VERY SAD: Conservative leaders are being trashed by propaganda and the citizens are believing it!!
CONSERVATIVES – believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals.Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.
CONSERVATIVE: Human life begins at conception. Abortion is the murder of a human being. Individuals should be admitted to schools and hired for jobs based on their ability. The free market system, competitive capitalism, and private enterprise create the greatest opportunity and the highest standard of living for all. School vouchers create
The phrase “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution. The First Amendment to the Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” This prevents the government from establishing a national church. However, it does not prohibit God from being acknowledged in schools and government buildings. Symbols of Christian heritage should not be removed from public and government spaces (eg., the Ten Commandments should continue to be displayed in Federal buildings). Government should not interfere with religion and religious freedom.
Quick Outline
Limited government and balanced budgets
Abstinence education
Respect for human life and prohibition of abortion
Traditional marriage, not same-sex marriage
Parental control of education (parental rights)
Family values, including traditional relationships
Respect for differences between men and women, boys and girls
Laws against pornography
Classroom prayer
Capitalism and free markets
The death penalty for heinous murders proven beyond reasonable doubt
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms
Economic allocative efficiency (as opposed to popular equity)
Private medical care and retirement plans
Canceling failed social support programs
Enforcement of current laws regarding immigration
Respect for our military ... past and present
Rejection of junk science such as evolution and global warming
Federalism (Separation of powers among the National, State and Local governments)
Favoring states' rights over federal power, while accepting the Constitutional role of the federal government
A strong national defense
An Originalist interpretation of the Constitution
No world government
Minimal Taxation
Oppose long-term welfare.Opportunities should be provided to make it possible for those in need to become self-reliant.
Terrorism poses one of the greatest threats to the U.S.The world toward which the militant Islamists strive cannot peacefully co-exist with the Western world.
The UN has repeatedly failed in its essential mission to promote world peace and human rights.
Lower taxes and a smaller government with limited power will improve the standard of living for all.
The Social Security system is in serious financial trouble. Major changes to the current system are urgently needed.
Marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Oppose same-sex marriage.
Respect ownership and private property rights.
Support legal immigration only. Oppose amnesty for those who enter the U.S. illegally (illegal immigrants).
Airport security – Choosing passengers randomly for extra security searches is not effective. Rather, profiling and intelligence data should be used to single out passengers for extra screening.
Support competetive, free market health care system. All Americans have access to health care.
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to keep and bear arms. Individuals have the right to defend themselves.
Change in global temperature is natural over long periods of time. Science has not shown that humans can affect permanent change to the earth’s temperature.
Neither euthanasia nor physician-assisted suicide should be legalized.
Oil, gas and coal are all good sources of energy and are abundant in the U.S. Oil drilling should be increased both on land and at sea.
Support the use of adult and umbilical cord stem cells only for research. It is morally and ethically wrong for the government to fund embryonic stem cell research. Human life begins at conception.
