We're all so jaded by the scams out there that as soon as someone asks for a donation, we're like "WHY should I donate my hard-earned money to YOU?"
So, let me take a second and explain why we need the money and we are NOT a scam. First of all, we are a grassroots movement composed of everyday Americans unlike the other major players in the Term Limits arena who have political backers or have been lobbying for 30 years building a donor base. If you have any doubts, feel free to check with the FEC. We are a registered Political Action Committee.
That makes us great in that we aren't on anyone's leash and we have no other priorities other than adding a Term Limits for US Congress Amendment to the Constitution. The bad news? We're as broke as you are and only a few of us have been forking out our own money to keep things going.
Some of you may wonder why we need money, so let me give you an example.
Let's say we want the Arizona State Legislature to send an application to Congress for an Article 5 Convention solely for Term Limits. And, let's say we've collected 100,000 petition signatures in Arizona.
Well, we've got our headquarters in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We have to send three of our people to Arizona and we better plan on them being there for up to a few weeks because this whole thing has to go through a committee before it even goes to the house & senate floors for a vote. So, we're talking travel costs, hotels, food, a rental car (They'll have to share the car.).
Once they are there, they've got to deliver the petitions to the 30 State Senators and the 60 State Representatives in the Arizona State Legislature. Needless to say, they couldn't carry all those petitions on the plane, so first they'll have to find a print shop and get them printed out.
For each State Legislator, they'll have to have 10,000 sheets of 10 signature petitions printed out. And, they'll have to print those 10,000 sheets 90 TIMES so they can deliver to EACH member of the State Legislature.
That's a total of 900,000 printouts. Staples charges $0.13 per sheet.
That would be $117,000 just to print out all the petitions for one state.
That is just a simple example, but you get the idea. Changing the course of a nation is EXPENSIVE and we don't want to be on any party's strings, which means YOU need to help us cover these costs so we can remain non-partisan and focused SOLELY on adding a Term Limits Amendment to the Constitution.
The good news? If EVERYONE who supports term limits pitches in $10 or $20, it will add up quick.
This is something we can do, but it won't happen while people sit on the sidelines. EVERYONE has to step forward on something this important.
Bob Reid
Founder/Executive Director
Term Limits for US Congress-PAC
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