Venango County Tea Party Patriots

A non-partisan, non-profit, non-member, association dedicated to educating the public and promoting the principles of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free market economics, and all other lawful activities.

From The VCTPP Blog

/

Important Election 2012 Information

ELECTION CALENDAR 2012

Important Election Dates to Remember:

April 17 — last day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot.  Click here for absentee ballot application or contact the county courthouse.
April 20 — last day for County Board of Elections to receive completed absentee ballots
April 24 — Primary Election Day  (If you don’t know where you vote, click here.)
October 9 — last day to register/change parties to be able to vote in General Election
November 6 — General Election
If you have questions, call the Venango County Voter Registration Office at (814) 432-9514

/

Hope for America

     There is a way out of the current crisis in America. It is not easy or quick, but it is possible. We, the people, must reengage in the business of government at every level. We must vote, and vote wisely. We must become educated on the principles of government and how a republic is supposed to work. And we must hold our elected officials accountable for their actions.  Thomas Jefferson said “We, I hope, shall adhere to our republican government, and keep it to its original principles by narrowly watching it.” This is the responsibility of every citizen; it is a responsibility that has been allowed to languish, but must be revived in these days if the country we have known and loved is to be preserved for our children and our children’s children.

If we are to preserve this nation, we must learn from the errors of those who have gone before us. Rome, once a great republic, deteriorated into tyranny before collapsing into anarchy. Other societies have risen to spectacular heights, only to disappear when the citizens failed to be vigilant over their rulers. We must not let that happen here.We must take responsibility once again for OUR government – so that “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”

/

Free Markets

     One of the cornerstones of the American system is a free market. The founding fathers were adamant that free men and women should be able to arrange their own affairs, to buy and sell and provide for themselves and their families, free from government interference. They recognized that allowing the citizens to profit from the work of their own hands encourages creativity and national prosperity.     Yet today we find that the government, through intrusive and unnecessary regulation of commerce, banking, and business, has all but removed the principles of free market economics from the financial life of the nation. The market place is not allowed to adjust itself naturally, resulting in artificially induced and unsustainable fluctuations in the availability and quality of goods and services. Many of the issues the government proposes to “fix” today – health care, the banking industry, and the manufacturing sector to name a few – have actually been caused by government interference. Many citizens are losing confidence in the government’s ability to right its own past wrongs. People are beginning to recognize that a free market is good for us as individuals, and it’s good for the nation.