I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.

We are in favor of greater free markets.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

The earliest use of writing was strictly commercial and economic, not political or bureaucratic. It was trade, entrepreneurship, and stewardship of private property, not politics, "public education" or the creation of national mythology that allowed humankind to transition from prehistory to history. Just as trade, entrepreneurship, and stewardship of private property have always been on the forefront of civilization's advancement, so were they also the driving force behind civilization's emergence.