It’s time the Republicans started fixing their Party.  Scandal has rocked it recently, and now it seems the entire voting base is foundering.  Reagan’s Coalition has been decapitated, and the Republicans need to find a way to bring it back.  Fiscal and Defense Republicans need to have a stronger voice in this new Coalition.  The religious right, while certainly welcome, should not push so hard for increased merging of Church and State, as this is the surest path toward self-destruction of both the Party and the Country.

In the new Coalition, economics and defense should be center stage, as these are the two primary roles of the government.  Fiscal responsibility, which McCain lacks, should be at the center of all decision-making.  We should not tax and spend.  We should not not-tax and spend.  We must eliminate rampant pork-barreling in Congress, and turn ear-marks into ancient history.  The Federal Government exists to protect the country and to coordinate the economies of the States.  Abortion should be left to the States to decide, as well as the death penalty.  Gun control should be up to local communities and States.  We must institute a new tax code that doesn’t penalize success, and similarly doesn’t hamper the poor from gaining success.  Education should be left in the hands of local communities–No Child Left Behind has been a disaster from day one.  Health Care must remain private, though there must also be drastic changes in how private companies manage health care.  No one doubts the system is broken, we just disagree on how it must be fixed.

Global Warming may or may not be a reality, but gas prices are.  New technologies must be developed to lessen our dependence on  foreign oil.  Also, it never hurts to avoid pollution, even if the warming of the Earth has nothing to do with it.  I believe the Earth naturally cools and heats.  It is geologically a very normal process.  Nevertheless, I believe it is important to manufacture cars that get excellent gas mileage or that someday don’t use gas at all.  Also, it would be a good thing for the economy to start generating more electricity from wind and solar sources.  These are renewable, and thus–once the infrastructure is in place–would be cheaper in the long haul.  I don’t think this should be governmentally enforced through laws or penalties, however, as I see the Free Market as the savior of our environment in the long run.  (Money, after all, is a good driving force!)  I think a new tax system should be implemented that reward “green” companies.  Why not lower the tax bracket of any company that meets strict environmental standards?  Non-profits are not taxed the same as for-profits–why can’t we implement a “green for-profit” taxation that gives real incentives over the long term to companies that meet or exceed goals.  Top this with rebates for consumers for purchasing products from these companies–like hybrid vehicles–and suddenly you have a financial roadmap toward a greener Earth.  As more companies go green, it will be more difficult and less appealing for non-green companies to compete.  With these lower taxes, companies like Ford and General Electric could spend more money developing better products.  With serious tax cuts, Ford could put a great deal more funding toward high gas-mileage vehicles.

I wouldn’t mind getting seventy or eighty miles a gallon.  I certainly wouldn’t mind getting a tax break for buying a car that saves me money.  And I know that Ford wouldn’t mind selling me the car and getting a lower corporate tax for manufacturing the car.  Everybody wins.  In the long run, more taxes are brought in because more American companies are making profits and more American consumers (and foreign consumers) are buying the products.  National security benefits, because we can eventually say to hell with the Middle East and their oil.

Speaking of National Security, this new Coalition would have to be strong on terror, on revamping the military, and on a continued international military presence around the globe.  This would be a “no-retreat” Coalition.  Another nice addition to this Coalition would be our withdrawal from the United Nations.  We could, and should, sponsor a new alliance made up of free and democratic nations.  I’m not against diplomacy, or talks with rogue states, but belonging to an organization that includes China, Russia, Libya, Iran, and Sudan, some of whom have votes on the security council?   This seems downright crazy.

We are the leaders of the free world, and the UN has become corrupt and stagnant, bending too much to the will of terrorist states and tyrants.

We’ll see.  All I know is it’s time for change.

Kain's major subjects of focus at NeoConstant are international strategy; support of Israel; the failure of the international community to stop genocide; the spread of American power and democracy; historical analysis; and current events both domestically and abroad. He writes here, Newsvine and his blog, IndiePundit.