh senator, LisaMurkowski, the Alaska Republican, was appointed in 2002 (by the then-governor, her father). She was electedto a full term in 2004 and narrowly lost last week's Republican primary.

Joe Miller, who defeated Murkowski, is another populist with an elite pedigree. Before earning a law degree atYale, he was a West Pointer and a decorated (Bronze Star) Persian Gulf war combat veteran. He is a former  judge and a member of the Federalist Society of conservative lawyers. He, like Buck, is one of sevenRepublicans who won Senate nominations by defeating candidates favored by national party leaders. The other five are Marco Rubio in Florida, Rand Paul in Kentucky, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Mike Lee in Utah and

Linda McMahon in Connecticut.

Buck identifies with candidates such as Rubio, Paul and Pat Toomey (former congressman, now RepublicanSenate nominee in Pennsylvania). An admirer of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Buck would start over on health-care reform, stressing health savings accounts, medical malpractice tort reform and portability of insurancecoverage.

Colorado is a red state that has recently turned purple and that Democrats still hope to make blue. Doing sowould have national implications because until recently the Republican strategy in presidential elections was tohold the South and the Mountain West and spend half the gross domestic product to carry Ohio. In the pastdecade, however, parts of the Mountain West, and especially Colorado, have become competitive. Colorado'sgovernor, both senators and five of seven U.S. representatives are Democrats, and Obama carried the state with53.66 percent.

Coloradans, Buck says, now are "50-50 about Obama" but "80-20 against Washington." His one may actuallyhave helped him. It occurred after an event where someone questioned whether Obama is an American citizen.Speaking within range of a tape recorder belonging to a Democratic worker who was following Buck around,Buck laughingly said to someone, "Will you tell those dumb asses at the Tea Party to stop asking questionsabout birth certificates while I'm on the camera?"

Buck says his language was inappropriate, but many people disagree. Tea Party leaders -- that is not quite anoxymoron -- know that Obama's performance, not his provenance, is the point.

georgewill@washpost.com

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Dan Maes won't quit race

By DAVID CATANESE | 9/3/10 6:26 PM EDT

Embattled Colorado GOP candidate Dan Maes announced late Friday that he would remain in the

race for governor, despite a chorus of critics and top GOP leaders pleading with him to end his bid.

Maes said after speaking with numerous voters, he determined he could not abandon the 200,000

people who voted for him in the Aug. 10 primary.

But Maes's statement indicates he considered his options and met with some who want him out of the

race. Democrats are supremely confident about their chances heading into the fall.

"During this time of deliberation, I listened equally to those who wanted me in this race and those who

did not, and after internalizing that advice, I’m proud to say I’m in it to win it," he said.

“To those who have withdrawn their support for my campaign, I am confident that the truth will be

revealed. I hope you’ll hear my side of the story and help our party regroup and unite to beat the

Democrats. And for those who continue to stand strong by my side, people like Wayne Allard, Kent

Lambert, Paul Tauer, and Dave Schultheis, thank you for honoring this endeavor with your trust and

your confidence."

Maes lost the endorsements of former Sen. Hank Brown and most recently GOP Senate nominee

Ken Buck, who said Friday he could no longer support Maes after a conversation they had.

A Colorado Republican told POLITICO earlier Friday that top party officials had met with Maes, urging

him to drop his bid by the end of the day.

But state GOP chair Dick Wadhams and the Maes campaign said a meeting never took place.

Neither responded directly to questions about whether party officials had directly asked Maes to step

aside.

"There's nothing to say about the Maes situation until he makes his decision on whether he stays in

the race," Wadhams told POLITICO before Maes announced his decision.

In his statement, Maes instructed voters to not "believe everything you read." He now heads into a

three-way general election battle with Democrat John Hickenlooper and Constitution Party candidate

Tom Tancredo. Hickenlooper has held a consistent double-digit lead in the polls.

"This campaign found success through hard work, palm-pressing, and shoe leather, and that’s how I

plan to engage voters over the next two months and claim victory on November 2nd," Maes said.

