Nation’s Largest Taxpayers Group
Honors Congressman Ron Paul
April 9, 2008
WASHINGTON
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“While
many Members of Congress talked about reducing the size of government last year,
Congressman Ron Paul backed up those words with votes,” NTU President Duane
Parde said. “This
award proves that Congressman Paul is a staunch ally we can count on in our
battle to restore fiscal responsibility to
The
award is presented to those Members who achieve an “A” grade in NTU’s
annual Rating of Congress. The Rating, which is based on every roll call vote
affecting fiscal policy, assigns a “Taxpayer Score” to each Member of
Congress that indicates his or her support for reducing or controlling federal
spending, taxes, debt, and regulation.
“If
every Member of Congress had voted as responsibly as Congressman Paul did in
2007, Americans could have enjoyed much lower taxes and less waste in
government,” Parde concluded. “Overburdened taxpayers in
NTU is a nonpartisan,
nonprofit citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes, smaller
government, and economic freedom at all levels. Note:
The 2007 Rating and a searchable Rating database from 1992 to 2006 is available
at www.ntu.org. For questions about the Rating, its history, or methodology,
please contact NTU Vice President for Policy and Communications Pete Sepp or NTU
Communications Manager Natasha Altamirano at (703) 683-5700.