So far, I have two.
1) Admit Government Has A Purpose
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" Ronald Reagan said that in defense of his policies, and ever since Republicans have been using them to justify stripping away government agencies and regulations.
But doing so is insulting to those who join the civil service in order to work for their nation. This includes law enforcement, firemen, paramedics, emergency responders, teachers, social workers, regulatory agents, and bureaucrats who have decided to join the civil service in order to ensure a smoother running of our national infrastructure. After all, we live in a modern industrial technological civilization. We need those civil servants to maintain that civilization. And they get educated and trained in their specific areas in order to become professionals at it. Those people should not be insulted for the job they do.
For this, I think we should remember what the root word of "politics" is: polis which is Greek for city. In today's world, "politics" means something else. Generally, it means holding an office and either writing laws, executing laws, or interpreting laws. But that's not politics. That's law.
Rather, politics is about the administration of a city, a state, or other area of civilization. And I believe it is the role of politicians to administer the organs and purviews of a state, and for them to do so in an efficient manner.
Essentially, a politician's job is to administrate the civil servants on behalf of the electorate. That's how I see their job. But too many politicians get into office and aren't qualified for it - rather, they are appointed or supported by major backers as an act of favoritism. This happens for both parties.
So I think the Republicans should stop downplaying the role of government, and therefore lessen the importance of people who work on the government's behalf for the citizens of that government, and instead try to focus on the best way government can administrate the services provided by government agencies. In certain cases, I will admit, the government could do better by not administrating a certain service or instead administer it through a private for-profit entity. However, to state so often that the government should have no role at all is disingenuous to those who want to serve others on behalf of the state.
2) End Corporate Welfare
End corporate welfare. Stop no-bid contracts. Republicans always go on about the need for less government spending. Do so by putting an end or severe limitations to no-bid contracts in order to make more government contracts competitive. I think there's a large amount of corruption with the awarding of government contracts, from Republicans and Democrats both. Republicans should start leading the charge against such practices in order to attain better efficiencies of tax dollars.