The best way to jumpstart the U.S. economy is to provide tax relief to families and businesses. Tax increases will only hinder the American economic engine and result in an even more bloated federal government. The American Issues Project supports a renewed commitment to creating a pro-growth business environment that encourages and supports entrepreneurs so they can create new jobs for American workers.

Among the measures to jumpstart our economy: 

• Extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts
• Opposing any attempt to raise taxes in any form
• Eliminating the death tax
• Eliminating the marriage penalty
• Eliminating wasteful government spending
• Supporting free trade
• Opposing over-regulation of American business and industry

Americans understand the consequences we will face if we do not prevail in the War against Terror.  We must remain committed to achieving victory in Iraq, finishing our work in Afghanistan, and keeping a watchful eye on other dangerous regimes of the world, such as Iran, North Korea, and Cuba.  The American Issues Project will strongly oppose legislation -- and inform the American public -- when politicians start advocating “surrender” as a public policy position.  

We support making sure our brave men and women in the field have every tool they need to get the job done. We oppose efforts to tie troop funding to special-interest pork barrel projects that result in partisan debates while our troops wait. Our armed forces deserve to have everything they need at the very moment they need it, not partisan bickering and game playing. 

The American Issues Project also supports ensuring law enforcement has the tools it needs to fight terrorists both at home and abroad, including warrantless wiretaps and any other measures deemed necessary to preventing another attack on our country.

Americans have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The United States Supreme Court agrees. The American Issues Project supports the recent Supreme Court decision on the 2nd Amendment, which reaffirmed this right by overturning Washington, D.C.’s unlawful ban on gun ownership. We oppose legislative efforts that seek to infringe on 2^nd Amendment rights. Although perhaps well-intentioned, efforts seeking to restrict criminals from accessing guns end up harming law-abiding gun owners, instead. According to a report by the National Center for Policy Analysis, “More crimes are prevented by guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens every year than are committed with guns.” 

The American Issues Project also opposes efforts to target gun manufacturers for crimes committed with guns. So long as the guns manufactured are not negligent or defective in design, the manufacturers should not be punished for their misuse.  

We must continue to respect the traditions that many Americans hold dear and continue to protect their rights in the future.  The American Issues Project will faithfully defend the 2^nd Amendment by vocally opposing efforts to infringe upon its guaranteed rights.

The current illegal immigration crisis is putting a stranglehold on government services, threatening our national security and jeopardizing our safety. The American Issues Project supports legislative initiatives that stop granting American privileges to illegal immigrants, especially when legal U.S. citizens are being denied. Rewarding illegal behavior sends the wrong message to legal immigrants who follow the law and are on the path to legal citizenship.  

There are several steps we believe must be taken to begin to put an end to our immigration crisis: 

• First and foremost, secure our border by completing the border fence
• Ensure there are enough border patrol agents monitoring the border
• Employ the most up-to-date surveillance available to monitor the border
• Enforce the laws we already have on the books
• Develop a high-tech and reliable employment verification system
• Punish employers who repeatedly and defiantly hire illegal immigrants