Republican Party: the party of freedom in America
Last week there was an editorial declaring that the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in America was the Republican Party. Though the editorial never gave any specific examples for us to see that (aside from the classic liberal argument that Republicans are ignorant and corrupt Bush-puppets who “cynically profit from fear.”) In this article, I will provide many reasons for you to believe republicans are the party of freedom more than the democrats.
One age-old issue of Republican policy is to cut taxes. This is an issue that Democrats almost always disagree with. Republicans believe your money is your property, and since you worked so hard to earn it, you should be able to keep as much of it as possible.
Democrats, however, believe that the government knows the best way to spend your money; not you. Additionally, the conservative (republican) Supreme Court Justices like Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and the late William Rehnquist voted in the Kelo Decision that government shouldn’t use eminent domain to steal individual’s land to build a Wal-Mart. The liberal (democrat) Supreme Court Justices like Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and John Paul Stevens all voted in favor of that horrendous use of eminent domain.
The Republican Party holds steady to supporting property rights for all Americans, and unlike democrats, will stand up to big-business, like Wal-Mart, to hold individual freedom above all else.
Democrats love to criticize republicans for not viewing the Constitution as a living document as much as the democrats do. republicans, in general, support second amendment freedoms, which allows for non-felon, adult citizens to bear arms. Democrats have fought for decades to limit this freedom with gun-control laws, and many have even sought this freedom’s destruction. Apparently, in a democrat’s world, the only people that will have guns will be police and criminals. Remember the old cliché, “If guns are outlawed then only outlaws will have guns.” How can democrats claim to support Freedom when they are at war with part of the Bill of Rights?
For years democrats have attempted to make America a socialist state in every way from business regulation to health care. But socialism isn’t freedom. There was a reason why our founding fathers, who were obsessed with liberty, installed a capitalist economic system in our country. In capitalism, the individual holds power over their fate and production. It represents the most basic freedom to be able to do as one pleases. Socialism is just the opposite. Its objective is to take away the liberty of fate and production and put it in the government’s hands to decide. How can democrats support freedom in general while not supporting freedom in production?
The only times republicans are against freedom are when their values lead them to see an issue as life or death such as the Patriot Act or abortion. And even these issues are debatable because some view the Patriot Act as a safeguard of freedom for all Americans and abortion restrictions as protecting the freedoms of the unborn. However, there are flaws with the current republicans in Washington. President Bush has expanded government more than any president since the Great Depression. Many conservatives feel that the role of national government should be limited to that which is listed in the Constitution. All other powers should be reserved to the states in accordance with the tenth amendment of the Constitution.
The Republican Party isn’t perfect and probably never will be. On Nov. 2, voters should vote for the candidate and not the party. But if you’re looking for the major party that is more pro-Freedom than the other, I would have to say it is generally the Republican Party.
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on Sep 8 2006. Filed under Other.
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