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Where Cherilyn Eagar Stands
The majority of our elected representatives in Congress has lost touch with the core principles that made this country great. If we do not elect representatives who will courageously pledge to return to them, our economy, sovereignty and moral foundation will continue to weaken. We need to return to following the U.S. Constitution.
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Cherilyn's platform is based on five general principles, plus the 28 Principles of Liberty from The 5,000 Year Leap, by Cleon Skousen, Glenn Beck's 9 Principles and 12 Values, and The Independence Caucus'Â 10 Principles of fiscal integrity that will restore this nation's solvency.
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Cherilyn Eagar's Five Principles
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Fiscal Restraint
Limited Government
Free Market Solutions
Energy Independence
Strong National Defense
Principles of Liberty from The Five Thousand Year Leap
Adherence to these principles during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5,000 years.
Principle 1: The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
Principle 2: A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
Principle 3: The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
Principle 4: Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.
Principle 5: All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.
Principle 6: All men are created equal.
Principle 7: The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
Principle 8: Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
Principle 9: To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.
Principle 10: The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.
Principle 11: The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.
Principle 12: The United States of America shall be a republic.
Principle 13: A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.
Principle 14: Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right to property is secure.
Principle 15: The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
Principle 16: The government should be separated into three branches--legislative, executive, and judicial.
Principle 17: A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.
Principle 18: The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution.
Principle 19: Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.
Principle 20: Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
Principle 21: Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.
Principle 22: A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.
Principle 23: A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
Principle 24: A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
Principle 25: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none." -- Thomas Jefferson
Principle 26: The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.
Principle 27: The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
Principle 28: The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.
Glenn Beck's 9 Principles & 12 Values
The 12 Values are:Â Honesty, Reverence, Hope, Thrift, Humility, Charity, Sincerity, Moderation, Hard Work, Courage, Personal Responsibility, Gratitude
The 9 Principles are:
1. America Is Good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
God: “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained,” (George Washington’s first Inaugural address) Â
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Honesty: “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” (George Washington)Â
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
Marriage/Family: “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” (Thomas Jefferson)Â
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
Justice: “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” (Thomas Jefferson)Â
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness: “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” (Thomas Jefferson)Â
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” (George Washington)Â
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
On your right to disagree: “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” (George Washington)Â
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” (Thomas Jefferson)
The Independence Caucus 10 Principles
to Restore Fiscal Integrity in the United States
The Proper Role of Government and Sovereignty
Principle #1: The Independence Caucus adheres to the principle that all elected public officials, at both the state and federal levels, must take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States; and that this oath mandates that all public officials willingly fulfill the constitutionally enumerated responsibilities and powers of their elected office; and that this oath also mandates that all public officials refrain from taking any actions or passing any legislation that is not constitutionally empowered to their elected office.
Congressional Transparency & Code of Ethics
Principle #2: The Independence Caucus adheres to the self-evident principle as expressed in the 3rd point in the "Code of Ethics for U.S. Government Service," adopted on July 11th, 1958 by the U.S. House of Representatives with the Senate concurring; which stipulates that any person in government service should "Give a full day's labor for a full day’s pay; giving to the performance of his duties his earnest effort and best thought."
Therefore; it is inexcusable for any congressman to allow bills to be passed that have not been read and/or that have not had sufficient time for public review.
Furthermore; it is inconsistent with this code for any congressman to say that they voted in favor of bad legislation because there "were other good things contained in that legislation."
Federal Budget Process: (The Unified Fixed-Pie Budget)
Principle #3: The "Unified Fixed Pie Budget" (as proposed by The Independence Caucus) begins with and adheres to the self-evident principle that, except in times of National Emergency, it is irresponsible for Government at any level to increase their overall spending if a deficit was incurred in the previous year.
Principle #4: The "Unified Fixed Budget" (as proposed by the Independence Caucus) adheres to the self-evident principle that Congress must weigh the costs and merits of various spending proposals; and must prioritize federal spending within a pre-established finite spending limit.
Principle #5: The "Unified Fixed Budget" (as proposed by The Independence Caucus) adheres to the self-evident principle that the Government appropriation process should be both a transparent and honest process.
Principle 6: The "Unified Fixed Budget" (as proposed by the Independence Caucus) adheres to the self-evident principle that it is ineffective to have 3 separate budgets (Presidential, House, and Senate) that can only be reconciled "in Conference;" and that having 3 separate budgets is ultimately irresponsible because the entire "conference Budget Reconciliation" process consistently results in unauthorized earmark items being added into the budget at the last minute with no vetting, no debate, and no cost-benefit analysis.
Earmark Process Reforms
Principle #7: The Independence Caucus adheres to the common sense principle that Congressional appropriations should only be earmarked if they meet the following 4 criteria:
A- The Earmark Request must go through an open vetting process;
B- The Earmark Request must be scrutinized by the committee system; within the required committee time frames and deadlines;
C- The Earmark Request must have an appropriate federal nexus; and may not be requested for projects that are the responsibility of states and/or local communities to fund.
D- The Earmark Request must only be for a specific purpose, and cannot be awarded to private individuals or companies that have not gone through a transparent competitive bidding process.
Principle #8: The Independence Caucus subscribes to the principle that the Congressional appropriations process must be free from the taint of abuse, stains of corruption, cronyism, or charges of "pay to play" type schemes, wherein members of Congress submit earmark requests in exchange for campaign support or other favored treatment.
However, our research and the research of others has exposed that far too many members of Congress have abused earmarks to reward their special interest campaign donors; and as a result the entire process must be reformed.
Federal Taxation Policy
Principle #9: The Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that the only legitimate purpose of our national taxation policy is the original intent of raising necessary revenues to fund constitutionally enumerated government services.
However, it is the contention of the Independence Caucus that the Federal Government has fundamentally changed the original intent and purpose of our national tax policies to be little more than an endless writing and re-writing of favorable tax treatment of one arbitrary group over another.
Our nation's tax policies must be returned to their original purpose.
The Rule of Law and The Right to Contract
Principle #10: The Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that the only legitimate purpose of our national taxation policy is the original intent of raising necessary revenues to fund constitutionally enumerated powers.
Personal Character and Standards Principle #10: The Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that "Character matters;" that character is the expression of the personality of every individual; and that an individual's character reveals itself in their conduct.
Further, the Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that our elected officials should model and advance the following 12 principles in their daily lives and actions:
Honesty, Reverence, Hope, Thrift, Humility, Charity, Sincerity, Moderation, Hard Work, Courage, Personal Responsibility, Friendship
Further, the Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that people are not perfect, that they can make mistakes, that they can learn from their mistakes, they can change their ways, and forsake actions that are not principled or virtuous; and that before re-gaining public trust a reasonable amount of time must pass for any person who has made un-principled choices in their past to demonstrate that they have learned and have changed.
Further, the Independence Caucus subscribes to the self-evident principle that a passage of 10 years is a sufficient period of time to demonstrate a true change of heart and character.
