{"id":2863,"date":"2012-05-01T11:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/are-you-a-republican\/"},"modified":"2012-05-01T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:57:50","slug":"are-you-a-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/are-you-a-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a Republican?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Do you think people should try to help themselves first before they ask for help from others?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think it\u2019s wrong to game the public treasury for your own personal advantage?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think government entitlements discourage individual initiative?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think as taxes go up, charitable giving goes down?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think death should be tax exempt?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think business taxation is just another way to tax consumers through higher prices?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think everyone should pay the same tax rate?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think unfunded government mandates should be eliminated?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think private enterprise based on the opportunity for profit is the fairest way to allocate scarce resources?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think government force is a negative power that leads to corruption when used to control private enterprise?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think it\u2019s wrong for government bureaucrats to use law to force  private property owners to use their property in certain approved ways?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think zoning laws and regulatory laws should be proven with demonstrated outcomes before they are allowed to become law?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think that government codes, regulations, statutes, and zoning have choked off way too much creativity from the private sector in a vain attempt to achieve utopia?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think the earth is far more vast and resilient than environmentalists have shown?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think private property owners are the best stewards of the environment?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think there&#8217;s too much government in America?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think government is the least desirable place to look to find a real solution to a problem?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think the ends do not justify the means?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a million ways to ask these questions; this is no official list.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just a few things that come to mind as I think about expressing some Republican values.\u00a0 Republicans hold values like these because they lead to a robust, creative, evolving, sound, reality based, equitable, and peaceful society where everyone benefits.\u00a0 Ironically, the beneficiary model the Left promotes benefits precious few beneficiaries and a whole bunch of bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>If you answered yes to the above questions, then you believe in fairness, freedom, individual responsibility, non-socialist solutions for successful living, and you&#8217;d make a good Republican.\u00a0 You can register as a Republican before May 29th to participate in the Republican primary election.\u00a0 Do it online, just Google it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/meetcomms.jpg\" title=\"Meet Commissioner Candidates\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/meetcomms.jpg\" alt=\"Meet Commissioner Candidates\" height=\"318\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coffman-gardner-event-may12.jpg\" title=\"Coffman Gardner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coffman-gardner-event-may12.jpg\" alt=\"Coffman Gardner\" height=\"318\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think people should try to help themselves first before they ask for help from others? 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