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912 Rally on the west steps of the Colorado State CapitalMonday, September 13th, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Janine Turner VIP ReceptionMonday, September 13, 2010 from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM (MT)

Denver, CO

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You are invited to The Broker Restaurant on September 13th at2:30pm to attend an elegant VIP Reception with Janine Turner, Actress, Activist, and

Keynote Speaker at the 2010 "We ARE The People Rally".Also Headlining is S. E. Cupp, political commentator and author of "Losing Our Religion:

The Liberal Media's Attack On Christianity."Besides a great time with Janine and S. E., the event includes Hors d'oeuvres, sweets, adrink ticket, lively discussions with other VIP's and more.Dress is casual as many people will be coming directly from the Rally. This fundraiser may be THE Conservative Social Event of the year. We hope to see youthere. 

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 The 2010 Victory Campaign is working to gain Adams/Broomfield Counties and take

back all of Colorado for Republicans this November. Our grassroots efforts focus onphone banking and door knocking from now until election day. Your Regional FieldDirector is: Anna Fitzer, 2200 E. 104th Ave., Thornton, CO. 80229 720-318-7084 Anna@ColoGOP.org

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Things to do list:1: Throw out the trash on November 2nd

2: Jobs, jobs, jobs3: Repeal and replace ObamaCare

4: Secure our borders5: Quit spending and get out of debt

6: Reduce new regulations and lower the taxes on small businesses7: Recruit, recruit, recruit

For more information on politics or The Republican Party, go to thefollowing web sites:

http://www.libertyinkjournal.com/  http://bigjournalism.com/  http://www.4broomfield912.com/

http://wwww.AmericanMajority.org www.RedState.com 

www.ClearTheBenchColorado.org www.AmericanMajority.org www.RedState.com www.ClearTheBenc hColorado.org

www.SmallBusinessRepublicans.com www.LimitPropertyTax.com www.CoTaxReform.com 

www.AmericansForProsperity.orgwww.Spectator.org

http://coloradopoliticalnews.blogspot.com/ www.Heritage.org/ http://Townhall.com/

http://dmyr.net/ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ http://www.joncaldara.com/

http://www.denverpost.com/politics  http://www.great8newspapers.com/   www.i2i.org/

http://www.freecolorado.com/ http://michellemalkin.com/ http://bendegrow.com/

http://www.peoplespresscollective.org/  http://www.rockymountainright.com/ http://FactCheck.org

http://www.coloradosenatenews.com/ www.OpinionJournal.com www.PoliticalLiveWires.com

http://thebrightonblade.com/ http://www.topix.net/city/commerce-city-cohttp://coloradopols.com/ http://www.jeffcrank.com/ www.850koa.com/pages/MikeRosen.html

www.Examiner.com/Denver  www.CompleteColorado.com  http://TheMoveRight.com

www.FaceTheState.com/ www.TonysRants.com/  www.ALineOfSight.com/

www.AdamsCountyGOP.com/ www.ColoGOP.org/ www.RNC.org/

Sign up for the monthly Adams County Republicans newsletter at http://www.AdamsCountyGOP.com/ or http://www.AdCoRepublicans.com

Go to the “Join Our Email List” box on the left side and input your email address.

Contribute to the Win this November!Meet new people and have fun while you’re at it! Go Republicans!

Upcoming Opportunities & Fun Events*****************************************************

 Your Victory Office Needs Your Support!

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Please Contact Anna Fitzer, Victory Field Director for Adams and Broomfield CountiesOffice Ph: (303) 452-1780 Cell Ph: (720) 318-7084 Anna@cologop.org

Time is running out……the Adams / Broomfield County Victory Office

is in desperate need of your help to contact voters. Fromnow until October we will continue to sign-up Republican voters to

receive mail-in ballots, while also talking to them about our wonderful

Republican candidates. Then, Get Out the Vote will begin; this is crucial to Republicans winning!

Both of these important efforts will not be successful without your help! There are numerous opportunities to get involved and make adifference in the coming weeks, the earlier you start the better! We

hold phone banks in the Victory office 7 days a week, and needvolunteers. If phone calls are not for you, we also need volunteers whoare willing to walk precincts and deliver mail-in ballot request formsto voters who have requested them, as well as help with other duties.

I know that this is a busy time of year, but any time you can give is helpful and appreciated!Remember, we can't win without you!

Thank you to all who have come in and participated with Victory!We are so thankful for all your hard work to get Republican candidates elected !

We look forward to getting to know all of you even better!

**************************************************************************Thornton Fall Fest

Saturday September 11th

10:00am to 5:00pmThornton City Park located at Thornton Parkway and York St.

BOOTH # 34

AdCo republicans.....do not let the media and the Dems get you down. The wind is still at our back for everydown the ticket election. The voters are fed up with the status quo! There is more support out there than you

think.

