October 2023 ~ Jeramy Kitchen + Mike ter Maat

Not one, but 2 great guests will grace our stage at this month’s happy hour meeting!

It may not be common knowledge, but Texas voters will go to the polls soon to cast ballots on 14 proposed Texas constitutional amendments. (See related article for Libertarian Party positions.) To tell us what these propositions are about, we welcome back Jeramy Kitchen, Executive Director of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. He will also tell us how the proposed property tax cuts may not be exactly what overburdened Texas taxpayers have been expecting.

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is an independent educational non-profit organization seeking to illuminate the actions of government, educate and equip citizens to effectively advocate for pro-taxpayer reforms, and hold lawmakers accountable for their actions.

Jeramy Kitchen graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.A. in Political Science. A veteran, Jeramy served in the U.S. Army and Texas Army National Guard deploying to Iraq twice in service of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an Intelligence Analyst. Jeramy has managed campaigns for conservative lawmakers across the state of Texas and has served as Chief of Staff for multiple state lawmakers as well as the Director of Legislative Affairs for the largest public policy think tank in Texas. Most recently, Jeramy served as the Capitol Correspondent for Texas Scorecard to focus on bringing transparency to the Texas legislative process.

Meet a presidential candidate for the United States of America!

Austrian-school economist & pro-reform police officer Mike ter Maat is a candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. In 2021-22, he campaigned as the LP candidate in the January special Congressional election in Florida’s District 20. Mike served as a police officer in Broward County from 2010 through 2021, including as a field training officer for several years, all as a registered Libertarian.

Mike’s prior career in finance and economics included work with commercial banks, the White House Office of Management and Budget and international & federal agencies. He advocated for free markets on behalf of the American Bankers Association for nine years before starting a professional education and consulting business for bank executives in 2002, which he ran until 2009.

Mike has traveled in 35 countries, taught economics at 3 universities and substituted at dozens of Broward public schools. He has one wife, two kids and two stepdaughters, two dogs and one truck, a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and MS and PhD degrees in Economics from The George Washington University.

Ask Mike about the Gold New Deal when you come meet him this month!

Please join us on Monday, October 9, 2023 at 6:45-9:00 PM at Casa Chapala, 9041 Research Blvd., in Austin TX (183 & Burnet Road) for a dynamic double whammy presentation and Q&A.
Bring yourself and invite friends, especially anyone you know who may appreciate this month’s program in particular.