The importance of tax cuts can't be over-stressed. In too many families today, both parents are forced to work because taxes consume as much as half of the family's income. This summer, we'll pass a package of pro-family tax cuts that should include marriage penalty relief and education savings accounts, among other things. This list isn't exhaustive, by any means. And more important, changing society's moral norms and expectations takes more than legislation.
Drugs are a good example.
In the late '70s, casual drug use was a widely accepted norm among young people. Teen drug use fell throughout the Reagan and Bush years. True, it has gone back up in the Clinton-Gore years, but this merely emphasizes the crucial importance of strong moral messages from our leaders. Just as important, we should force ourselves to frame our arguments, whenever possible, in the language of justice . Justice is, after all, what politics and government are about.