Posted on 11/28/2008 9:02:45 AM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
Republican core values
Smaller Government - Keep the government out of the way of individuals and business and both will be more successful
Low Taxes - individuals and families know better where we should spend our money than does the government and lower taxes lead to a stronger economy
Strong National Defense - The U.S. Constitution puts national defense in the hands of the federal government and this responsibility should not be taken lightly
Personal Responsibility - Just as Government has responsibilities so do individuals and companies to contribute to society positively, obey the law, and avoid dependency on the government
Strong Families - Government policies should seek to encourage strong functional families and government policies should never undermine core family values.
Freedom - God gave mankind free choice, and it is the from the free exercise of that choice that citizens empower their governments to lead. Government is there to serve the people, not the other way around.
Smaller government is pure bs. Smaller than what? What we have now? Big deal. Smaller than Obama wants? Still way too monstrous. Smaller than USSR circa 1972?
How about SMALL government? How about government back to its pre-FDR level?
You can talk tax cuts all you want. But as long as spending continues to increase we are headed off the cliff. As long as the size and scope of government increases we are headed for tyranny and economic austerity.
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.
It is the pledge and promise all the members or our government take when inducted into office.
President
Congress
Judges
Cabinet
Only ... they are not fulfilling their promise and pledge.
It is the bureaucrats that are there for life, and behind the scenes that are communist and socialist, and not for the Constitution, or the people, ... rather their own betterment.
The government should be no larger than is required to meet its obligations under our founding documents. All of the other stuff we’ve managed to add on should be abolished. That is my definition of smaller government.
RE :Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.
The Who, “Wont get fooled again”
That’s why the past two elections were a disaster. GWB/Rove had a two election strategy, 2002+2004, after that disaster with Rove on FNC predicting republican losses.
Why did Maxine Waters push the GWB/Pelosi 900B financial bailout? The keys to socialism and death to republicans.
When you hope and pray that a president is the worst in history, that he fall completely flat on his face ... you are also wishing against the very success of this country. I can't do that. Although I don't believe for a second that it will happen, it is my hope that Barack Hussein Obama is the best and most successful president the US has ever seen. That may be detrimental to the republican party, but it will be a blessing for the country and its citizens.
Say good-by to:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Exactly!
You have to define legitimate government obligations.
The government should fear the citizen that revolts against overreach.
Many MSM personalities are saying that ‘citizens are afraid’ but the correct response is that citizens are angry about the mandates the government is preparing to enact.
We really are Keynesian, now!
There are a few of us arranging our finances to starve the beast.
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.”
(John Maynard Keynes)
“Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not
bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic
duty to increase one’s taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is
nothing sinister in
so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it,
rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay
more than the law demands.”
(US Appeals Court Justice the Honourable Learned Hand)
A few of those departments do indeed exist to defend this nation’s borders. Now, please keep in mind that I didn’t do an in-depth reading and study of the original documents before I made my comments ... but seems to me that defense of our borders and this nation is a founding principle.
Should be emphasis on freedom, private property rights, the Constitution as a limiting government document.
Family values is nice, but not essential to renewal of the Republican Party. I wouldn’t say family values are as important as the other topics I specified.
U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 8
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
How about "small enough to fit inside the constitution"?
How about start with HONEST government? Republicans played the taxpayer rip-off game for six years, is it really a wonder that they got voted out? My most valuable core conservative value is honesty in government.
How about writing up the:
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