Greenwich Tea Party Patriots of South Jersey

“Greenwich Tea Party Patriots of South Jersey” is an organization aligned with conservative principles, many of which are shared
by Tea Party organizations throughout the country. Each Tea Party organization is free to identify and emphasize its own principle
beliefs. Below is a summary of principle beliefs written by the Tea Party Patriots of Southern New Jersey (TPPSNJ) and these
principles are wholly supported by the Greenwich Tea Party Patriots of South Jersey.

1. Protect and defend the U.S. Constitution - Our Constitution is an “inspired” document. In the original document and first
ten amendments, our founding fathers established fundamental principles that have led to American exceptionalism. These
principles must be defended against attempts to diminish the relevance of our Constitution in today’s world. Circumstances
change requiring us to adapt; principles remain constant and must be honored.

2. Our inalienable rights come from the Creator - In the Declaration of Independence, our founding fathers set forth their
belief that our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness do not come from the government; they come from our Creator.
As such, those rights cannot be legitimately taken from us by government, and we must not surrender those rights in exchange for
temporary comforts or short-term security. Our founders also believed that only a “moral people” would be able to govern
themselves in a free and open society, and that a belief in a Higher Being and adherence to Judeo-Christian principles would be
most beneficial in maintaining a moral society.

3. Less Government equals more freedom – Our founding fathers were very concerned about the inherent tendency of any
government to grow in size and power. In our Constitution, they sought to limit the size and scope of government. Over time, the
intentions of the founders have been circumvented by lesser men, to the extent that the Federal Government has gained undue
power and influence over the American people and their enterprises – at the expense of individual liberty. We must not only stop
the growth of government; we must roll it back to its Constitutional boundaries.

4. Strong National Defense - A fundamental and unchallenged role of government is to provide for the common defense of the
nation and its people. We believe this includes the defense of American interests abroad, the security of our borders at home,
and “domestic tranquility” within our borders.

5. Equality of opportunity; not outcome - The founders established our system of government to better ensure equal
opportunity for all Americans to pursue their goals, dreams and fortunes. They did so with the understanding that some would
succeed while others would fail. With this acceptance of reality, combined with the freedom afforded by the Constitution,
America became the most exceptional nation ever known to man, where even those who fail can maintain the hope and
possibility of trying again - and succeeding. The founders would not have supported governmental interference in this dynamic
where they saw it as a family, friends, and neighborly responsibility to assist those in need.

6. Energy Independence - Energy independence must become a national objective. By developing our own abundant energy
resources, we would lessen the likelihood of having to defend national interests abroad, while creating more jobs and
opportunities for Americans at home, and drastically reducing the trade deficit. Through greater access to our resources, and
use of modern technology in developing renewable and finite energy resources, we would better ensure a clean environment and
improved standard of living for future generations. With that in mind, we must pursue the development of clean and efficient
energy from all sources, including nuclear, coal and oil within our territorial and offshore limits.

7. Legal immigration; not illegal immigration - We are a nation of immigrants. Legal immigration has kept our country
renewed and growing over the past two centuries. We support the legal immigration of people from a wide variety of nations
who want to come to America to be Americans. Illegal immigration has produced a burden to society, both in economic terms
and in terms of our nation’s cohesiveness. Since 9/11, we realize that the failure to protect our borders has presented a risk to
national security as well. The Federal government must do its duty to enforce our borders and pursue a viable immigration
policy that will support immigrants coming to our country legally.

8. Capitalism over Statism - Once government gets too involved or directly controls any aspect of the private sector; the
dynamics that made our nation’s economy so successful become drastically altered and damaged. Despite their cyclical ups
and downs, Capitalism and free markets allowed for the generation of tremendous national and individual wealth, a wealth
that has been broadly shared by the millions who participated in this “grand experiment.” Capitalism is the tide that lifts all
ships, and government must refrain from doing any more than what is necessary to ensure that all can participate in this
system to the fairest extent feasible.

Our Principles

Principle Beliefs

It is our hope that all those who subscribe to our principle beliefs
will join the ranks of The Tea Party Patriots.
For the most part, joining our ranks is a simple process
of adding your name/address to our email list so we can help you
stay informed of important events and happenings.
There is strength in numbers, and we hope to use our numbers to
influence public officials to cast their votes in ways that
would be in line with our principle beliefs.

The impetus for the Tea Party movement is excessive government spending and taxation. Our mission is to attract, educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to
secure public policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets.

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