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Gabrielle Giffords has reached page 1 of her Liberal Attack Manual, scare seniors about Social Security.

Here is the truth: Jesse Kelly wants to protect Social Security for current retirees. We will fully honor our commitments for those now receiving benefits. Those who have been paying into the system should also receive their full benefits.
Jesse will protect current retirees while giving
future generations ownership of their retirement accounts.
We need a long-term solution that ensures funds paid into the system will be there when people retire. Younger workers should have the choice of allocating a portion of their contribution into a personal retirement account in their name. Individuals could choose from a range of appropriate retirement options: a blend of guaranteed savings accounts, investment grade bonds, and blue chip equities. Americans should have the same options that Giffords, as a member of Congress, has through the Federal Thrift Savings Plan.

Representative Giffords has no plan to deal with the long-term challenges facing our current retirement system. Giffords’ failure to take action is pushing the Social Security program closer to collapse. We must not allow Giffords to bankrupt the system. Southern Arizona deserves a representative who is willing to take on tough issues and find good solutions. Jesse Kelly is that person.

Fundraiser with Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA 22). Join the campaign for a special event with Congressman McCarthy this Thursday afternoon, September 2nd. Please contact Stuart McDaniel at (520) 349-5600 or stuart.mcdaniel@votejessekelly.com to RSVP or to get more details. Congressman McCarthy serves as the Chief Deputy Whip and is a Vice-Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

Early Ballots: There will be several lengthy propositions on the General Election ballot. Voting early allows you to read over these ballot measures at home and make an informed decision. Please contact your county recorder to request an early ballot:

Cochise County, (520) 432-8354 or (520) 432-8358

Pima County, (520) 740-4330

Pinal County, (520) 509-3555 or (888) 431-1311

Santa Cruz County, (520) 375-7990

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Pasted below is more information about the August 8^th Code Blue Tea Party protests for health care freedom at Gabby Giffords’ offices in Tucson and Sierra Vista. 

1)  What, When and Where

2)  This Just In–Gabby Giffords Town Hall on Thursday Night, August 6

3)  How to Sign Up—And Info on Other AZ Rallies

4)  Ideas for Signs

5)  Why this Protest is Important 

1)  WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE 

Members of the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity are joining allied organizations this Saturday, August 8th, at 9 am, for protests at the offices of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.  Her Tucson office is at 1661 N. Swan Road (SW corner of Swan and Pima), Tucson, 85712.  Her Sierra Vista office is at 77 Calle Portal, Sierra Vista, 85635. 

Our message to Congress, Washington bureaucrats, and special interests: 

     HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE! 

AFP Arizona activists will join Arizona Tea Party, 912 Project Arizona, Smart Girl Politics, Tea Party Patriots, and hundreds of citizen activists in these Code Blue protests for health care freedom at Gabrielle Giffords’ offices. 

Congresswoman Giffords has serious reservations about the initial versions of the Obama-Pelosi-Kennedy “reform” plans.  She knows that the current plans would result in massive new taxes, fail to control costs, and take America a long way toward a single-payer, Canadian-style system of government-directed health care (under which Washington bureaucrats would decide which doctors you can go to, and which medical procedures you can and can’t have).  

Giffords is under intense pressure from President Obama, from her hard-left colleagues in Congress, and from radical activist groups that want to destroy what remains of America’s private health insurance system.  We need to make sure that Giffords hears loud and clear from grassroots supporters of health care freedom! 

Location for Giffords’ offices:  Saturday, August 8, 9:00 am.  Tucson–1661 N. Swan Road (SW corner of Swan and Pima), Tucson, 85712.  Sierra Vista–77 Calle Portal, Sierra Vista, 85635 

2)  THIS JUST IN—GABBY GIFFORDS TOWN HALL THURS AUG 6TH 

This just in from Tucson Tea Party co-organizer Robert Mayer:

WHAT:     “Casual Conversation” with Gabrielle Giffords

WHEN:     Thursday, August 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE:   La Placita, 110 S. Church Ave.

