The Republican Party gets a lot of criticism over the issue of Social Security. Many will state that Republicans are against Social Security as a whole. This is untrue. Republicans are against Social Security in the form that it currently exists. While Social Security does represent ideas, such as government spending and redistribution of wealth, […]
Common Arguments Against Gay Marriage
The Republican Party as a whole is against gay marriage, and faces much opposition because of this belief. Democrats and other pro-gay marriage groups throw around terms like “gay haters” and “prejudiced” in relation to Republicans who oppose extending the institution of marriage to homosexual couples. However, the Republican Party believes that it does have concrete arguments […]
Republican Views on the Environment
The Republican Party considers conservation to be a conservative value – as long as it is properly balanced with economics. They consider human health and safety to be the first and most important issue in environmental concerns, as humans are our country’s most valuable resource. Any policy that supports conservation must equally address economic growth […]
What Is A Republican? Republican Definition
This article fully answers what a Republican is and gives the definition of a Republican in a fair, unbiased, and well-researched way. To start the article we list out the definition of a Republican, then we cover the Republican Party’s core beliefs, then we list out the Republican Party’s beliefs on all the major issues. […]
Republican Views on Education
Republican views on education involve a variety of overarching ideas. First, republicans believe in a restructuring of higher education, which would leave more students equipped for their desired fields and less working minimum wage jobs that are irrelevant to their education. Next, they believe in limiting the federal government in education. This includes getting rid […]
Republican Views on Abortion
Republican views on abortion are rooted firmly in the belief that an unborn child, like any individual in this country, has an individual right to life that should not be infringed upon by others. The party adamantly believes that the rights guaranteed to all Americans in the Fourteenth Amendment apply to unborn children as well. […]
Fix the Economy: A Cause Republicans Can Stand Together On
There has been much discussion as of late about a platform that will allow Republicans to stand together. Does this platform exist and, if so, what is it? Republicans have always seen eye-to-eye better about fiscal issues than social issues, and Americans of every party can agree that the economy is in dire straights. The […]
Minimum Wage Increases: Good For Employees, But Detrimental To Employers
The current movement to raise the Federal Minimum Wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour over three years, as well as raise minimum wage for tipped employees, has many small business owners in dire straights. The current order only affects those with contracts with the Federal Government, but Obama has announced a Democratic […]
What Will Obamacare Do To Small Businesses?
The employer mandate to offer health care coverage to all full-time employees goes into effect in 2015. This being said, many employers are trying to add up the numbers and figure out their best course of action. Unfortunately, many businesses may have to make sacrifices to make ends meet in the face of these demands. […]
Can The Republican Party Survive Its Current Divide?
It seems that, in recent years, the Republican Party is battling itself as much as, if not more than, it is battling against its adversaries in the Democratic Party. Republicans haven’t seen a strong leader who declared the Party’s stance to the nation since President Bush left office, and the tenuous state that the nation […]