Law & Order
Equal Protection of Our Rights Under the Law

A Government that can’t or won’t secure our rights (impotence), or ITSELF chooses to violate them (authoritarianism/tyranny) is an intolerable disaster.
(1) A strong (defensive-oriented & efficient) military, FUNDING THE POLICE, and well-trained, community-responsive policing are the core purpose of Government.
(2) Every law a Government considers should be viewed through a critical/ skeptical lens:
(a) Does this fit clearly within the Government’s Constitutionally defined role.
(b) How does this impact citizen rights?
(a) Is it appropriate / just to enFORCE citizen compliance with this “at the barrel of a gun”? While perhaps overly dramatic, compliance is almost always obtained through FORCE (even if it is usually implicit, or threatened).
(3) Opposed to Democrat Party views throughout American history (from Slavery, to Jim Crow, to Affirmative Action), Government/ Law/ Police/ Military should NOT be in the business of discriminating on the basis of religion, race, or sex nor weaponized for biased political, social, or personal persecution: Equal Protection Under the Law.

Less Bureaucracy & Regulation of Our Lives

(1) The private sector handles nearly every activity in life more efficiently than the Government (UPS vs USPS). Even “popular” Government programs (Medicare, postal system, roads…) run at a massive loss, or are Ponzi schemes, driving them rapidly toward insolvency. The popularity of Government programs rests on people charging their “Free Lunch” to their grandchildren’s credit card.
(2) The Government is not your Mother, and should never try to be your Nanny. When Government provides private sector social services it destroys private charity & community involvement. Those community issues instead become the Government’s responsibility. This leads to Entitlement, Waste, Exploitation, Fraud, and Dependency… and seizes the rightful domain of Voluntary Community & Church engagement.
(3) Central Planning leads to Dictatorship. When Government gets involved in social engineering (regulating the choices that people make), Economic (livelihood) / Police / Military force eventually are turned against the “unenlightened” dissenters. Taken beyond just the most basic of incentive structures, “The Carrot & The Stick” are most often the tools of authoritarians who see people as livestock.

Lower Taxes Generally,
esp. Small Business & Middle/Lower Income

(1) What is MY “fair share” of what
YOU earned through your hard work?
(2) Individuals can spend their OWN money
far better than Incompetent Bureaucrats.
(3) Money is an incentive to work, so
Taking Money away is a Disincentive.
Higher Taxes => Less Economic Activity.
(4) Biz taxes are often counter-productive:
Passed on as consumer taxes (Inflation).
Less profit => less attractive for biz, Fewer Jobs.
(5) The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy.
Government should encourage fair, anti-
monopolistic competition. It should NOT
determine economic Winners & Losers.
When it does, we get Cronyism: Corporate Lobbying & Big Government merges.

While America should be pro-free enterprise:
Contrary to Supreme Court precedent, Corporations, (Non-profit) NGOs, and Political Action Committees ARE NOT PEOPLE, and should not be treated as such. Like many pressing issues, Corporate rights are not specified in the Constitution and should be determined via legislative process, not Judicial Fiat.

Faith

Freedom of Conscience & Non-Violent Religious Expression:
*Prohibition on Military, Government, Employer & Business Interference with Beliefs:
-No ideological, or political purges! No government funded ideological training or personnel (incl. DEI).
-No Religious Vaccine Exemptions Denials… At minimum, retroactive Honorable Discharges.
-No Private Social Media Platform Censorship for religious expression in section 230.

Family

Pro-Life & Adoption, Not Abortion: Abortion kills a human being.
*We will get out the vote for the 2022 Pro-life KY Constitutional Amendment.
*Enhanced Adoption/Foster Family Stipends.

Remove Marriage Disincentives from all Social (welfare) Programs. End marriage to the state: return parents (mostly fathers) to homes.
*Support (up to 4, for each financially responsible parent) Child Tax Credits.
*Strict Enforcement of Child Support Delinquency Laws.

