POLITICAL TOUCHSTONES

1 January 2022

We need to periodically check our political leaders' lists of impressive achievements against our fundamental first principles. Of course, plenty of contradictions, but...

Do they:

Enhance our personal liberty, free us from overly-oppressive human rights obligations?

Reduce the wealth gap, make for a more equal society, enhance equality of opportunity, share profits fairly between capitalists and workers, reduce internal conflict / civil war

Keep / reduce debt to manageable levels

Shrink the state

Enable the private sector to best allocate capital, innovate, improve use of technology, enhance productivity

Strengthen our national defences, power soft and hard, safeguard our borders, our culture?