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Congressional Candidate Duncan signs Contract From America


web posted May 3, 2010
STATE – Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Jeff Duncan signed the Contract from America on Thursday, aimed at promoting individual liberties, economic freedom and constitutionally limited government in Washington. He joins U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who last week became the first to sign.
 
“Like the Contract With America in 1994, I believe this new Contract From America will regain for us in 2010 the liberties that have been taken from us in recent years” Duncan said after signing the contract.
 
The contract's founding partners include the Tea Party Patriots, National Taxpayers Union, Freedom Works, Americans for Tax Reform, Let Freedom Ring and Fair Tax. There are another 150 coalition partners, many of them local Tea Party groups.
 
Duncan is a four-term state House of Representatives member and a Laurens businessman. His campaign, based on consistent conservatism, has been endorsed by the fiscally conservative Club for Growth. Duncan, DeMint and 1st Congressional District candidate Tim Scott are the only South Carolinians among the 11 candidates endorsed this year by the national organization.
 
“The contract fits my philosophy like a glove,” Duncan said. “I've been fighting for lower taxes, less government and more individual freedom throughout my public career. I believe that given the public mood and an atmosphere far more ominous than in 1994, this contract has the opportunity to bring about permanent change in America.”
 
Among the contract's 10 agenda items are:

1.    Limiting the federal government to its core constitutional duties, defense of the nation from foreign enemies and the administration of justice in protecting it from internal subversion.
2.    Return to a free market economy that “preserves and enhances individual liberty.”
3.    Requiring that every bill considered by Congress cite the constitutional provision that justifies it.
4.    Rejection of Cap and Trade.
5.    A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
6.    Enactment of a single-rate tax system.
7.    Appointment of a commission to audit federal agencies as to their constitutionality and effectiveness.
8.    Capping federal spending increases by limiting them to the sum of the inflation rate plus population growth.
9.    An immediate moratorium on congressional earmarks and imposition of a two-thirds majority vote requirement for passage.
10. Permanent repeal of all tax increases scheduled to begin in 2011.








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