This week I was pleasantly surprised when I received an annual report in the mail from the Goldwater Institute, About the Goldwater Institute . Founded over 30 years ago with the blessings of its namesake, Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Institute carries on the fight for conservative principles in the United States.
A Conscious Conservative found the issues outlined in the report refreshing compared to the faux conservatism spouted by Republican politicians and talking heads on television and radio. Instead of writing about building a wall, there is a remembrance of tearing down the Berlin Wall. Instead of advocating limits on choices in health care, there were articles about expanding care for both physical and mental disorders through limiting government interference.
Here are a few of the initiatives celebrated in this year's annual report.
The Right to Earn a Living -- This allows for licensed professionals to practice in another state without being forced to attend school again and go through an entire licensing process anew.
Right to Try-- This allows terminally ill patients to try any drug available to cure their condition, instead of waiting for years or decades of clinical trials and FDA approval.
Right to Free Speech-- The Institute fought against employees being required to pay dues to unions and lawyers being required to pay dues to bar associations when it can be shown that dues money is used to fund political causes.
Property Rights-- The Goldwater Institute is working on various initiatives to curb the use of eminent domain and stop cities from restricting rentals.
As I look at today's headlines on Fox News Politics about personality clashes over the Ukraine, blackface scandals and war with Iran, it reassures me that somebody like the people at the Goldwater Institute still care about the true conservative issues of "limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty..." that affect all of us.
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