The Conservative Elevator Pitch

From American Thinker.

Good question, Bob. In America today, conservatives believe, government is cruel, corrupt, unjust; and it just costs too much. And we conservatives just can't stand there and do nothing.

Liberals created this monster, Bob. Liberals believe that compulsory government programs are the way to help the poor and comfort the afflicted. But they are wrong. Government is not compassion. Government is force. You cannot solve social problems by force.

Conservatives believe in society not as social force but as social cooperation. That's why we must reform the welfare state into the welfare society. In the welfare society the American people, not liberal experts, will be in charge of their health care, their children's education, the comfort of the afflicted, and the decent provision of pensions.

With conservative reforms America will truly become that shining city on a hill, "still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom."

I think it can be accurately said, that the entire difference between being conservative and a Conservative, is that the Conservative organizes politically to fight that stupid, brutish government rather than merely hedge and hide. This is why being merely organic is not sufficient.

The biggest things our government has ever done are being done today with trillions of dollars. It's frightening.

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