We present the above two lists of core values are the basic Conservative vision. As a nation, we have drifted so far that it is necessary to list these prominently on our website. What is "conservative" is based on social values, and once those values are established and accepted, there can then be debate on what kind of economic system best serves the needs of the people, and best allows these values to advance.

The basic conservative theory is that if everyone lived and conducted business with the above two sets of values, the greatest number of people would live happy and productive lives, and there would hardly be any need for government, social services, law enforcement, courts, and taxation. 

Decades ago, everyone knew this was the theory; some agreed, and some disagreed. No problem, it's a free country. 

But in our modern times, both the Left and the Right have so distorted the discussion of issues that many people think "conservative" is about fearing immigrants and minorities, forcing a religion onto everyone, and amassing wealth at the expense of others. That's incorrect, and that's not our vision. 

It's therefore necessary to define the term "conservative". And now that it has been done, it should be clear to the readers that conservative theory is very desirable, and that it can exist in every country on Earth. If you are not sure, re-read the above two lists. Those aren't values for White American people, those are values for everyone. 

The epiphany which soon follows is that immigrants as a whole are more conservative than White Americans. On average, immigrants have stronger family values, a stronger belief in God, and a greater belief in hard work and the American Dream. White Americans are too often adrift in alternate theories and lifestyles, and focussed on what they are "entitled" to. Collectively, we need to get back to the basics.

Not all of these core values are to be legislated, and many should simply be societal values. This conservative vision we wholeheartedly embrace, and our platform of reforms (right column) will help bring it to reality, and make it a populism.

Now for the irony. Many folks over 60 years old, and some younger, will immediately identify everything on the above two lists as being a "racist value system", which is the complete reverse of everything we hope to accomplish. There is a historic record of a corrupt value system in America based on God, Country, Family, and Race, similar in all ways to these lists, except that it was only for White Protestant Americans, not for any minorities. And not even for Catholics and Jews, who were as rejected as African-Americans, Latino's, and Asians. The inclusion of racism within the basic value system of America was a tragic mistake of historic proportions. The problem way back in the 1920's (and perhaps earlier) was that whole groups of people were rejected and considered to be a hostile or invading force. 

They should have been "welcomed" to the basic conservative value system of America, and incorporated.

The mere act of rejecting them causes a social and political divide. This continues today with the rejection of immigrants, despite them actually having values more conservative than most Americans. We find this revolting, and counter-productive to all goals of unity, peace, and prosperity.

This most fundamental American sin of the 20th century is what we directly confront and reverse with The Welcome Movement. This should have been done by the older generations decades ago. It's sad that we have to do it now.

Those liberal voices in the 1920's who were very correctly opposed to this racism from the KKK and other groups chose to oppose the entire value system of God, Country, Family, and Race. They didn't just oppose the racism, they opposed everything. What a mistake, what a tragedy. This has been the liberal perspective for close to 100 years. Any mention of religion or "family values" immediately caused a knee-jerk reaction against "racism" and the whole corrupt value system. And that response has fueled a culture war for generations. 

The correct liberal response should have been to remove racism from the value system of God, Country, Family, and Race, and instead "welcome" everyone. The Welcome Movement is 100 years overdue.

Everything that we are explaining about values, including this most basic "welcome" concept, should be the foundation of the Republican Party today. 

Instead the Party has drifted. It has drifted towards the intolerance of others, and arrogance towards the poor. It's drifting away from God and family values, and towards an economic selfishness. There is insufficient focus on uplifting and helping the poor and working class, especially on housing matters. 

There's a demand upon the urban poor to develop personal responsibility, but too many Republicans dismiss the obstacles they are facing, especially the over-concentration of poverty into discreet urban neighborhoods, with no realistic means of advancement. Some call government subsidized apartment buildings "the Democratic Plantation", however in most cities the problem incorporates entire neighborhoods of older and often deteriorated 2, 3, and 4-family homes, interspersed with small apartment buildings. Most of the housing is owned by outside investors, and most of the residents are renters. I call these neighborhoods "babyland districts", after the largest pre-school organization in Newark, NJ, where this founder lived for 10 years.

The obstacles to families advancing in urban neighborhoods are so severe that the cheapest housing stock becomes occupied, by default, by poor families with children. It is there, in the most failed neighborhoods in America, that the next generation of children is being born, educated, and raised. 

Poverty has become concentrated, and the more it is concentrated, the sum of misery becomes much greater than collectively adding up the social ills. The problems spread from family to family, and from generation to generation. This is why "urban problems" exist in the cities, but do not predominate in suburban towns that have been heavily integrated. It's easy for Republicans to blame urban problems on "Democratic leadership for decades", but that's just political nonsense. The true root of the problem is bad urban planning coupled with elitist zoning in the suburban towns. In one way or another, both major political parties are complicit in creating this problem. 

And then well-meaning social service agencies, both public and private, come in and actually advocate even further concentration of poverty, under the theory that the population in need will be "close by our facility", where they can be served better. No, the real solution is the widest possible dispersion of the urban poor, coupled with developing personal responsibility and the other values on the above two lists. We need a spiritual awakening in America. Houses of worship need to step up to the plate and mentor our urban youth.