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Budget & Economy
Government's role is only to determine the rules.
Government caused Great Depression, and recessions since.
Fed should grow money supply by 3%-5% and nothing else.
Repeal recession spending once expansion begins.
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Civil Rights
Real freedom means freedom to promote Communism.
Persuade against racism, but don't use coercion.
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Education
First proposed school vouchers to denationalize education.
Subsidize parental choice of public or parochial school.
Vouchers give greater educational opportunity to the poor.
Merit pay for teachers.
Subsidize college by GI Bill method, not state institutions.
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Environment
City parks justifiably public; national parks can be private.
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Free Trade
Tariffs & trade restrictions impede economic growth.
Interfering with trade is the road to authoritarianism.
Floating foreign exchange rate is necessary for free trade.
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Government Reform
Economic power decentralizes; political power does not.
No need to maintain post offices as a public monopoly.
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Jobs
Fair employment practices interfere with individual freedom.
Free choice in employment should be treated like free speech.
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Principles & Values
Free men use gov't to serve people; not to serve country.
Socialist economics are incompatible with democracy.
Concentrated power threatens individual freedom.
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Social Security
Compulsory retirement programs infringe personal freedom.
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Tax Reform
Lower taxes in recessions and raise taxes in booms.
Progressive taxation intended to insure against risk.
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Technology
Private monopoly easier to remove than regulation.
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