A moderate believes in limited government.
A moderate believes (really believes) that economic growth
comes from private enterprise.
A moderate believes that individuals must be responsible for
themselves, that communities should take care of their own and that local
solutions are usually better than national solutions.
A moderate believes that government's primary functions are to
protect it’s citizens, to create an environment where an appropriately
regulated free enterprise economy can flourish, and to make the critical
investments in infrastructure, education and primary research that would not be
made by private enterprises pursuing their own limited goals.
A moderate believes that the government has an obligation to
regulate business to ensure the health of its citizens and to curb the power of
monopolies and economically powerful special interests. However regulation should be as limited as
possible because each regulation puts a tax on the economy and further limits
growth and prosperity.
A moderate would do whatever is possible to reduce the power
of special interests in shaping policy, taxes and regulations.
A moderate believes in progressive taxation where the
wealthy pay a greater share of their income in taxes. However a moderate believes that the tax
system should not be used to confiscate the assets of the wealthy. The incentive to be productive and retain the
fruits of your efforts is critical to the economic success of a free enterprise
economy.
A moderate believes in a balanced budget where spending is limited
to be no greater than income. In times
of great crisis, economic or military, government may have to spend more but
should return to balanced budgets when the threat has mitigated.
A moderate believes that the path from the present to a
balanced budget will require a significant reduction in subsidies for special
interests, increases in taxes for the wealthy and the middle class and
reductions in defense and entitlement spending.
A moderate believes in a strong national defense but does
not believe in an activist foreign policy.
A moderate believes in free trade but not in unfair trade
where government intervention (foreign or domestic) results in market distortions.
A moderate believes in a government-assured safety net providing
basic necessities for those who fall out of the general economic system. However such a system needs to strike a
balance between caring for the unfortunate and becoming an incentive for people
to drop out and live on the fruits of someone else’s labor. It needs to provide a strong incentive for
those who are able to return to the workforce.
A moderate believes in complete separation of church and
state.
A moderate believes in personal liberties including the
right to marry whom so ever one chooses.
A moderate may struggle with the issue of abortion but
eventually determines that a woman must have the right to choose.
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