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Michele Bachmann signs the Strong America Now pledge

Aug 6, 2011

Bachmann is the seventh presidential candidate to sign the Strong America Now pledge that calls for the candidates to eliminate the federal deficit by applying a waste-elimination process to the federal government if elected as president.

GOP candidates take Texas businessman's pledge of efficiency

Aug 2, 2011

By Aman Batheja

While presidential candidates furiously work to charm Iowa's Republican electorate, a visit with Texas businessman Mike George has become a vital stop on the road to the 2012 nomination.

More than 20 years ago, George created Lean Six Sigma, a business methodology that the U.S. military and major businesses have employed to cut waste.

Ron Paul Pledges to Reduce the Deficit Using Waste Elimination Process

Jul 25, 2011

Ames, IA—Today presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul signed grassroots organization Strong America Now’s pledge. He is the latest of five candidates who, by signing the pledge, have promised to tackle the debt and deficit by applying a waste-elimination process to the federal government.

Will Strong America Now Have A Strong Influence on the Straw Poll?

Jun 20, 2011

While the presidential candidates got a late start at building their own organizations in Iowa, one issue group, Strong America Now, didn’t waste any time in building an organization of it’s own in the First-in-the-Nation caucus state. The group, which is dedicated to eliminating the nation’s deficit by 2017, made its first foray into Iowa at the 2010 Republican state convention.

Will StrongAmericaNow.com and “Lean Six Sigma” Change GOP Presidential Politics?

Jun 17, 2011

Four years ago the Fair Tax movement helped power Mike Huckabee to a win in the Iowa caucuses. The former Arkansas governor embraced the scheme and all of its absurd assumptions –the Constitution could be amended to repeal the 17thAmendment, senior citizens wouldn’t mind having many of their assets devalued overnight etc—and reaped the political benefits.

Debt summit seeks pledges from GOP presidential candidates

Jun 17, 2011

Explosive arguments over cutting costs in Medicare could easily end if the president were to agree to a bipartisan debt-cutting plan, according to a private political organization hosting presidential candidates in Des Moines on Saturday.

Several Republican candidates will appear at the “Deficit Free America Summit,” either in person or by video, where organizers want to persuade them to sign a pledge to cut $500 billion a year for five years.

“If our plan is adopted, we’ll be deficit-free by 2017,” said Strong America Now founder Michael George.