Politics & Government

LETTER: NH Tea Party Leader Endorses Ron Paul

Bedford's Jane Aitken joins Ron Paul Revolution.

By Jane Aitken

I am hereby making a personal endorsement of Congressman Dr. Ron Paul for President of the United States. I have followed his career since the early 1980s and I am sure that he is a man of integrity, good character, and trustworthiness both personally and professionally. America is at a precipice, time is short, and while others fail to realize it, business as usual just will not do.

Americans have been observing our public educational system become dumbed down and fraught with destructive political agendas. We have been observing with frustration how our government has ignored the Constitution, states rights, and individual rights in the process of governing and lawmaking, while expanding government's role far beyond what the Constitution intended. We have watched our country fall into the control of non-governmental entities at the local, state and federal levels, and Congress become so bogged down as to be rendered ineffective and irrelevant. We have seen thousands of new, unnecessary laws passed and too few laws repealed. We have been observing that while fewer and fewer people are paying taxes, many more are asking for bigger handouts from those who do. As a result of the actions and inactions of the establishment of both parties, we have watched our hard-won independence slipping away to the very foreign interests we shook off in the 1700s.

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It is rare to find a candidate who understands the proper role of government, is not afraid to tell the truth, and who is truly dedicated to real change. We must defy the establishment's effort to dictate the outcome of our elections and unite behind someone who is truly 'for the people', instead of continually electing elitist Republicans who can only call themselves  'conservative'.

A teacher of 35 years, Aitken has been involved in the original tea party movement since 2007. She co-founded the NH Tea Party Coalition with another original tea party member in 2009. Aitken is also on the Board of Directors of the Coalition of NH Taxpayers, one of NHTPC's supporting groups. Please note that this endorsement is a personal one, as neither Coalition endorses candidates.

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