All candidates, local, state, and federal (as well as their volunteers) are welcome to use our booth at the ThorntonFall Fest to meet & greet the public.

See the 3 attachments for more information, booth location, and a map to the park.

This will be our final scheduled civic event prior to the election.Our next event will be the Reagan Round-up on Saturday, Sep. 25, at the Adams County Fairgrounds rotunda.

Again, thank you AdCo volunteers for the outstanding support you have given to all our events this year.

WE ARE IN IT TO WIN IT!!!!

Warmest regards,Jerry Cunningham, ADCO Events Coordinator 

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Adams County Republican Women MeetingSeptember 7th at 11:30am

City Buffet, 10695 Melody Drive Northglenn

We have some special guests from the State Republican Party attending.Don’t miss this informational and fun gathering!

Candidates in Adams will have an opportunity to be introduced.

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Adams County & State Legislative DebateMonday, September 13, 2010

4:30 – 9:00pmCity of Thornton Council Chambers

9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton CO

…Because the future of our communities depend onleadership that is in alignment with our business priorities.

Open to the Public, Seating for 200 available on a first come, first serve basis.For more information visit

www.MetroNorthChamber.com or call 303.288.1000No cell phones or electronic devices allowed in Council Chambers.

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REAGAN ROUNDUPSaturday September 25th, 2010

We have a lot to get ready and need everyone’s help to build on the success of last year’s event. Please invite anyoneyou know that would like to help on this event.

We need everyone to sell tickets and spread the word to all your contacts. All candidates have been invited, so it will be

a good way to have one-on-one conversations with them throughout the evening.

We still need much help with the following:

* cook meat and freeze until the event ( we will provide the meat and recipe)* bake brownies and bring to the event ( we will provide the brownie mix)

* contribute a cake for the cake walk ( make your family favorite & copy the recipe for the winner)* help at your district game table

* help at the check in tables. We expect a lot of “walk-ins”* help prepare and serve the food

* help decorate and set-up the day of the event beginning at 12:00 on 9/25.* help clean-up

We always have a good time at our planning meetings on Thursday nights, 7:00pm at Bev’s House(call for directions).

Thanks, Bev (303.280.1141) <beverlyberg@earthlink.net>

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We ARE The People RallySept 13th at the West Steps of the Capitol

It’s going to be huge! Don’t miss out !!http://www.wearethepeoplerally.com/

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2nd Annual Roar-B-QueSaturday, September 18, 2010 12:00 PM

Tony Grampsas Park

4471 Salvia St

Golden CO 80403

Emcee- Bob BeauprezFree Picnic Lunch !!

Candidate speakers:John Suthers

Dan MaesStephen BaileyRyan Frazier 

+23 other local and state candidates have been invited!

Bring your family, friends, neighbors and a lawn chair!

NSRF Board of Directors  Email  Address TelephoneJohn Lefebvre President john.lefebvre@comcast.net 303-451-5558Jerry Cunningham Vice President jlcham4@aol.com 303-439-8228Jan Hurtt Treasurer jansadvertising@msn.com 303-451-0934Phil Mocon Secretary ph7ss@msn.com 303-427-5453

Wanda Barnes Planning Wandaleabarnes@aol.com 303-451-5838Dana West Communications dana.west@live.com 303-280-0243Leonard Coppes Planning ljcoppes@yahoo.com 303-287-9145Dick Poole Planning 303-373-1521

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NSRF MEETING TIME AND PLACE We will be at Gander Mountain, 9923 Grant Street, Thornton, CO from 9:15-10:45 a.m.on the second Saturday of each month in the employee training room. If you live inAdams County or Denver's northern suburbs, come join us for lively spirited debateand to meet Republican movers and shakers. Any candidate in attendance will alwaysbe given speaking time.

 Directions to Gander Mountain:Gander Mountain is a huge sporting goods store in the old Biggs, now Wal-Mart/Home

 Depot shopping center just east of I-25 and south of 104th Ave. Just go in the frontdoor, turn left at the first aisle and follow it to the employee meeting room on thefar left.

Yearly membership dues are $20, while a couple is $30. Make checks payable to NSRF.It only costs $3 per person to attend the monthly meeting and a continental breakfastand beverage (coffee, tea, orange juice or water) is included. A membershipapplication is located on the last page. Fill it out and bring it along with you.

 

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