Mission Statement

The mission of the Pickens County TEA Party is to educate, inform and motivate to action the citizens of Pickens County who share the same core values of belief in God, fiscal responsibility, limited government and free markets, the values upon which this nation was founded. This independent, non-partisan group of citizens will work together within Pickens County and in concert with other local, state, and national TEA Party organizations in securing public policy consistent with those values and electing leaders in the legislative and executive branches of government who will support those values.

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Does anyone know why we have a Department of Energy?

We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency that I bet not one person who reads this can remember the reason it was created.

It was very simple, and at the time everybody thoughtIt very appropriate. The Department of Energy was instituted on August 4, 1977, to lessen our dependence on Foreign Oil.

And now, it’s 2011, 34 years later, and the budget for this department is $24.2 Billion a year. It has 16,000 federal employees, and approximately 100,00 contract employees.

Have we accomplished the goal yet???

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The Majority Votes

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.”

Samuel Adams

The Majority must determine if your representative represents you. To find out how your representative voted on the issues, go to:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/112

http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm

http://www.govit.com/government/house

http://www.govit.com/government/senate

Take the time and energy to learn the issues and candidates
Be courageous and vote your beliefs and values
Forget about being “politically correct” (that is only an attempt to shame you into liberal positions)
VOTE

PICKENS COUNTY TEA PARTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2009-2012

Do you sometimes wonder whether the Pickens County TEA Party is really accomplishing anything? Consider the following . . .

A leadership group in Pickens County has asked the TEA Party Board Chairpersonto join them in searching out and encouraging conservative candidates for upcoming local elections.
A TEA Party board member has been placed on the County Elections Board by the Republican Party.

Looking back, we have had a variety of interesting programs and speakers at our monthly meetings, such as:

A Second Amendment expert
A showing of the education system documentary "The Cartel"
An introduction to the “United Nations Agenda 21”
Obamacare from a surgeon’s point of view
Americans for Prosperity “Running on Empty” regarding high gas prices
A Fair Tax / Flat Tax Presentation
Co-sponsored an all day summit where The Roots of Obama’s Rage author spoke
Talks from our local and state representatives
A Christmas dinner where we discussed various political views
Participation in parades
Plus, the first “Constitution Day Festival” event at Newton Park

Website: Our website has seen an increase in monthly hits from a high of 1,200 in Nov 2011 to a new high of over 5,800 hits in January 2012. People are becoming more and more interested in the upcoming elections, and are looking to the local TEA Party for information.

Let’s keep attending monthly TEA Party meetings with our like-minded friends and neighbors in learning more about our Constitutional rights and freedoms.

The Most Important Non-Presidentioal Election

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