Sexual abuse can destroy young women and their likelihood of forming relationships & families:
*Enhanced Funding for Rape Kit Processing.
*Support sentencing enhancements for non-statutory rape: Without condom; Forcible impregnation.

Freedom

No Emergency Should EVER Take Precedence over Constitutional Rights.

2nd Amendment Sanctuary: No Law Enforcement Personnel in KY Shall be Permitted to Aid Enforcement of Any Federal Firearm Law or Regulation More Restrictive than Jan. 1, 2020 Law.

Consider polices prohibiting:
*Termination of employees for off job 1st Amendment protected speech (cancel culture)
*Denial of financial services for ANY reason other than return on investment (financial blacklisting & redlining).

Fairness

We must have true Equal Protection Under the Law: No Political Bias or Weaponization of Military, Law Enforcement or Justice Department. Prosecutorial discretion must be reigned in.

Government should never be in the discrimination business: Ban differential policies, hiring, or training by those receiving any public funds, on the basis of race, religion, or sex (incl. government contractors).

We champion the American Worker, we must make things and restore dignity of work in America!
*Buy American and “Buy Bluegrass” Policies. KY Proud and “KY Crafted” tax incentives.
*Federal Fair Trade deals (no dumping, IP theft, currency manipulation, etc.).
FAIR MARKETS AND TAX CODES:
*We are not Anti-Success. However, we must Close Tax Loopholes favoring the rich & powerful, like (Hedge Fund) Carried Interest.
*Keep estate tax moratorium for greater of 1st $1M per child, or $3M per estate.
*Tech and Financial Monopolies must be broken up, to promote real market competition.

Safe Streets

FUND THE POLICE: Promote well-trained & cooperative community policing (including outreach & youth programs).

The only way to stop a determined bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun:
*Strengthen Stand Your Ground, Castle, Self-Defense Laws.
*Promote Firearm Safety Training.
*Consider limits to “Gun Free Zones”, incl. many private businesses.

Secure Elections &
Secure Federal Borders

EASY to Vote in-Person; HARD to Cheat:
*Must show government-issued photo Voter ID (no more school IDs) for ALL ballots. Extend that requirement (copy of Photo ID) to verified excuse Mail-ins.
*Clean the voter roles.
*Crack down on illegal ballot harvesting in long-term care facilities.
*No Internet Connectivity of Voting Machines.
*Human Auditable Paper Ballots.

We are NOT Anti-immigrant (most share our values). We are PRO-Controlled, Merit-based Immigration targeting needed skills (not for demographic goals, cheap labor, or wage depression):
*Finish the Wall.
*Re-instating Remain in Mexico.
*Enforcement of deportation for Visa overstay.
*Public burden & Merit-based immigration, with 1-nuclear family limit on chain migration.

Spending Sanity (Stop Biden-flation)

There is no such thing as a Free Lunch, someone always pays (too often, our grandchildren): 
*Statutory controls on Quantitative Easing & Money Printing.
*Push for Balanced Budgets.
*Promote local production & supply chains (eg Prime Act & Farmers Co-ops).

School Choice (Reversing Marxist Indoctrination)

We embrace the development of a “Parental Bill of Rights.” Except in clear cases of neglect or abuse, parents’ rights come first in determine a child’s upbringing and education:
*One part is a Ban on Indoctrination of Gender Fluidity, or Race & Sex Discrimination in Public Ed (BR 69).

We want to empower parents, and legislators, to finally fix & elevate the KY educational system. We support True “Money Follows the Child” School Choice, public education revenue should go wherever Parents choose to educate their kids.
*Permanent funding of legal Charter Schools.
*Educational cost reimbursement via HB 563 Tax Credit matching.
*KY Constitutional Amendment removing Section 189, which prohibits governmental education funds going to religious schools. Give legislators ALL options for improving our schools, including competition.
*Consider the dissolution of the Federal Department of Education, returning control of public education to each state, consistent with US Constitutional Amendment 10.