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« on: January 22, 2016, 06:45:47 PM »

Here are some rough ideas I have:

1) Broadly capitalist with a generous welfare state

2) Generous subsidies for parents

3) Support for the working class getting established. E.g. Expanding the EITC.

I'm biased, but those would be a great start. I'd also add:

4) Universal paid maternity/paternity leave
5) Heavy sin taxes on alcohol/tobacco/etc.
6) Increased tax incentives for charitable/religious giving
7) Elimination of the "marriage penalty"
8) Look into something like Utah's Housing First program
9) Some sort of private education subsidy program or something. Not sure exactly.
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 07:49:25 PM »

Are you referring to some type of "socially conservative populist" or something?  Because there's nothing contradictory at all about being a social conservative and believing in Republican economic policy ... it describes a whole lot of wealthy, educated voters all across the South.

I'm assuming we're taking a "zero-based" approach to the platform, divorcing social conservatism from all existing party-based economic policy and then rebuilding it.
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