Who do you think speaks for you: Rush? Coulter?
Dr. Ron Paul

Which presidents do you consider "real" conservatives? Just Reagan? Does he even make the cut.
Teddy Roosevelt
Ike
Goldwater ... oops, didn't make the cut ... but should have
Next I'm wondering about what you're ideal position on a number of the issues would be. But more importantly what is the most moderate postion that would make you "happy". I.e. you certainly favor cutting taxes. Maybe you would ideally want the only tax to be a sales tax on condoms, rap music, and newspapers. Ok. But how much of just a "regular" Bush type tax cut would keep you "happy" with a candidate.

Anyway, Issues.

Immigration
open borders. fences don't work ... look at the great wall. immigrants do work - but only if they arrived legally. if not, deported. without documentation no medical assistance except life saving efforts, no education for kids, no welfare, no drivers license, no food stamps, nada. employers found employing illegals get huge fines, increased, doubled each instance. and to facilitate finding those illegals, whoever turns in an employer who employs an illegal gets a bounty equal to the fine the employer pays. that NASCAR noise you hear is the convoy of illegals returning home where they can actually eat
Affiramtive action
amend, not end, affirmative action. quit trying to correct racial inequity by applying racial preferences. duh! make affirmative action an economic opportunity which does not factor race into the criteria for being eligible, only assets and income. in addition to making federal contracts available for the qualified affirmative action qualifying entities, provide base subsistance government jobs, with training if necessary. once the participants have the necessary skills, including life skills, they will leave the program for higher wages. those that can't won't.
Welfare etc
anyone who cannot take care of themself qualifies for welfare. we help the least amonst us. those who are able but too lazy, see affirmative action program above ... can't show up for work, then starve. we will make your children wards of the government instead of paying you welfare to "raise" them to become another generation looking for a hand out
Social Security
end the cap on social security deductions - now $102,000. why should the highest renumerated employees quit paying 15.3% (self and employer combined) of everything above $102,000 into the social security program? that athelete making $10 million a year now pays (with employer) $1,514,394 which would not be contributed this year
Abortion
on demand
Iraq
do the one thing that shows the middle east we mean business. insist that israel return to its original borders. let the arbas know they need to self police as we will continue to equip israel to the teeth to defend itself as we agreed to do so if it would withdraw to its original borders
welcome iran to develop a nuke - better yet, give them as many of our sapres so that they have the same number as israel - so that there is parity with israel ... mutually assured destruction in case the israelis want to take advantage of their present advantage before one is built
ask the iraqi government what they want from the USA. make them publicly express what it is they want. if it is to quit the "occupation" then we leave. if it is to stay, we dictate terms ... but letting them know these benchmarks don't get to slip like those attached to the surge.
train their military. assist their police. give them necessary self defense weapons. incrementally move our troops out of the populated areas and allow the iraqis to defend their own country and determine their own fate ... and have them spend their own money for infrastructure improvements. what we loan them can be repaid from future oil earnings once stabilized. declare victory and get the hell out
Foreign policy in general
maintain foreign bases only where they directly advance America's self defense
help in times of unforseeable disaster
cooperate as a contributor to the UN and allow it to be the world's policeman for a change
deftly monitor and parry with china, the next superpower, because it will dwarf our nation's economic and militarycapability within two generations
Gun control
you can have any weapon you want, you just can't buy any bullets. j/k (almost). if you are the military or law enforcement personnel whatever. that will provide self defense, as we will know that those with handguns who are not law enforcement will be punished severly if found possessing a handgun. get the handguns and/or the rogues off the streets. then the rest of us can be comfortable having only a rifle (no automatic weapon) for self protection.
The homosexers
whatever blows their skirt up. no social security based on marriage or civil union as they do not meet the standard for procreating a family, but their loved ones should be able to act as a spouse in a hospital, for example
end don't ask don't tell, cause it doesn't matter ... we need soldiers
Just how small a government?
if there is no legitimate purpose for the activity to exist, then government should not be involved in it
eliminate ALL political appointees to federal agencies EXCEPT for the head of the agency to communicate the president's agenda. the remaining staff will be careerists
if a job is announced it must be inherently governmental ... because it is something that cannot be contracted out. otherwise contract it out
Just how few taxes?
transition a brief period from currency to digital money. thereafter cash is toilet paper. cash makes it possible to avoid taxes on transactions. well, we want to tax transactions. using Milton Freidman's suggestion, 11% of all transactions. NO exemptions, no exceptions. you sell something, you pay 11%. you earn a paycheck you pay 11%. own a house and deduct interest - deduction gone. personal deductions - gone. business no longer taxed differently than individuals - since businesses are individual entities under the law - they now pay tax only on what is left after all expenses have been incurred (as an individual that would be like being taxed on what you have left in the bank after all of your family's bills have been paid - sweet deal the businesses now have, eh?). so, there would be initial shock at the change and upheaval of valuation but thereafter a very transparent system, with all transactions being thru government's electronic debit card system so it takes its tax during each cash free transaction.

And I guess any other issue particularily near to your hearts.
part 2 next post (character limitation)

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