Congressman Paul Broun (r) is shown receiving the “Defender of Economic Freedom” award from David Keating, executive director of the Club for Growth. The award was presented to Dr. Broun for his commitment to support policies that encourage economic growth. United States Congressman Paul Broun recently received the “Defender of Economic Freedom” award from the Club for Growth for his commitment to support policies that encourage economic growth.

Dr. Broun earned a perfect score from the club for the second consecutive year.

“Economic freedom is the foundation of prosperity and opportunity,” stated the congressman. “Unfortunately, Congress’ refusal to rein in spending, produce a budget, or ease the regulatory and tax burdens on America’s small businesses threatens to destroy this freedom. But it is not too late to turn things around.”

Broun went on to say that he appreciated the Club for Growth’s efforts to encourage a high growth economy and a swift return to America’s founding principles through legislative involvement, issue advocacy, research, training, and educational activities.

“I will continue to advocate for commonsense, economic policies that provide opportunities for our nation’s job creators,” he stated.

In his remarks, Chris Chocola, president of the Club for Growth said, “With his score of 100 percent, Congressman Broun has demonstrated a clear commitment to economic liberty and growth. During one of the toughest economic years in recent memory, he showed that the principles of free enterprise and free markets are the only way to create jobs and rescue our economy.”

The Club for Growth is a national network of thousands of pro-growth Americans, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom.

The policy goals of the club include: ..Reducing income tax rates. ..Repealing the death tax.

..Social Security reform.

..Ending abusive lawsuits through medical malpractice and tort reform.

In addition, the group believes that the goal of tax policy should be to raise the amount of money needed to fund legitimate functions of government while doing the least amount of damage to the economy and respecting the principle of treating taxpayers equally.