"Don’t spend what you don’t have. Problems created by over spending and debt won’t be solved by more spending and more debt. Keep taxes as low as possible and the tax system as simple as possible. Excessive regulation smothers life and commerce. Whatever regulation government maintains must be predictable and navigable. Make courts accessible but don’t let them become profit centers or law makers. Focus on the basic responsibilities of government - public safety, education, and transportation. Make local control the first resort, not the last. Don’t let government compete with business. Government must never provide goods and services that are available from the private sector. Trust people over big government. Government can never be all things to all people."