Heritage Action Candidate Forum
Freedomworks 9/12 Summit Spotlights Freedom Caucus
Liberty Beats “The Right To Be Left Alone”
CD18 Candidate Brian Mast will be at the tea party, 9/18 at Abacoa
Lobster Fest 2015
Support the Republican Party and join us for our 14th annual lobsterfest hosted at Broken Sound Country Cub in Boca Raton. The event will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by dinner and a desert. Featuring Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera,Congressman Ron Desantis, Congressman Jeff Miller and many more to come!
Martin County GOP Presents “Tropical Night”
PBCGOP Hosts Juneteenth
Pat Rooney Explains House Opposition to Senate Health Care Proposal
Our May meeting featured Representative Pat Rooney, who provided us with an update on the Legislative Session that just ended. As you may know, a special session has been called to complete work on the budget since the House and Senate could not agree on Medicaid expansion.
The Senate has proposed a new entitlement called FHIX (Florida Health Insurance Exchange), that aims to provide taxpayer subsidized insurance to the 800,000 currently not covered by Obamacare or other programs. FHIX would be of benefit to those between 100% and 130% of the poverty line, and would require significant new spending, regardless of the amount of Federal funds that it would attract. Hospitals, insurance companies strongly support it (as it is a windfall for them) as does the Florida Democrat Party.
The House in its wisdom is opposed to this program as is the Governor, and view Medicaid expansion as called for in Obamacare to be too expensive for Florida. Pat Rooney provided us a fact sheet generated by the House that debunks a lot of the claims being made by proponents of FHIX.
To see the House Fact Sheet, click HERE
Legislative Update with Pat Rooney
Peter Feaman on the dangers we face in the world
RNC member and county committeeman Peter Feaman, speaking at the RCNPB March meeting, provided a sobering assessment of the challenges we face in the world.
“The winds of war are blowing” he said, – in the middle east, in Africa, Eastern Europe, Pakistan, South America, and Asia – beginning anew the struggle for freedom for people from those who would deny them. History repeats – the Crusaders were the first freedom fighters, seeking to liberate the holy lands from Muslim domination.
America is a special nation to face this challenge, he said, – our Declaration of Independence was the first assertion that our basic rights come from God – not from a monarch. He defined for us the “American Trinity”, three principles that define us: 1. “In God we Trust” – stated on our money and the touchstone for our government, 2. “e pluribus unum” – the assertion that regardless of ethnic or racial origin, we are all Americans, and 3. Liberty, not equality – we all start out with equal rights and opportunities and have the liberty to pursue them.
Sadly, all of these principles are now under attack from our own government.
In Peter’s view, the contemporary leader who is the best spokesman for liberty, the Churchill of our day if you will, is Bibi Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister has no problem is laying out that Iran and ISIS both plan world domination – they only differ on who should rule. As Israel is our only natural ally in the middle east, a country that shares our values, we should have a litmus test for our presidential candidates, asking what they will do for Israel.
We are fortunate to have someone with this world view representing us on the RNC.
