Conservative insights are truths discovered or ideas implemented, for the benefit of all, as a result of the conservative movement:
- that Reagan's public exhortation to "tear down this wall" would result, merely a few years later, in tearing down the Berlin Wall[1]
- that decreasing taxes would increase government revenue[2]
- that more guns leads to less crime[3]
- that "Choose Life" license plates would be popular and productive
- that, with little investigation, serious flaws can be found in scientists' self-serving experiments[4]
- that abstinence education leads to falling rates of teen pregnancy and STDs
- that zero tolerance for crime would reduce crime.
- that involvement in the entertainment industry leads to increased risk of breast cancer.
- that a 'Hollywood' lifestyle can lead to divorce, drug addiction, alcohol problems, suicide, death, etc
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References
- ↑ Not only did liberals oppose Reagan's statement, but they felt it was foolish and senselessly provocative.
- ↑ See, e.g., the Laffer Curve
- ↑ See John Lott
- ↑ see Flaws_in_Richard_Lenski_Study