Here’s a video of President Reagan explaining conservative values. And then I will give my take.

What makes a conservative a conservative? Well that question is as easy to answer as it is hard to answer. There are certain principals that are undeniably “conservative principals”.

I will list them:

1. Government is an entity that gets in the way of citizens; not help.

2. Taxes should only serve to maintain a military, keep good public interior (i.e. roads, parks etc…), maintain law enforcement and support national security.

3. The people should decide what government is allowed to do; not the other way around.

4. The Constitution is a timeless document and not a living document (i.e. changes with current events).

When other issues that the media has coined as “conservative” like pro-life and anti gay marriage are brought up, it generalizes a diverse group. Those four principals are four that 99% of conservatives can agree on. Other issues like pro-life vs. pro-choice and gay marriage are social issues and not government issues, which shows that being a conservative is simply a word to describes someone’s opinion on size of government.

My next blog post is going to be about the 3 major political creeds in American politics: liberalism, conservatism and progressivism.

Thanks For Reading!

-Keith