Spending
We need to live within our means and balance the budget. The culture
of pork-barrel earmark spending must be brought to an end. Every
discretionary project should be thoroughly analyzed, prioritized,
debated and voted on in plain public view. Every new government
program should have an end date.

Taxes
Congress should make the 2003 tax relief permanent. This simple action
will prevent a substantial tax increase for most Americans in 2011. The
marriage penalty and death tax should be abolished once and for all.

Health Care
Government-sponsored health care and the associated bureaucracy and
mandates is not the answer. Instead, we should reinvigorate the private,
direct-pay health insurance market and allow consumers to purchase
insurance across state lines. We need to eliminate frivolous lawsuits
to free our physicians from the ever increasing malpractice insurance
premiums that drive them to stop practicing.

The Tax Code
The current Tax Code is a disgrace.  We should replace it with a Flat Tax
that taxes all income only once, at the source, at a single low rate.
Individuals would receive generous personal and dependency allowances
and companies would be able to immediately expense equipment
purchases. Millions of families would be removed from the tax rolls and
the remainder would be able to compute their taxes within minutes.
The savings in compliance costs would be enormous. The reduction in
the corporate tax rate would promote domestic investment and keep
jobs here in America.

Energy

Energy is an economic, national security and environmental issue.  We should adopt a comprehensive energy policy that includes increased drilling for domestic oil, as well as clean-burning coal, nuclear, solar, wind and geothermal power.