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akuma587 on 07 October 2008
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Jackson50 said:

I noticed there was mention of a strategy for Republican resurgence. As a Taft Republican, I would like to provide my input on this issue.

1) The Republicans must reinstate a policy of non-interventionism. Our constant meddling in other nation's affairs has earned our nation a tarnished reputation. We must again implement a strategy where military action is only used in cases of self-defense. We must also end our empire. We need to recall our troops from Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and various other nations. We must end this foolishness of implementing a missile defense shield...especially in Europe.

2) Robert A. Taft once opposed the Nuremberg Trials because they violated the basic principles of American justice. As Republicans, we must be at the forefront of expanding civil liberties and civil rights as we once were. I would advocate the support of gay marriage. This would alienate the religious right...which is a good thing. We must end talk of expanding Guantanamo and secret prisons. We must not advocate denying prisoners the writ of habeas corpus and other such foolishness.

3) We need to again practice fiscal responsibility. If we are going to cut taxes, which we should do, we must also cut spending.

4) We must reinstate the policies of reduced government. During the Bush presidency, government has grown at alarming rates. We passed such foolish legislation as the NCLB Act of 2001.

There are other issues I could address, but those are some of the most pertinent. As it currently stands, the GOP is moving further away from where it once stood. It appears as if I will be voting Libertarian for many more years.

1) Hell yeah!

2) Hell yeah!

3) Hell yeah!

4) This is the only one I partially disagree on.  I think the military is bloated, and am all for say private firms evaluating the efficiency of governments, but state governments have actually become way more bloated than the federal government. 

(I really want to show you some figures on this, but I can't find any off hand.  One of my government textbooks had a really interesting analysis of the growth of federal vs. state governments.  The growth of state governments particularly after Reagan has far outpaced the federal government, which when measured against the total US population growth has shrunk to some degree since a few decades earlier).

 



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