The Dayton Tea Party's vision of encouraging local citizen awareness and participatory involvement in all levels of government has led to the creation of what are now known as Liberty Groups. These Liberty Groups have been established in various communities around the Miami Valley.

Liberty Groups are local citizens, residing in urban, suburban, or rural communities, who come from varied economic backgrounds, occupations, and political persuasions.

The goals of Liberty Groups and the Dayton Tea Party are as follows:

1) Respect for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
2) Smaller government
3) Fiscal responsibility
4) The support of the free market system

• RECENT BLOG POSTS
• Beavercreek Liberty Group Hosts 'Making of America' Seminar

  The Beavercreek Liberty Group welcomes the National Center for Constitutional Studies to present the acclaimed "Making of America" seminar.    Saturday, September 24, 2011 Beavercreek Fire Department, 2195 Dayton Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH FEE: $25 per person (seating is limited, payment via PayPal available) INCLUDES Making of America study guide Pocket Constitution Pastries, coffee, tea, lemonade Boxed lunch and afternoon snacks.     Additional study materials will be available for purchase. SEMINAR AGENDA Doors Open:  7:45 am Seminar:  8:30 am to 4:30 pm Morning session:  "Developing America's Great Success Formula" Noon to 12:45 pm:  Lunch Break Afternoon session:  "The Perfect Plan of Liberty" Registration is required by September 23, 2011. Call 937-475-6955 or signup online to secure your seat and materials. For more information, contact Nancy at n.casebere@hotmail.com. Make checks payable to Dayton Tea Party, Inc   Mail payments to Dayton Tea Party BLG Making of America PO BOX 197  Dayton, OH 45409 -- OR --  The gadget spec URL could not be found

  Posted Aug 17, 2011 11:40 AM by Deidre East
• Free in Ohio? Not so much...

  Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published a freedom index: FREEDOM IN THE 50 STATES: AN INDEX of PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM by William P. Ruger & Jason Sorens According to their research, using data publicly available at http://www.statepolicyindex.com, Ohio doesn't even rank above half of the states for any freedom ranking. Fiscal Policy 40th Regulatory Policy 29th Economic Freedom 32th Personal Freedom 46th Overall 38th Their conclusion of how free we are here in Ohio: "Adjusted government spending is over a standard deviation higher than average.  Ohio is higher than average in every spending category except transportation. Gun control laws are relatively poor, though not in a class with Illinois, New Jersey, and others.  Marijuana laws are liberal overall, but cultivation and sale sentencing could be reformed.  Most gambling is illegal.  Private and home school regulations are unreasonable, including teacher licensure and mandatory state approval of home school curricula.  Asset forfeiture rules are appropriate.  Eminent domain reform has not gone nearly far enough. Draconian smoking bans are in place." Here are some other indexes of freedom: The Freedom Index: a Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution 2009 Index of Economic Freedom: The Link Between Economic Opportunity & Prosperity  Economic Freedom of the World: 2009 Annual Report (Chapter 4, Country Data Tables)

  Posted Oct 8, 2009 10:57 AM by Beavercreek Liberty Group Dayton Tea Party
• Individual Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance

  Is it any wonder that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries are behind these kind of reforms? According to the New York Times, "The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting President Obama’s health care overhaul, beginning over the August Congressional recess...." Michael F. Cannon, Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, writes, "You cannot improve a bad product by forcing people to buy it. But you can make it worse. Mandating that people purchase health insurance - on their own or through an employer - will increase its cost and oust millions from their current source of coverage."  He also remarks, "The health insurance lobby, for example, is all too happy to force you to buy health insurance." The comparison between auto insurance mandates and health insurance mandates is flawed.  While you can escape paying for auto insurance by refraining from driving a car, you cannot escape the clutches of a government mandate forcing you to purchase health insurance.  Michael F. Cannon explains, "The only way to avoid a health insurance mandate is by divesting yourself of a body." Check out the "Baucus Bill" (America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009), specifically Title I, Subtitle D (Personal Responsibility). According to OpenCongress.org, Senator Max Baucus received campaign contributions in 2008 from the following pertinent special interest groups (from the top 25 interest groups giving campaign contributions to Baucus):  Rank Special Interest Group 2008 Contributions 2 Attorneys & law firms $314,926 8 Pharmaceutical manufacturing $108,720 17 Hospitals $54,801 18 Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $52,400 19 Health care institutions $52,250 20 HMOs $51,600 21 Other physician specialists $50,209 22 Insurance companies, brokers & agents $49,450 Here is more related reading from the Cato Institute. They tried mandates in Massachusettes. See how well they worked: "Mandatory Health Insurance: Lessons from Massachusetts," by Craig Richardson, Cato Journal, Volume 29 Number 2, Spring/Summer 2009 "Romney's Folly - Health-Care Mandates Are a Middle-Class Tax," by Michael F. Cannon, National Review, July 24, 2009 "State Health Insurance Mandates Raise Prices" featuring Michael F. Cannon, February 19, 2008 "Mandates for Change," by Arnold Kling, The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2008 Want a poster to use to promote the fight against government-run health care?  Here you go:  http://healthcare.cato.org/sites/default/files/Cato_HealthcareAd_color.pdf

  Posted Sep 28, 2009 11:12 AM by Beavercreek Liberty Group Dayton Tea Party
• Indoctrination?

  Here are some remarks from Hugo Chavez: "In a capitalist society, it is all about the individual. Here, no. We are all the same. You are all being socialized." "Yes, we are indoctrinating children from the first grade through college, every grade, private schools. The ideology of the revolution! The ideology of socialism! Our ideology!" The original video was posted to the YouTube channel of Charisse Carney-Nunes.   Here is her book: I am Barack Obama The following video took place at B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington Township School District) If you would like to politely ask a reasonable question or make a levelheaded comment regarding this video, you may contact B. Bernice Young Elementary School:  609-699-4025 (Liz Scott, Public Relations Coordinator). How does the following video sit well with you? Do you know your local school's curriculum?  Do you the content of your school district's textbooks?  Do you know what is on the high school reading list (Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm seem pretty timely)?   Why not ask? Beavercreek City Schools Administrative Offices :  937-426-1522 Asst. Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, Dr. Lynn Hickman Long:  937-458-2429, Lynn.Hickman-Long@beavercreek.k12.oh.us

  Posted Sep 24, 2009 5:03 PM by Beavercreek Liberty Group Dayton Tea Party

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