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Conservatives want you to keep more of your own money.  Progressives want the government to have more of it.  Conservatives think you have the right to spend your own money the way you choose.  Progressives think it’s better for them to decide what’s  in your best interest and spend your money [...]

This is a dangerous time for both America and conservatives. Conservatives believe that the government has obviously overreached and the reaction may be much more than some bargained for. The coming elections will be one thing, the anger thing is another. Conservatives are hot under the collar and the direction that their disbelief, dismay and [...]

The History Channel, owned by NBC,  will air “The People Speak” on December 13th.  It’s based on the “history” book written by Marxist Howard Zinn called A People’s History of the United States. He has somehow convinced the following stars that America is a racist, homophobic, imperialistic, warmongering, evil empire run by greedy capitalists bent [...]

Does America really need the 111 new federal bureaucracies created under the latest plan to “reform” health care?  If you believe that these government entities, created behind closed doors by Harry Reid and Co. contrary to their promise to not act behind closed doors, will benefit the country I defy you to explain how. All these [...]

Both President Obama and Michael Steele agree that the Republicans have no credibility when it comes to matters economic. I’d agree with that.  But conservatives have no such credibility issues.  Unfortunately, the terms Republican and Conservative are often used interchangeably, much like the terms Illegal Immigrant and Immigrant. But there are significant and defining differences [...]

AmericanPlatform.org was created to give the average conservative American citizen a chance to not only be heard, but to contribute and help craft a political platform that reflects their beliefs.  Those of us who work and raise our kids and just want to be left alone by the government have been increasingly marginalized by not [...]

If you’ve read my previous post titled The Republicans Lost.  Now What? you know that AmericanPlatform.org is about promoting conservatism ahead of promoting the Republican party.  This will always be the case.  But as the system stands right now, conservatives must either start a new party or try to make the Republican party more conservative.  [...]

The debate over what the Republicans should do next after losing two election cycles is ongoing, with lots of recriminations, soul-searching, and Monday morning quarterbacking.  But there are really two debates occurring simultaneously.  One is about what the Republican party can do to regain power.  The other is about the future of conservatism.  If the [...]