Leave Us Alone

Getting the Government’s Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns,
Our Lives

by Grover Norquist

• The Wealth Effect the increasing number of Americans who own stock is the single greatest American demographic change in the past twenty-five years.  Norquist demonstrates that as the number of shareholders increase, so does the strength of the Republican Party.

• The decline of the labor unions, once the great bastions of strength and wealth for the Democrats, has severely weakened the base of support for the Democrats.

• The Fertility Gap: Republicans have more babies per capita than their liberal counterparts. 
  If the trend continues, it will have tremendous impact on the future electorate.

• “An increasing Mormon population, the 'reddening' of the Catholic population and the growth in birthrates among the Orthodox Jewish population all bode well, demographically speaking, for the Republicans.”

• The rise of the conservative media, especially on the radio and cable television, have allowed center-right ideas to permeate through the culture as never before.

• An examination of why the Republicans have been so much more effective on college campuses despite the perception that universities are liberal enclaves.

• The growth of the home schooling movement – two million students, or 4 percent of school aged children are home schooled - has created a new group who want to be “left alone”.

• The Hispanic population has grown from 4.7 percent of the population in 1970 to 14 percent of the population in 2006.  Norquist argues the Republicans must avoid making the same mistake they made with Roman Catholic immigrants a century ago – needlessly driving away potential supporters.

• A detailed yet accessible guide to tax reform: arguments and explanations of why income should be taxed only once, at a singular rate, and be constitutionally protected from increase.

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