(03-12-2019, 03:52 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(03-12-2019, 12:26 PM)mikesez Wrote: Conservative principles include -
1) we learn by observing
2) what is seen in small scale experiments should be expected to be replicated in any larger scale experiments - one certainly would not expect the opposite to happen.  This is true whether we are discussing the physical properties of pure gases or the character of an individual man.
3) when you put a tax on a good or service, less of that good or service is purchased.
4) when deciding what the government should do next, it is best to consider what it is already doing first.  For instance, we may have not thought fuel economy minimums were a good use of government power, but if we see that they are complied with, with very little impact on the price and quantity of new vehicles, we should try to build on that rather than scrapping it.  Just like we should prefer leaving the minimum wage alone or giving it small increases, rather than suddenly doubling it or suddenly eliminating it.  If we see an effort is not working, then we should work to reduce or eliminate it.  If unemployment was very high, minimum wage reductions could be considered.  But a conservative wouldn't consider them now.

So you just don't understand what conservatism is....  That actually makes a lot of since.