Ten Reasons Conservatism Helps Middle Class

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http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/12/07/10_explanations_of_how_conservatism_helps_the_middle_class/page/2 1. Supporting 2nd Amendment: why should only the elite be protected by bodyguards carrying guns? Seems to me EVERYONE should be allowed to protect themselves, their families and their property. 2. Low tax rates for EVERYONE: The more you tax the rich, the less they invest in the economy. Poor men do not write paychecks. 3. Government should live within its means: just like the average American family does. As a matter of fact, government deficits are actually much worse than a family overspending because the government is running up charges on YOUR credit card. AND yet, you have NO CHOICE in how all that money is spent, do you? 4. Smaller, limited government: not just because we believe that you can take care of yourself better than the government ever could, but because you can have big government OR low taxes on the middle class, but over the long haul, you can't have both. You're much better off spending your money on your own behalf as you see fit than you are having the government take your money, waste most of it and then spend what's left over on programs you may not agree with in the first place. 5. Clean water, clean air, clean soil and respecting nature; we also put humans above animals. We don't want farmers who've spent a lifetime tilling the soil so they'd have something to give to their kids driven out of business because a rare cockroach is found on their land. Plus, all those hidden costs that regulation imposes on the suppliers will be paid by YOU, the consumer. 6. Educational CHOICE: Conservatives believe in school choice because we don't think any child should be trapped in a failing public school. As we've seen in almost every other part of American life, giving people a choice of how to spend their money leads to better products, better prices and better customer service. Rich Americans already have the option of sending their children to a private school because they can pay for it, but YOU are stuck paying HIGHER TAXES and stuck putting up with inferior outcomes. 7. Tough on Criminals: It's all well and good to talk about someone's hard life, the responsibility of "society" or the best way to rehabilitate him, but if you're beaten, your property is stolen or someone you love is taken away from you by a criminal, our number one goal should be JUSTICE and secondarily PROTECTING the innocent. THAT is what the laws are suppose to be for. 8. Reform Medicare and Social Security: because that's the only way to save both programs. The government has promised 100 trillion dollars more in benefits than it has money to pay for and unless we take steps now to make both programs sustainable, eventually many Americans who’ve worked hard and played by the rules will be hit with large cuts to their benefits after they're retired when they can least afford it. 9. Cheap and clean energy: because that's one of the best ways to help middle class Americans put more money in their pockets. The less you pay to fill up your gas tank, heat your home and run your home appliances, the more money you'll have in your pocket at the end of the month. And I would add, it would make us SAFER to not OWE hostile countries our money for the oil they sell us. The best way to innovate, to find ways to use alternative energy is the supply/demand of a free market place. 10. Immigration Reform: it is unfair to those who immigrate LEGALLY to put law breakers ahead of them, it is unfair that Americans must go without jobs so that those who BREAK our LAWS can have jobs, it is unfair that we pay HIGHER TAXES to provide law BREAKERS with benefits from our social programs.