If you haven't figured it out yet, on the political scale, I come down fairly conservative. Ironically enough, that's exactly what most of the Founders would be if you got down to it. Despite personal beliefs, they believed that "the government that governs best governs least", which is exactly what true conservativism really means.
I believe that government should stay out of our lives and out of our economy.
I believe that government's role is to protect its citizens from encroachments from without. As such, I believe in a strong policy of national defense.
I believe in Federalism- where states and localities respond to the whims of constituents, not the upside-down government we have now where the Federal level dictates to the States. The creature does not govern the creator.
I believe that personal ideologies belong at the local level. Let each locality determine which laws it wishes to adopt. Let the federal level facilitate intercourse between the localities.
When we abandoned the township, we lost our way. When we put power into the hands of what Reagan calls "a distant intellectual elite", we created this problem for ourselves. Nobody knows how to fix your problem as well as the people near and dear to you in your own community, and nobody who has never met you can give you useful help to meet those outcomes.
Yes, I'm a registered Democrat. So was Jefferson. If Democrats truly cared about the little guy, they would adopt the politics of conservativism and endorse lower taxes, less regulation, and fewer government interventions. They do none of these things, which is why the nation suffers. Bush may not be a panacea, but he is not the source of our curret dilemma.
I believe that government should stay out of our lives and out of our economy.
I believe that government's role is to protect its citizens from encroachments from without. As such, I believe in a strong policy of national defense.
I believe in Federalism- where states and localities respond to the whims of constituents, not the upside-down government we have now where the Federal level dictates to the States. The creature does not govern the creator.
I believe that personal ideologies belong at the local level. Let each locality determine which laws it wishes to adopt. Let the federal level facilitate intercourse between the localities.
When we abandoned the township, we lost our way. When we put power into the hands of what Reagan calls "a distant intellectual elite", we created this problem for ourselves. Nobody knows how to fix your problem as well as the people near and dear to you in your own community, and nobody who has never met you can give you useful help to meet those outcomes.
Yes, I'm a registered Democrat. So was Jefferson. If Democrats truly cared about the little guy, they would adopt the politics of conservativism and endorse lower taxes, less regulation, and fewer government interventions. They do none of these things, which is why the nation suffers. Bush may not be a panacea, but he is not the source of our curret dilemma.
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