Tertium Quids is an independent, nonpartisan, issue advocacy organization that promotes legislative efforts to expand individual opportunity and free markets, while reducing the size, role, and cost of government in Virginia.

Through grassroots education and mobilization, as well as direct contact with local and state officeholders, Tertium Quids redefines the parameters of the public debate in favor of individual liberty, dynamic entrepreneurial capitalism, private property, the rule of law, and constitutionally limited government.

Tertium Quids, Latin for "third way" or "third entity," is composed of activists across Virginia whose loyalty and commitment are to the founding principles of our republic, rather than to party politics.

 

 

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TARP, stimulus, cap & trade, health care? -- How Virginia's Congressional delegation voted

The Freedom & Prosperity Agenda -- 12 legislative initiatives to make government smaller, people freer, and the economy grow in Virginia

 

Campaign for Liberty's

Tenth Amendment rally at the

Virginia Capitol on January 18, 2010

On January 18th, John Taylor, president of Tertium Quids, spoke at the Campaign for Liberty’s Tenth Amendment rally at the Bell Tower of the Virginia Capitol. Speaking to an estimated throng of more than 2,000, Taylor convincingly made the case that the political battle that rages in the U.S. today is not between Democrats and Republicans, or even liberals and conservatives, but is a clash between two irreconcilable forces – those who embrace the philosophy of our Founding Fathers versus the progressive movement that seeks to repudiate the ideals of America’s founding.  (Video follows photos below.  Video courtesy of Lisa Miller.)

 

 

 

 

 

TAKE THE PLEDGE...

...GET YOUR BUMPER STICKER

Tertium Quids announces a new grassroots campaign to return the citizens of Virginia to their rightful role as Sovereigns (remember We the People?), and to return our government to the Founders’ vision of a limited state.

 

In the past, there have been a number of attempts to gain a politician’s pledge not to raise taxes.  These attempts have had limited success for one very important reason:  politicians lie.  Politicians are more than happy to take a pledge or endorse your issue without any expectation whatsoever of being bound by it.

 

Tertium Quids’ RAISE MY TAXES, LOSE MY VOTE campaign is different in that we are not asking politicians to do anything.  Our pledge is for the people…

*  people who understand that it is hard work, not entitlements, that brings success;

*   people who understand that it is savings, not spending, that ensures prosperity;

*   people who understand that it is the entrepreneur, not the bureaucrat, who creates jobs and economic growth;

*   people who understand that it is morally reprehensible to enjoy current benefits while passing the costs of those benefits on to our children and grandchildren;

*   people who understand that we can no longer tolerate intellectually bankrupt politicians whose one-step thinking process always leads them to the conclusion that more government spending and higher taxes are the only answers to every problem;

*   people who understand that a nation’s wealth is built over many generations, but can be squandered in a decade.

 

If you are fed up, if you are willing to fight for future generations instead of plundering them, and if you are made of the same steel as your ancestors who fought for Virginia and the nation, then we invite you to sign the pledge that you will not vote for any politician who votes, or who promises to vote, to raise taxes.  And to constantly remind politicians of your pledge and where you stand on taxes, we will send you a RAISE MY TAXES, LOSE MY VOTE bumper sticker.

 

You cannot be economically enslaved and politically free. 

Act now as if your liberty depended upon it!

 

 

 

What is making some Democrat state Senators side with Republicans and vote on measures that would gut national health care reform and loosen gun laws in Virginia?

Why did the Republicans vote for a "pro-choice" license plate?

Why did a bill which would require voters to show identification at the polls get shot down?

How will Governor McDonnell try to balance the budget without tax increases? Will fees do it? Is passing fee increases just a slick way of getting around the pledge that he wouldn't raise taxes?

Dr. Bob Denton, political analyst and the author 21 books on political communication and campaigning, gives us his analysis. Dr. Denton is also the chairman of the Virginia Tech department of communication.

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TARP, stimulus, cap & trade, debt,

health care? -- How Virginia's Congressional delegation voted

 

Click here for phone numbers for these Senators and Congressmen

	TARP HR 1424	Stimulus HR 1	Cap & Trade HR 2454	Health Care HR 3962 / SA 3276
Webb (D)	Yea	Yea	Upcoming	Yea
Warner (D)	Yea	Yea	Upcoming	Yea
Wittman (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Nye (D)	Nay	Yea	Nay	Nay
Scott (D)	Nay	Yea	Yea	Yea
Forbes (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Perriello (D)	Nay	Yea	Yea	Yea
Goodlatte (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Cantor (R)	Yea	Nay	Nay	Nay
Moran (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea
Boucher (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Nay
Wolf (R)	Yea	Nay	Nay	Nay
Connolly (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea

 

	Raise Debt Ceiling($290b) HR 4314	Raise Debt Ceiling($1.1t) H.J. Res. 45	Stimulus, IV HR 4213	Health Care HR 3590
Webb (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea
Warner (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea
Wittman (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Nye (D)	Nay	Nay	Yea	Nay
Scott (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea
Forbes (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Perriello (D)	Nay	Yea	Yea	Yea
Goodlatte (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Cantor (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Moran (D)	Yea	Yea	Present	Yea
Boucher (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Nay
Wolf (R)	Nay	Nay	Nay	Nay
Connolly (D)	Yea	Yea	Yea	Yea

 

	Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation (H.R. 4173)
Webb (D)	Yea
Warner (D)	Yea
Wittman (R)	Nay
Nye (D)	Yea
Scott (D)	Yea
Forbes (R)	Nay
Perriello (D)	Nay
Goodlatte (R)	Nay
Cantor (R)	Nay
Moran (D)	Yea
Boucher (D)	Nay
Wolf (R)	Nay
Connolly (D)	Yea

 

A Citizens' Agenda for Better State Government

 

A coalition of Virginia citizen groups and legislators came together in 2006 to introduce the Freedom & Prosperity Agenda — a citizens’ agenda for better state government that protects the properties, incomes, and futures of all Virginians. These 12 planks were proposed as legislation in a multi-year effort to shift power from the government back to its rightful owners — the people. As you can see, some planks have already been passed, while others require increased grassroots support of people across Virginia — you, your family, and your friends and neighbors – to ensure our state legislators pass them into law.

1.  Eliminate Virginia's death tax   PASSED

2.  Pass a Taxpayers Bill of Rights to limit excessive state spending

3.  Stop unnecessary eminent domain confiscations of private property   PASSED

4.  Allow parents to choose where their children attend school

5.  Put Virginia’s budget and expenditures online to allow citizens to monitor their government   PASSED

6.  Create freedom and fiscal accountability for Virginia’s public colleges and universities

7.  Eliminate the prepayment of the sales and use tax   PASSED

8.  Eliminate the War of 1812 tax (BPOL tax)

9.  Require expiration dates for all new taxes and all tax increases 

PASSED THE HOUSE

10.  Rein in skyrocketing real estate taxes by basing them on the acquisition value of property

11.  Eliminate the car tax

12.  Make more money available for transportation projects by protecting Transportation Trust Fund money from being used for non-transportation purposes   PASSED THE HOUSE

 

Click here for more details on the Freedom & Prosperity Agenda

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At a conference at the Omni Richmond Hotel,

Professor Walter Williams discusses the economic implications

of the Freedom & Prosperity Agenda and the need to

control the growth of government.