Sunday, January 27, 2013
Upper-Level Conservative Beliefs
Basic Tenets of My Beliefs
Belief in:
1. A Loving, Omnipresent and Omnipotent God
2. Moral Absolutes, and not moral relativism
3. Freedom and Liberty
4. Natural law, rights, and duties
5. The Constitution of the United States of America, read forthrightly
6. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions that mediate between the citizen and the government, and including a renewed patriotism by our citizens
7. Fiscal Responsibility
8. Social Responsibility
9. Free Markets, with suitable restraints
10. Right-Sized Government. Do we need 1,177 or more government agencies?
11. Strong Defenses
12. States Rights and Responsibilities, including education
13. Science and Engineering
14. Just War and Just Killing
15. Equal Opportunity, and not equal outcomes
16. Constructive Change
17. Subsidiarity
18. Speech, and all of our Lives unfettered by Multicultural Diversity and Political Correctness.
19. Discrimination has its uses. Universal non-discrimination is blarney
20. Technology that will aid the middle class if they embrace it
21. A Resurgent America
22. A Civilized Society and the Rule of Law
23. A Fair Taxation Policy and Law
24. A Foreign Policy that seeks the good, together with likeminded nations, and that minimizes the idea of a central world government
25. A Robust and up-to-date Education for all citizens as befitting our republic and the modern world
Expansion of these upper-level beliefs is truly a significant job, as the second-level of beliefs require major development. To illustrate, take Natural Law, which would take a book to fully describe the subject. Another illustration is Constructive Change, which applies across the board in our society, and especially in government. Again, it would take a book to even scratch the surface of all the beneficial changes we need.
Perhaps this listing will aid me in developing my own views on each item. Another item, Subsidiarity is not a familiar term, but it refers to the philosophy of making decisions at the lowest possible level of society and government, which pushes back on those who would centralize all decision-making at the Federal Government level. Identifying these decision types that should be decided at lower levels of government is not a trivial task.
Basic Tenets of My Beliefs
Belief in:
1. A Loving, Omnipresent and Omnipotent God
2. Moral Absolutes, and not moral relativism
3. Freedom and Liberty
4. Natural law, rights, and duties
5. The Constitution of the United States of America, read forthrightly
6. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions that mediate between the citizen and the government, and including a renewed patriotism by our citizens
7. Fiscal Responsibility
8. Social Responsibility
9. Free Markets, with suitable restraints
10. Right-Sized Government. Do we need 1,177 or more government agencies?
11. Strong Defenses
12. States Rights and Responsibilities, including education
13. Science and Engineering
14. Just War and Just Killing
15. Equal Opportunity, and not equal outcomes
16. Constructive Change
17. Subsidiarity
18. Speech, and all of our Lives unfettered by Multicultural Diversity and Political Correctness.
19. Discrimination has its uses. Universal non-discrimination is blarney
20. Technology that will aid the middle class if they embrace it
21. A Resurgent America
22. A Civilized Society and the Rule of Law
23. A Fair Taxation Policy and Law
24. A Foreign Policy that seeks the good, together with likeminded nations, and that minimizes the idea of a central world government
25. A Robust and up-to-date Education for all citizens as befitting our republic and the modern world
Expansion of these upper-level beliefs is truly a significant job, as the second-level of beliefs require major development. To illustrate, take Natural Law, which would take a book to fully describe the subject. Another illustration is Constructive Change, which applies across the board in our society, and especially in government. Again, it would take a book to even scratch the surface of all the beneficial changes we need.
Perhaps this listing will aid me in developing my own views on each item. Another item, Subsidiarity is not a familiar term, but it refers to the philosophy of making decisions at the lowest possible level of society and government, which pushes back on those who would centralize all decision-making at the Federal Government level. Identifying these decision types that should be decided at lower levels of government is not a trivial task.
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