Grassroots Tour Kicks Off in Washington State Home of Co-Chair of Super Committee
ARLINGTON, VA – The premiere grassroots mobilizing group, Americans for Prosperity, will launch its Cut Spending Now Tour on October 4th in Washington State, home of Super Committee co-chairman Sen. Patty Murray, and will move across the country before arriving on November 5th at the national Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, DC. The tour serves as a call to action for AFP’s 1.8 million activists and Americans from all walks to life to demand that Congress finally cut spending while bringing about fundamental budget reforms that reduce the size of government. The tour also reminds President Obama that picking the economy’s winners and losers is one reason unemployment is so high and our economy so weak under this administration.
“Cut Spending Now is launching in a crucial place and at a crucial time,” said Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity. “While President Obama continues to push his second Stimulus boondoggle Americans continue to look for jobs and the economy continues to flounder. It is up to Americans to make sure Congress and the debt super committee rein in the president’s spending habits.”
“We are kicking off our tour in Sen. Patty Murray’s home state of Washington to remind her that America needs her to put aside the fact that she’s chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and act responsibly as co-chair of the spending super-committee. We hope that all super-committee members get the message that after years of out-of-control government spending, it’s time for Washington, D.C. to tighten its belt.”
“This tour is all about sending a message to our president and to Congress. We will be giving our activists the tools they need to make their voices heard and to tell our government that we need to cut spending now. AFP has grown to over 1.8 million members by advancing the common sense idea that free-markets will create jobs while government can only place a burden on the economy.
The tour is confirmed to go through Washington State, Oregon, California, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, Virginia, North Carolina and other key states before arriving in Washington, DC.
In addition to having speakers and displays at each stop, activists will have the opportunity to sign the Cut Spending Now petition, available online here, to tell Washington to cut spending now and restore the basic principles of economic freedom that will revive American growth and create jobs.
Full a complete tour schedule, visit www.CutSpendingNow.org.
