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Really Simple Conservatism


The essence of Conservatism in government is to preserve and reinforce the good things, good ideas, and good laws in the nation, and to work diligently to eliminate the bad things, bad ideas and bad laws as permanently as possible, all for the benefit of the citizens.

While these things, ideas and laws are not precisely all good or all bad, the tendency is to group them into good and bad lists, with the understanding that in the process of undoing a bad thing, idea or law, its good part will be preserved by government as nearly as possible. As in most cases in life, the Devil is in the details. The conflicts with other political groups, progressives in particular, tend to occur when the notions of good and bad, and the timing of decisions are in opposition.

Then too, conservatives have a deep down desire to live in a system where there is great predictability, a goodly measure of certainty, security, comfort, and knowledge of the law (especially natural law and natural rights), and as well having equal opportunity for advancement, and the twin attributes of freedom and liberty. Conservatives do not want rapid and highly experimental changes in our way of life, unless the matter is urgent and provably necessary, and that the ramifications of the change are well understood and accounted for. Then, they will support changes.

So, you are a Conservative if you sign up to:

Good Things, Good Ideas, and Good Laws

1.    Truth and Honesty

2.    Freedom and Liberty

3.    Morality and Moral Rectitude

4.    Christian Religion, Charity and Religious Tolerance

5.    Natural Law

6.    Natural Rights

7,    Natural Duties

8.   The Declaration of Independence

9.   The Constitution of the United States (Read Plainly)

10. The Federal System: A Sovereign Nation with Sovereign States

11. Checks and Balances on Power in Government

12. An Electoral System as Prescribed by the Constitution

13. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions Designed to Preserve the Nation

14. Individual Responsibility

15. Common Sense and Practicality

16. Fiscal Responsibility and Frugality in Government

17. Balanced Budgets Yearly, with Planned Debt and Debit Reductions Included

18. Prudent Changes to Laws as Needed

19. Prudent and Humane Foreign Policies

20. An Adequate and Modern Defense Force

21. Subsidiarity: Make Decisions at the Lowest Level of Government

22. Free Market System with Adequate Regulation, and no Penalties for Wealth

23. Trade and Mutual Defense Treaties with other Nations

24. A Space Policy and Program to Keep the Nation at the Forefront

25. A Judicial System that is bound to interpret the Laws of the Nation, and not to extend them

26. A Legislative System that can extend the Laws at the will of the people

27. The Will of the People is Represented Properly by Congressional Representatives

28. Prudent Stewardship of the Nation’s Land and Natural Resources

29. Strict Maintenance of the Sovereignty of the Nation

30. Participation in Global efforts to improve other Nations

31. Effective Immigration Policies and Procedures

32. Government Seed Money Properly Used for Sparking new Areas of Endeavor, such as for Space

33. Social Conservative Principles, i.e. Ant-Abortion, Anti-SSM

34. Just Killing (Death Penalty), and Just War

35. Care for the Ill, the Disabled, the Old, and the Handicapped

36. Majority Rule with Minority Protections

37. Absolutely no Reapportionment or Redistribution of Wealth for its Own Sake

38. Equal Opportunity for Advancement


Eliminating Bad Things, Bad Ideas, and Bad Laws

1.     Lies and Dishonesty, Fraud and Abuse in Government

2.    More Government Restrictions on Freedom and Liberty than are Needed

3.    Moral Relativity

4.    Full Secularization

5.    Laws Impinging on the Natural Order

6.    Laws Impinging on Natural Rights

7.   Shirking Natural Duties

8.   Bending the Declaration Improperly

9.   Bending or Subverting the Constitution

10. Increasing Federal Power at the Expense of the States

11. Subverting the Checks and Balances

12. Championing a Fully Democratic Election (No Electoral College)

13. Trashing the Existing Customs, Traditions and Institutions

14. Collectivists in Power Positions

15. Flights of Do-Good-ism, Irrationality, and Undue Humanitarianism

16. Tax and Spend and Tax and Spend ad nauseam

17. Deficit Spending Year-in and Year-out

18. Imprudent and Hasty Changes that End up being Counterproductive

19. Uneven or Detrimental Policies towards the World of Nations

20. A Mediocre, out-of-date or Deficient Military

21. Keeping or Arranging that Decision-Making Stays at a Very High Level Unnecessarily

22. Overregulation or even Collectivizing the Economy

23. Looking Inward to our nation, and not Outward to Other Nations

24. Killing the Space Programs

25. Judicial Activism and Allowing Foreign Influences in Decisions

26. Government that Largely Ignores the Will of the People

27. The Will of the People is Actively Thwarted

28. Poor or Overly Invasive Stewardship of our Natural Resources and Land

29. Allowing Foreign Influences to Impinge on our Sovereignty

30. Ignoring the Plight of Other Nations

31. Not Solving either Immigration Problem: neither Illegals; nor Desirables.

32. Government Takeover of Industry

33. Social Hedonism

34. Unjust Killing and Unjust War

35. Minimizing the Care Needed by the Unfortunate

36. Minimizing Minority Protections

37. Redistribution of Wealth Arbitrarily Because it is Possible to do.

38. Insisting Upon Equal Results as well as Equal Opportunity

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