- American Industry (in-group loyalty)
- Appeal to national strength (reduce foreign aid)
- End borrowing from China
- Underlying xenophobia "them vs us" mentality
- Appeal to tradition
- Religion
- "Traditional" marriage
- Abortion
- Stem-cell research
- Small government (economics) but allows for interference in personal matters
- Preservation of sanctity
Personal Achievement and Responsibility
- No one "deserves" anything
- Conservative idea of inequality of condition and inequality of opportunity
- Again, guaranteeing formal and legal equality but not what they would perceive as government "hand-outs" to the "un-deserving"
Libertarian notion of fairness
- Fairness and due dessert
- "I am successful because I am better"
- "All of the success I have can be attributed to my merits"
Small Government
National Economic Independence and American Identity
- "Putting the federal government between you and your doctor"
- anti-government intervention in social programs such as Obamacare
- privatize Amtrack
- reduce subsidies for the National Endowments for the Arts And Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Legal Services Corporation
- anti-taxes
- tax cuts for everyone --> (20% in marginal rates, believes high tax rates on a small margin (the wealthy) discourages work and entrepreneurship)
- Conservatives want to guarantee equality formally or legally and then rely on the free market to provide an equilibrium of societal benefits
Republican Ideology