The Free-Market Manifesto

When the United States was founded, its Founding Fathers created a government that was of the people, for the people, and by the people. This government was designed to be a representative republic which focused on the concept of individualism; the belief that each man and woman that inhabited the country was unique and should be allowed to pursue their own interests without interference. This system was controversial at its founding (seeing a true republic had not existed since the ancient Roman Republic) and, to compliment that style of governance, the country endorsed an economic system equally untried and controversial: capitalism. It is thanks to Capitalism - the engine which has sparked the greatest innovations in history - that this country stands as the world's lone Superpower and continues to be as innovative and creative as it was in its earliest years. Today, however, Capitalism is under siege.

With the election of Democratic candidate Barack Obama into the Presidency (as well as a Democratic majority in Congress), the country expected a more Keynesian approach to economic policy. This was only augmented by the disastrous, yet natural downturn the economy took in October 2008. Whereas any true believer in Capitalism and the Free-Market would have easily cut taxes, reduced government spending, and done everything in its power to inspire and motivate both employers and workers to keep the economy moving, the Obama Administration (as well as the Bush Administration which preceded it) decided to abandon the Free-Market which has served our nation so well in exchange for what Mark Levin dubs "statism" or, the collectivizing of our economy. This is not only an infringement on economic prosperity, however, the recent moves by the Obama Administration is also an infringement on the very freedom we as Americans hold so very dear. Thanks to these policies, the country has spent $1.3 Trillion on a combination of failed bailouts for auto companies, Congressional pet projects, and ill-advised expansion of government programs which are barely connected to reviving the stagnant economy.

Personally, I am a staunch Conservative Republican. I have been described as a "Neocon" by many (although given the antisemitic origins of that term I begin to wonder if that was not meant as an insult). However, anyone with half a brain can tell the Republican Party is ideologically depleted - as evidenced by our crop of candidates this past election (aside from the highly undervalued Mitt Romney) and the utter disregard for Conservatism the Bush Administration showed in its final years. Even as the once wildly popular Obama Administration falls 9 points in the approval ratings weekly and the Democratically-led Congress has an approval rating below ten percent, the GOP continues to flail about and in-fight; particularly the division between the John McCain Moderate Republicans and the Conservative Base Republicans. The party clearly lacks leadership (where I once wholeheartedly supported Michael Steele, I now see that he was utterly unprepared for the job), it dismisses the spokesman for the Conservative Movement (Rush Limbaugh) and by extension, his 20 million-plus listeners, and cannot seem to come up with viable policy alternatives to the egregious spending/non-stimulus packages the Obama Administration proposes and their Liberal Democrat Congress rubber-stamps - at the expense of our children.

This "party" is not meant to break up the Republican Party, it is not meant to focus solely on the Free-Market Wing of Conservatism (as I am far more a foreign policy wonk than an economic policy one), it is, however, meant to remind us that Capitalism is the driving force for all good things on this planet. It has allowed us to become the freest, most prosperous, and advanced nation with the highest standard of living in human history. To see it attacked by Liberal intellectuals who only desire more power concentrated in the hands of a few in a far-off capital is sickening. Much like our friends involved in these national Tea Parties, I hope to bring a voice to the besieged "every man" who is tired of watching his/her hard-earned money go towards subsidizing other people's laziness and government corruption. This blog is designed to be the unfiltered voice of Conservatism - to point out how America must maintain, defend, and expand its Empire of Liberty; to show how Traditional Values (i.e. the Judeo-Christian Ethic) are the bedrock of having a robust society, and how Capitalism (specifically liberal democratic capitalism) is the root of all past, present, and future national success and freedom.

Thank you.