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Conservatives are for
a smaller federal government. Conservatives believe
in fewer taxes. Conservatives believe you should keep and invest
your money. Conservatives believe
that federal debt is bad for America. Economic policy demands we
balance the federal budget. Conservatives believe
in a moral America. Consequently, Conservatives oppose abortion
supporting a constitutional amendment banning all abortions. Conservatives want a
constitutional amendment defining a marriage as a union between a man
and woman effectively banning gay marriages in America. Conservatives believe
in a Christian moral compass as defined by their ideology. Conservatives believe
in tort reform. Conservatives want to reform the legal justice
system to keep jury verdicts down, reducing the increasing costs of
litigation. Conservatives believe
in state rights, they believe that states should govern the citizens
with less federal government involvement in our lives. With these
conservative ideologies in mind, the American public may want to think
about the following: 1. Conservatives
believe in fewer taxes and reducing the federal deficit. Under the
conservative leadership in Washington, taxes have been cut while the
federal debt is growing. Conservatives are
adopting a plan increasing the federal debt while decreasing income by
implementing tax cuts. The result is an economic policy requiring future
generations to pay off the debt of the current conservative leadership.
Is this sound economic
policy? 2. Conservatives
believe abortion must be banned. In advancing this belief, Conservatives
are proposing federalization of the ban on abortion either by
legislation or by constitutional amendment. Conservatives believe
that marriage must be defined as a union between a man and a woman.
Conservatives propose either passing federal legislation defining
marriage or passing an amendment to the Constitution doing the same. By enacting federal
“moral” laws, Conservatives want to increase the federal
government's involvement in our lives. Conservatives want the
federal government to become our moral compass. Do we really want the
federal government defining our morals? Aren’t we better of having
each individual state deal with these issues? Is it the business of any
government to legislate morality? 3. Conservatives
believe that jury verdicts are too high, that high jury verdicts are
driving up the costs of medical care, and that trial lawyers are out of
control. Conservatives want to federalize tort reform. Do we really want the
federal government taking control of each individual state’s judicial
system? 4. Conservatives
believe in states rights, believing states should have the power to
govern themselves with less federal government involvement. Under the conservative
leadership, however, the federal government becomes more involved in our
lives. Conservatives passed the No Child Left Behind Act,
federalizing the education system without appropriate funding for the
costs associated with the Act. Conservatives want to
federalize many issues, increasing the power of the federal government
over every state, over every local government, over every citizen.
Do we really want a
larger federal government? So, what is a
conservative? If America looks closely at the Washington
conservative agenda, America will come to one inescapable conclusion- Conservative is a
politically convenient term, with the political conservatives standing
for federalizing our country and deficit spending--justifying both by
claiming they have the political capital to guide our economic, and
moral, future. Stuart James |
