The Prosperity Equation

2009 June 12

by Jason

The principles of conservatism are sound because they are based on what men and women have discovered through experience in not just one generation or a dozen, but in all the combined experience of mankind. When we conservatives say that we know something about political affairs, and that we know can be stated as principles, we are saying that the principles we hold dear are those that have been found, through experience, to be ultimately beneficial for individuals, for families, for communities and for nations — found through the often bitter testing of pain, or sacrifice and sorrow. ~ Ronald Reagan

The prosperity equation is nothing more a equation based on conservative principles. It lays out the reasons we conservatives hold to our principles and believe in those values of freedom. It doesn’t address everything in conservative thought and values, but it is a simple explanation on why we are against almost everything that is happening in America today with the expanse of big government and the reduction in local/self government. The equation looks like this…

Liberty = Limited Government = Opportunity = Growth = Prosperity

We base all our beliefs on the foundation of God and Liberty. Liberty is not a right given by government to man, but is inalienable right, given to man from God. Liberty = Limited Government, because history shows us that only through limited government will freedom actually prosper and continue. We hold with the founding fathers that to maximize freedom, the federal government must be limited. We further believe that local government provides better oversight for the people, because is it closer to the people it is created to govern.

Limited Government = Opportunity, because history shows us that through small government, limited taxes, and limited control over the free market, the individual’s opportunity is maximized to pursue ones dreams and receive rewards for their labor and designated risk. This opportunity is translated in new businesses, new fields of opportunity, new jobs, and more happiness for the people. Without opportunity for the people, hopes will fade, depression emerges, and dreams are crushed.

Opportunity = Growth, because history shows us that it is the private industry with the free market that provides new jobs and opportunities, not the government. The free market translates into economic growth to all people who are citizen’s within the country. This opportunity & growth does not distinguish between your financial status, job status, religious beliefs, political beliefs, race, or gender. Its positive influence that effects all people within the society.

Growth = Prosperity. As the people are able to pursue and live their dreams and provide for their families free from government control and oppression, prosperity and happiness dominate. It is the belief of conservatives that this equation is all based on liberty and the principles that our founding fathers taught us in the Constitution and the founding documents. Principles that have historic proof that they are powerful and effective for the prosperity of the individual, families, and nation. If our thoughts turn from God & liberty and we forget our history, we will become complacent and apathetic, thus accepting large expansive government control which will lead to reduced opportunity, growth destruction, income retraction, and most definitely the decline of prosperity & happiness.

Cheers Thinking Patriots,

Jason

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” –James Madison, Federalist No. 51