Posted by KevinYeaux on 12/30/09
Last updated 12/30/09

In the middle of the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the fight over ObamaCare, it's easy to overlook the fact that the last remaining holdout on S.604 from Louisiana had finally co-sponsored the bill... and I, for one, did. 

According to GovTrack.us, Senator Mary Landrieu co-sponsored Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders' bill to audit the Federal Reserve system on December 18th, 2009. After months of prodding, thousands of petitions, and several rallies by the Louisiana Campaign for Liberty and other liberty-minded organizations, the third-term senator became the last member of the Louisiana congressional delegation to co-sponsor either Audit the Fed bills, H.R.1207 or S.604. 

I, for one, congratulate Senator Landrieu for finally understanding what her civic duty is and what her constituency wants. Now, about that healthcare thing...

Posted by KevinYeaux on 07/29/11

As a nation, we need to be honest with ourselves: we're broke. Sorry. No debt ceiling increase, no tax increase, and no spending increase will fix that problem. Liberals and fake conservatives can try and say that a $14 trillion deficit is "manageable", it's not. Stop lying.

Our credit rating is worthless, "AAA" doesn't mean much when the only way we can pay our bills is to borrow more or devalue our Dollar. We're the most unsustainable large economy on earth by our deficit spending alone. You want to save our "pristine" image? Cut seriously. Bring the troops home, demand every dollar not yet payed back from bailouts (and don't believe that it's all paid back... we lost billions on Chrysler alone). President Obama says he wants spending cuts, yet in three years he's showed no sign of wanting to cut anything except the Republican's ability to control Congress (and in that he failed). The GOP is no better, aside from their fiscally liberal President Bush inheriting a surplus and ending with a massive deficit, no one in GOP leadership wants to cut the program that MUST be slashed to make any real change in our budget: the Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan. While the libertarian/Tea Party wing has helped somewhat, the leadership's still not there.

On taxes: taxes supress the economy. Plain and simple. They take money out of circulation and put it in government where it is almost always put to less efficient use. If wealthy people feel that they want to "contribute" more to the Federal Government,  you can make a contribution to the Treasury if you'd like. Not raising taxes in one of the highest taxed nations (counting state and local taxes) isn't about "loving rich people", it's about wanting to have a workable economy. Our economy is strong, even during the worst of the recession. I hated John McCain, but he was absolutely right when he said "the fundamentals of our economy are strong". It's the government that's too big.

There's no easy way out... it's our parents and their older generations that got us into this mess and we're going to have to pay for it. I believe our generation, who will begin to populate Congress in about fifteen to twenty years, will be a better, more responsible group because we know what irresponsibility can do to a nation. In the meantime, how about the generation that got us into this mess grow a pair and deal with the fallout of their actions, instead of dumping it on their kids?

Posted by KevinYeaux on 05/23/11

On Monday, May 23rd, the Senate voted on cloture for the PATRIOT Renewal Act.

• Vitter didn't vote
• Landrieu voted yea.

Final passage in the Senate is expected by Wednesday.

Posted 06/08/11 Chris Hand Denham Springs, LA

And now Congressman Cassidy has Voted yea as well.

Posted by KevinYeaux on 04/17/10

Your Baton Rouge Campaign for Liberty will have a table at Louisiana's Earth Day 2010 in Downtown Baton Rouge from 11 AM to 3:30 PM. We'll be there with information on our issues, including our position on cap & trade, and why it won't help against climate change.

Join us! If you're available tomorrow morning and/or afternoon, call Kevin Yeaux at (225) 636-0617 or email kevin@kevinsword.com for more details. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Posted by KevinYeaux on 04/16/10
Last updated 04/15/10

Several members of Louisiana Campaign for Liberty's Sixth District were at the Tax Day rally held by our good friends at the Baton Rouge Tea Party. We were on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol, handing out information and talking to folks about Dr. Paul's new bill, End the Mandate, in between speakers.

Several folks showed up with Ron Paul signs and many more came with End the Fed-related signs. Together we reached a good audience and the reception was overall very positive. We gave out a lot of flyers, all of which have links back to C4L.com, and signed up a few new members to the local C4L. Thanks to Rishi Vyas and James Lewis for coming out and handing out End the Mandate flyers, and Connie Bernard and her husband for bring the Ron Paul signs!

See our Flickr page for more photos!

Posted 04/16/10 david bitner w. melbourne, FL

C4L'ers were at the brevard tea party yesterday in melbourne, fl too.