Part One: How I Wish My Conservative Republican Persona To Manifest Itself
As a Conservative Republican person I believe we should strive to the application of political honesty, both the expectation of said honesty from our politicians and from ourselves.
As a Conservative Republican person I believe in Close Constitutionalism. While I have the understanding the Founders allowed means for change and adjustments within their framework, I believe it is best kept in mind that change, for the sake of change, is a dangerous beast and one that needs be restrained, especially when we are talking āLaw of the landā.
As a Conservative Republican person I firmly believe that well (better) thought out smaller Government is always smarter than mindless, bleeding heart, and or bigger knee-jerk Government. Reviewing and checking our growth is imperative.
As a Conservative Republican person I am strong minded on āLaw and Orderā, but tempered in thinking with the understanding that things like the so called āwar on drugsā and, as I see it, the descendent unfair-unequal laws it generated, will actually hamper law and order pursuits more than aid them.
As a Conservative Republican person I have a higher hope and or expectation of moral behavior in both myself, and in others, including our politicians. I will never fully believe the notion that āIt is what it isā is acceptable in regards politics.
As a Conservative Republican person I believe some way(s) can and should be searched for and hopefully found so that Federal entitlement programs are phased out, with passage of such programs or initiatives passed on to the individual states, for their decisions in such, that they will construct that which would best fit their individual circumstances.
As a Conservative Republican person I believe Federal Government needs to get out of the private sector subsidy business, it should encourage and allow for possible regulatory incentives to the private side, with safe practices at the fore, but with no direct funding of industries or sciences.
As a Conservative Republican person I believe Federal taxes should only be levied when absolutely necessary, and never for pre-calculated social engineering.
As a Conservative Republican person I oppose the waste of tax monies (revenues taken from private individuals and businesses) at all points, from local politics, to the states, and up to the national level. For example, in Illinois it seems each incoming Governor adds patronage jobs to the ever-growing list of such jobs; that is a horrific waste of taxpayers monies and should be stopped.
As a Conservative Republican person, back to a topic previously touched on, I do believe the money we have expended in our efforts to fight a so-called āwar on drugsā has been largely misspent, and that we have incarcerated people needlessly due to the irrational politicizing of this so called āwar on drugs.ā
End of Part One