Jerry Pournelle's political principles
A brief version, to be sure:
My principles have been said many times: I am For America and I believe the first obligation of the government is to America, not the world. I believe we should have policies that encourage competition, but within a structure that puts America first and preserves American jobs even if that means that goods cost more and harms international trade. I believe that the government of a republic derives its just powers from the consent of the governed, and that means (1) we don't try to run other countries for their own good, and we run them for our own good if they force us to it, and (2) most matters of government other than foreign policy and true interstate commerce should be left to the states: that particularly includes matters of social policy like equalitarianism, death taxes, income-leveling taxes, sumptuary taxes, and so forth. National taxes ought to be chiefly for revenue and domestic job protection.
I think most matters of social policy properly belong to the States, and that we need a new Amendment to the Constitution: "No State shall on grounds of race, religion, or national origin, deprive any Citizen of the United States of the equal protection of the laws, and this time we really mean it.
States may set periods of residency requirements for state citizenship not to exceed 2 years."
I think we need a strong Navy and that includes a Space Navy; energy independence; and an Army capable of defending our shores.
And that's about enough of that. I doubt this makes me a simple "right winger," but I am not sure just what it does make me.
Works for me. Theoretically, much of this was the original intent of the Constitution.
