To The Founders,
Hello and Welcome to ToTheFounders.wordpress.com! During 2008′s Republican primaries and the Presidential Race there was a lot of talk about getting back to Reagan style conservatism. There were words like principles and ideals batted around. There were vague ideas about how to solve or improve the economy, national security, the energy crisis, and more. We, the writers, wanted to present some clear, concrete, conservative solutions to the problems that are facing our great country. We too, as Margaret Thatcher said about Ronald Reagan, “love[ed] America and what it stands for – freedom and opportunity for ordinary people.” This is the greatest country on earth but unless we look to practical solutions for the problems that are facing us we will slip into mediocrity and lose our standing of right, freedom, and justice on the world stage. The longer we wait, the bigger the problems will become, and so we wanted to take voice and “write” the founders of this great nation to whom we owe a stewardship. They brought this nation from a ‘nothing upstart’ collection of colonies to what it is today. They sacrificed so much and even risked sacrificing everything for what we have today. We are confident that they could not foresee the great hegemonic power that the United States of America would eventually become, and if we want to continue that climb we will need to look not only to the great leaders of the past and what they taught us but also propose new, progressive, conservative solutions. In that vein we will discuss each topic over a three week period. The first two weeks will be a discussion presenting various sides of the problem or argument and will include several news articles to read and discuss. The third and final week (on that topic) will consist of the practical, conservative solution to the problem as well as a letter to the founders explaining everything and how we are fulfilling our stewardship they created and passed to us.
