RedState scooped this one (ok, it’s the first site I saw this on). Today Jeb Hensarling, the leader of the conservative Republican Study Committee in the House, held a conference call with several bloggers to announce a new effort by the RSC to redefine the fiscal troubles this country faces and what conservatives want to do to solve them. The American TABOR, I guess you could call it, boils down to 4 conservative beliefs:

1. Taxpayers have a right to have a federal government that does not grow beyond their ability to pay for it.
2. Taxpayers have a right to receive back each dollar that they entrust to the government for their retirement.
3. Taxpayers have a right to expect the government to balance the budget without having their taxes raised.
4. Taxpayers have a right to a simple, fair tax code that they can understand.

You can read more of the RSC’s plan in the brief pdf file here. And as RedState notes, the RSC chose to release this to bloggers first, then deal with the mainstream media second… pretty cool in my book. Some people realize who their constituents are and are actually working hard to uphold their best interests. It’s nice to be reminded of that every now and then.