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. Not only did liberals oppose Reagan's statement, but they felt it was foolish and senselessly provocative.
- "Stop ERA"
- the Laffer Curve: decreasing taxes often increases government revenue.
- that more guns leads to less crime. For example, see John Lott.
- that "Choose Life" license plates would be popular and productive.
- that requiring abortionists to have hospital privileges within 30 miles of the operation to handle complications would reduce victimizing abortions. This is known as the 30-mile rule.
- the Coase Theorem: in the absence of transaction costs, the market finds the most efficient level of activity regardless of who owns property.
- that Hollywood Values leads to higher incidence of breast cancer, because they are more likely to have an abortion, which can cause breast cancer, at younger ages; Hollywood Values likewise leads to premature death from drug addiction, depression and other self-inflicted harms.
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