Beliefs

Some of my macro beliefs. Posted here with the understanding that these may be subject to revision based on new information and continuous development of one’s mind.

I Believe…
 I Don’t Believe…
  • in individual liberty
  • in private property
  • in personal responsibility
  • in The United States Constitution
  • in success and failure based on one’s own merit and life decisions
  • in a flat, consumption based system of taxation
  • in the sovereignty of the United States and the protection of her borders
  • that the United States should place all of her emphasis on domestic policy and the protection and welfare of her citizens. This will provide an example of  the merits of a democratic republic to the rest of the world without us wasting our blood and treasure trying to force these ideals on countries and societies that will never adopt them. People in other countries that are oppressed should rise-up together and take responsibility for their own existence and well-being. The USA is not responsible for the happiness or misery of the entire world.
  • in collectivism
  • in central planning authorities
  • in the United Nations and any other organization dedicated, overtly or covertly, to the destruction of the democratic republic that is The United States of America in favor of a One World Order, collective, brothers-keeper form of existence that is really just an oligarchy disguised to be a one world harmony type of existence that shallow-thinking sheeple think they want.
  • in government handouts
  • corporate bailouts
  • Too Big To Fail
  • in government deciding who succeeds and who fails
  • redistribution of personal wealth, no matter what it dressed like or sold as
  • in a system of taxation that is based on taxing income and productivity. Rather than tax the most productive members and segments of the society, tax based on consumption. This will promote the conservation that progressives say they are after and allow the citizens to earn and save as much as they desire.
  • in taxation beyond that necessary to provide for a strong common defense (military) and promotion of the general welfare of citizens
  • in labor unions. They have run their useful course and now represent collections of corruption and agenda based lobbying
  • in lobbyists
  • the Department of Education (waste)
  • the Department of Energy (waste)
  • in the progressive income tax
  • the home mortgage deduction or any other special-interest form of exemption from taxation. These are government perversions of otherwise free markets.