About the Lunch Pail Republicans

Statement of Principles

• We the Lunchpail Republicans believe in building and maintaining an America with a strong economy, unrivaled liberty, and a government that unobtrusively empowers the middle class.
• We believe that the Republican Party has abandoned its traditional principles by advancing an agenda that negatively impacts workers’ wages, benefits and quality of life.
• We believe that the current anti-worker agenda ultimately harms the Republican Party by discouraging middle-class Republicans from voting for Republican candidates whose policies would harm them, or worse, from participating in the election process at all.
• We believe that the interests of workers and businesses are reliant upon each other, and without one, the other cannot stand.
• We believe that elected officials have an obligation to protect workers’ interests as well as corporate interests, and that a growing disparity between the two is harmful to America’s long-term viability.
• We believe that America’s economy is strongest with the presence of a robust middle class.
• We believe that enemies of the middle class exist on both the left and the right, and the middle class must mobilize to remove them from office.

We are the Republicans who are focused on providing for ourselves and our families, protecting our rights and our property from intrusion, and keeping our country on a path toward recovery and prosperity.

We are not being represented.

Too many “Republicans” are far more focused on pushing someone else’s agenda and playing politics to get re-elected than looking out for us, the working people who they are sent there to protect.

Our beliefs are simple.

We believe in freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and most of all, in limited government. Our parents’ and grandparents’ Republican Party would never stand for the type of attacks that are being leveled against working people. We are pro-business and pro-labor because neither one can survive without the other, and we will stand with candidates who stand with us.

Hands off our unions.

If we work under a union contract, chances are we are paid better than we would be without it. That means something to us. If a union helps us earn more money to support our families, paying our union a little bit is only fair. We aren’t freeloaders, and we don’t want the government forcing our union to represent freeloaders, because it will just weaken our ability to bring home those better wages.

If you think you have the right to tell any union, business, or independent organization that it has to work for nothing, stop calling yourself a Republican. Stay out of it. It’s none of your business.

We are looking for a few good working men and women.

Too many of our leaders have forgotten what is important to working people, so it is time for them to go.

1. Jason Zimmer January 7, 2012 at 6:52 AM Log in to Reply

   "Our beliefs are simple. We believe in freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and most of all, in limited government. Our parents’ and grandparents’ Republican Party would never stand for the type of overstepping that Governor Daniels, House Speaker Bosma, and Senate President Long are actively promoting through legislation like “right to work”. We are pro-business and pro-labor because neither one can survive without the other." The above is well said and I totally concur!
2. Cindy Emond January 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM Log in to Reply

   The video is a little much. Kind of Star Wars. But, as an Independent, I agree with what you are saying. The Indiana Republican party is out of control. They are stepping on my rights and I don't not see them representing the people. They have gone overboard for business. When I see Whiteco giving so much money to Bosma, I really have to wonder who Bosma is working for...the people or Dean White.
3. nich January 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM Log in to Reply

   While I am not a Republican, I salute your efforts to rescue your party from the brink of insanity. Good luck to you. The RNC is on a mission to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs that their rich benefactors need. The goose, otherwise known as the middle class, has been under attack for a long time now. If the middle class disappears, the upper class will soon follow. After all, trickle down is a myth, but trickle up is real. Unions set the bar for wages, benefits, safety and respect for all other workers in the nation. As the RNC chips away at union rights, they chip away at the standard of living for every American.
4. Perry Mcguire January 12, 2012 at 8:48 AM Log in to Reply

   The republican party has morphed into a party for big business and the rich. It was not always this way. Corporations basically control the party at this point. Im not a republican but I may vote for your candidates. Currently, neither party is working for the common man.
5. Matthew Storey January 17, 2012 at 9:10 PM Log in to Reply

   There is an undisputable reason these short sighted politicians chose the career path they did. They would never make it in the private sector.Their unwillingness to accept the will of the people is is an inexcusable failure of just representation.Up till now these politicians have succesfully misled the public on the facts of 'right to work' and shrouded their true intentions for the future of the state. Keep up the fight. The will of this states citizenry will prevail. " The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away." - Ronald Reagan