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Give Us Liberty is written for every American who is ready to stand up to the federal government’s unprecedented power, spending, and intrusion on personal freedom. As millions are realizing, our country’s future has been dangerously compromised as the national debt spirals out of sight to pay for a litany of irresponsible federal policies: “Obamacare,” Wall Street sweetheart deals, liberals’ pet social programs, Congressional pork, foreign aid, and new military adventures. Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe–economists and influential supporters of Tea Party activists and candidates across the country–explain what’s at stake, why limited government is the answer to our crisis, and how we can renew American prosperity by studying the lessons of the revolutionary era. This paperback edition also features a new foreword by Glenn Beck.
Dick Armey served in the House of Representatives for eighteen years, becoming Majority Leader in 1994. That year he was the main author of the Contract with America, which helped Republicans take control of the House for the first time in forty years. Today, he serves as chairman of FreedomWorks and leads the same political revolution at the grassroots level.
Matt Kibbe is the president and CEO of FreedomWorks. A senior fellow at the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Kibbe coauthored the #1 Washington Post bestseller Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his awesome wife, Terry.
Prologue: Revolution and Retreat 1
1 The Silent Majority Speaks 13
2 The American Revolutionary Model 29
3 Bailout 49
4 What We Stand for 87
5 The Status Quo Lashes Out at the Tea Party 100
6 Achieving Critical Mass 132
7 Why We Must Take Over the Republican Party 162
8 The New Center of American Politics 196
9 We are a Movement of Ideas, Not Leaders 225
Epilogue: Changing the Culture in Tacoma, Washington 238
Appendix: FreedomWorks Grassroots Activism Toolkit 245
Acknowledgments 333
Notes 335
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Posted June 10, 2010
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"give us liberty" is a guide that the american voter will be able to use to win elections and causes and getting events out and it is a very handy tool to get our politicans and candidates to listen and act and also has some very handy steps that shows how to get the media on your side . one of the top leaders of freedom works and one of the movers of the tea party dick armey takes you inside this great movement with this great read and shows you how you can make a true difference in your community and in your state this book will make a difference in the upcoming elections
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Overview
Give Us Liberty is written for every American who is ready to stand up to the federal government’s unprecedented power, spending, and intrusion on personal freedom. As millions are realizing, our country’s future has been dangerously compromised as the national debt spirals out of sight to pay for a litany of irresponsible federal policies: “Obamacare,” Wall Street sweetheart deals, liberals’ pet social programs, Congressional pork, foreign aid, and new military adventures. Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe–economists ...