Coming Events

"Tea Party of Louisiana Member Meeting”

MONDAY February 27, 2012, 6:30PM-7:30PM

At TJ Ribs Restaurant (Private Banquet Room)

(2324 S Acadian Thrwy – Right off I-10 Exit)

The Tea Party of Louisiana will host a Q & A

“Member Meeting” with YOU as featured guest speakers

Time for You to Voice Your Opinions on changes you want

We want to hear from you on matters you find important at

the local, state or national level to add to our 2012 agenda.

The Tea Party of Louisiana Board would like

to thank all of our members for supporting TPoL on

positions we taken, on matters we felt were important to

our State & Country’s future.

Seating is limited, so please confirm your attendance with

reply at events@teapartyoflouisiana.net

Come Out and Be a Part of Helping Return

Our Government to Our Constitution!!!

A Must Read click on following linkHey Barack, Resign Now, and Now Means Yesterday

After two years of Obama...here's your

CHANGE!!!

Of course, the clueless media won't announce facts

like these because it makes their 'messiah' look like

the fake he actually is!! eb

	January 2009	TODAY	% chg	^Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.	$1.83	$3.104	69.6%	¹
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)	$43.48	$99.02	127.7%	²
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)	$38.74	$91.38	135.9%	²
Gold: London (per troy oz.)	$853.25	$1,369.50	60.5%	²
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL	$3.56	$6.33	78.1%	²
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL	$9.66	$13.75	42.3%	²
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob	$13.37	$35.39	164.7%	²
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall	7.6%	9.4%	23.7%	³
Unemployment rate, blacks	12.6%	15.8%	25.4%	³
Number of unemployed	11,616,000	14,485,000	24.7%	³
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)	2,779,000	2,840,000	2.2%	³
Real median household income (2008 v 2009)	$50,112	$49,777	-0.7%	⁴
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)	31,983,716	43,200,878	35.1%	⁵
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)	7,526,598	9,193,838	22.2%	⁶
Number of long-term unemployed	2,600,000	6,400,000	146.2%	³
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)	13.2%	14.3%	8.3%	⁴
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)	39,800,000	43,600,000	9.5%	⁴
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings	5	9	n/a	¹⁰
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)	29.9	23.5	-21.4%	¹¹
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)	140	164	17.1%	¹²
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate	89.76	82.03	-8.6%	²
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	1,575.1	1,865.7	18.4%	¹³
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	8,310.9	8,852.3	6.5%	¹³
National debt, in trillions	$10.627	$14.052	32.2%	¹⁴

Just take this last item: In the last two years

we have accumulated national debt at a rate more

than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire

nation's history. Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically

speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH

and a car rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster,

it would be doing 7,555 MPH!

Sources:

(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal;

(3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA;

(6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller;

(9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board;

(12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

PRESS RELEASE February 7, 2011 - For Immediate Release Tea Party of Louisiana Calls for NEW Louisiana State Senate President !!!

(Baton Rouge) “The Tea Party of Louisiana (TPoL) calls for NEW Louisiana Senate President,” Tea Party of Louisiana Spokesman Bob Reid said. “The current Economic & Political times demand NEW Conservative Leadership in our Louisiana Senate,” Reid added. “The Tea Party of Louisiana is calling for a STRONG CONSERVATIVE LEADER to replace the current Liberal, Trial Lawyer Democrat as our new Louisiana State Senate President,” Reid explained.

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House votes to nullify federal health insurance mandate in Louisiana

By Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune

May 13, 2010, 6:16PM

The House of Representatives voted 59-15 today to declare that Louisiana residents should not be subject to the looming mandate to buy health insurance, an anchor provision of President Barack Obama's recently enacted health care overhaul.

Both the debate and the vote fell along party lines, with a handful of Democrats joining Republicans to forge a majority. Several other Democrats chose not to vote, a tacit admission of the political difficulty, particularly for white Democrats, of associating with a president who is overwhelmingly unpopular among white Louisiana voters.

House Bill 1474 states that every Louisiana resident "is and shall be free from governmental intrusion in choosing or declining to choose any mode of securing health insurance coverage without penalty or threat of penalty."

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House budget chairman endorses use of rainy-day fund to solve budget deficit

By Jan Moller, The Times-Picayune

May 12, 2010, 12:49PM

BATON ROUGE -- A deal on solving the state's $319 million mid-year budget shortfall appears to be close, as the chairman of the House budget committee said this morning that he agrees with the Senate on tapping the state's rainy-day fund. Read more...