2012 May 24 |
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Values

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This article will no doubt generate some disagreements, simply because people don’t share all the same exact values. In short, I do not share a belief in a god of any sort. Thus, I’ll refrain from discussing that religion-related hot button issues here, namely abortion and gay rights.

That said, I believe there are some areas conservatives can agree on, among them smaller government, lower taxes, and more personal freedoms. I’ll cover the last item tomorrow when I discuss freedom of religion and speech. However, I will note that this is one area where the status quo is on very shaky grounds.

Moving on to small government, this is an area that is very much intertwined with the following concepts of lower taxes and personal freedoms. Yet, it is possible to discuss the size of government as its own concept.

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Watch Governor Mitt Romney’s speech at the Values Voters Summit last week. It was a good, perhaps even a very good speech in which he once again proved to be one of the best communicators in the Republican Party.

Part I:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnIYpgHLw8[/youtube]

Part II:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWmiA5xdbZs[/youtube]

You can watch all speeches and panels at the 2009 Values Voters Summit here.

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