Parking info:   The address is 110 South Church Avenue, at the intersection of Church and Broadway.  Parking is available across the street (West of La Placita), off of the street “Jackson” in the five-story parking garage. Parking is reportedly free after 5 p.m. on Levels 3 and above. 

Mayer asks Tea Partiers to remember to wear your red Tea Shirts! 

3)  HOW TO SIGN UP FOR SATURDAY, INFO ON OTHER AZ RALLIES 

To sign up for a rally, please take the following five steps: 

a)  Decide which Congressional office you wish to visit on August 8th. The offices are listed on the Code Blue flyer:

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/files/health-care-code-blue-8-8-flyer.pdf 

b)  Reply to this email (or write to tjenney@afphq.org) to let AFP Arizona know which office you plan to visit. 

c)  Let your local Tea Party organizer know which office you’re going to, by signing up at www.arizonateaparty.com 

d)  Get talking points, policy updates, and ideas for signs at: http://joinpatientsfirst.com/ 

e)  Email and call your friends and family members, and urge them to join us on August 8th. 

4)  SOME IDEAS FOR SIGNS 

My doctor is my choice!

Hands off our health care!

ObamaCare = Long lines, poor quality

ObamaCare = Death

Read the Bill, Gabby!  Then vote NO!

Read Page 30 of HR 3200:  Govt will decide who gets treated

Read Page 72 of HR 3200:  All private plans must conform to govt rules

Read Page 124 of HR 3200:  No one can sue the govt health monopoly

Read Page 149 of HR 3200:  8% payroll tax on large employers

Read Page 150 of HR 3200:  6% payroll tax on small employers

Read Page 167 of HR 3200:  2.5% tax on people who don’t go along

Read Page 272 of HR 3200:  Cancer hospital payments will be rationed

Read Page 318 of HR 3200:  Hospital expansions prohibited w/o govt approval

Read Page 335 of HR 3200:  “Outcome-based measures” = Rationing

Gabby: Don’t let DC bureaucrats destroy health care

Don’t pull the plug on elderly Americans!

Fed up with govt health care

The VA almost killed me—ObamaCare will finish the job

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it’s “free”

We say NO to ObamaCare

Where will the Canadians go for surgery?

Fascism: When govt decides whether you live or die 

5)  WHY THIS PROTEST IS IMPORTANT 

This is the fight of the decade for American liberty.  Now is the time to take a stand.  

President Obama and the leftists in Congress wanted to hurry up and complete the national government’s takeover of American health care–before the public got a chance to find out what was in the legislation.  We are grateful to report that the legislation does not look like it will move until after the August recess.  That means we have a very limited window to act. 

The same people who have taken over private banks and much of the auto industry now want to take over even more of the health care sector.  The same people who make you wait in line at the Post Office want to create a system in which you will have to wait weeks, months, or even years for life-saving or life-improving medical services.  The same kind of people who run America’s very expensive and very ineffective public schools claim that they will (somehow) maintain quality and control costs in the health care sector. 

Some of the central planners in Washington want to give government the power to say which doctors you can go to, and which medical procedures you can and can’t have.   President Obama is not sure whether the government should have allowed his own grandmother to get a hip replacement.  Imagine how Washington bureaucrats will treat YOU!

We must take a stand NOW to protect elderly patients, to maintain the high quality of health services in America, and to preserve the essential doctor-patient relationship.   Government has already distorted US health insurance markets by making private health insurance too expensive for many Americans, and by making American workers dependent upon on employer-provided insurance.  But if you think things are bad now, wait until government completes its takeover of the medical sector.  We must STOP the rapid march of socialist health care!

For Liberty,

–Tom 

Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity
(Arizona Federation of Taxpayers)
www.aztaxpayers.org
tjenney@afphq.org
(602) 478-0146