a conservative is ...

Me. I am that dreaded conservative. Let me address cultural issues first. I am for life, as in PRO. I am not for gay marriage. I am pro private ownership of guns. I support the death penalty. I am pro school vouchers. Each of the above topics deserve more than a mere sentence in their explanation. I do not intend to do that in this post. In future posts, I hope to explain my position on each of these subjects and how I arrived at such. For today, I wish to speak of money. You know, moola,cash,dough...the economy. "It all comes down to the economy." I only have a degree in Sociology. I am not an economist by trade. But like most Americans, I have a job. And guess what? Money is power. Money allows you to do things. Money can be put to good use and benefit the user. Money can do bad things too. Money can cause harm. Money in and of itself is neutral. I like the money that I earn and want to keep ALL of it. However, I realize that in our country taxes are a necessary evil. We need highways and bridges and fire departments and police departments and the military. These are truly necessary and not evil. What we don't need on the payroll are career politicians and most of the government employees that we have. We do not need government intervention when a part of our industry collapses. We need the FREE market. The FREE market WILL correct itself. I do not want to depend on a career politician for my health care. Unless of course, I will be receiving the exact same type of coverage as said politician! I am for a fiscally limited government. Don't give them too much money. That will give them too much power. I'd like to keep the power that I earn in my wallet where it belongs.