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Republican Party Platform

I am completely on board when it comes to much of the social agenda of the Republican Party, and I would vote make the tax cuts permanent except for the top 1-2% of incomes so that the middle class can be strengthened. Additional tax cuts while deficits are maintained cannot be defended and will serve only to increase government borrowing which will increase the demand on money and raise interest rates.

I consider myself pro-life; however, as a former prosecutor with a strong sense of justice, I have a hard time arguing that we should force a ten-year old that has been raped to go forward and that the rapist deserves to have more progeny. In an ideal world, we would have perfect education and those who get in that situation would immediately contact law enforcement who could direct them to medical personnel who could provide the morning after pill in time to prevent conception.

I believe the Republican Party should move away from the monosyllabic obsession with tax cuts. The tax rates are not the issue. It's what we get for the taxes we pay. If we cut taxes, we have to cut spending or else we will borrow and devalue the dollar. I'm not a subscriber to trickle down, supply-side economics. President George H.W. Bush was correct when he called it "voodoo economics." History has shown that making a few very rich does not make everyone else prosper. It leads to jealousy and coveting toward the wealthy, increased debt that we saw in the Clinton era ($19,000 in unsecured debt per family) and increased crime according to one of my clients who told me that people commit crime not only because of the music but because they see wealthy people on television and because they believe they deserve to have what they do. I believe that when history is examined, the Clinton-Reno duo will go down in history as one of the most socially destructive president/attorney generals ever.

If the Republican Party does not wake up and get over its obsession with tax cuts for the rich, they will run the risk of a storming of the Bastille by the democrats this November. I say we need a Republican Bobby Kennedy who will take up the cause of social justice, strengthen the middle class and break the bonds of oppression in all of its forms.