I actually looked into forming a party a few years ago. I would like to see one that stands for fiscal conservatism (because it's just math!), but socially liberal (because I don't think you can legislate what people want to do, whether you agree with what they want to do or not). No party's going to give everyone everything they want. I think you could at least do better at giving more people more of what they want. A party that focuses more on what people agree on than what they disagree on.
It's very evident to me that the the people of this country have been sold on "taxes for the rich" progressive taxes thanks in large part to a media that votes about 90% Democrat. It's also evident to me that when the last two Democrat Presidents left office the economy was in the toilet. Both times Republicans stepped in, cutting taxes, with the liberal media screaming "They're cutting taxes during a BAD ECONOMY!" Both times, a few years later, the economy responded, without the same media then turning around and giving any credit, of course.
The Republicans didin't even know how to be Republicans. What they did for the economy was the ONE thing they could have run on in the last two elections, and they didn't. They barely nicked taxes 7 years ago and look what it did. I didn't hear one Republican running on "Let's keep doing it until it doesn't work, then we'll pull it back a little." Of course, mix all that in with a media that criticized George Bush for having 5.5% unemployment, the same number they praised Bill for having.
John Kerry was speaking out both sides of his mouth concerning taxes. He ran on promising tax increases for everyone earning over $200,000, which means small business owners, which means America's number one employer by volume. Then last year, when asked about our wonderful economy, he had to complain about something, so it was "low paying jobs and jobs going overseas." This is the guy who was going to make it MORE expensive to be an employer! Like I've asked tons of people "How do you raise an employers taxes AND expect them to hand out increased wages and benefits?" Like I've said, this isn't even political. It's math and ideas.
As far as the socially liberal part goes, as long as someone isn't doing what fit's the majority's definition of hurting other people? You could throw abortion into that, which is something that's going to be agreed upon by everybody about the same day that creationism and evolution will be.
Look at prohibition. Drinking was morally wrong until the government figured out it was missing out on too many tax dollars? The same as a lottery. Whether it's morally correct to have depends on who runs it and where the profits go? Or, if you want to smoke in a public building in New Jersey, you can only do it in a casino, where the gov't makes the most tax dollars? I think this gov't has a LOT more power than it was ever intended for it to have. It's not supposed to socially engineer our lives.
I think the problem is most Americans have been brainwashed by a liberal Democrat media for so long that I don't think they want anything via the fact that they've added it up for themselves. What they know is what they've had thrown at them for over 30 years.
