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| | '''Conservative insights''' are truths discovered or ideas implemented, for the benefit of all, as a result of the [[conservative]] movement: | | '''Conservative insights''' are truths discovered or ideas implemented, for the benefit of all, as a result of the [[conservative]] movement: |
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| − | * that [[Reagan]]'s public exhortation to "tear down this wall" would result, merely a few years, in tearing down the Berlin Wall<ref>Not only did [[liberals]] oppose Reagan's statement, but they felt it was foolish and senselessly provocative.</ref> | + | * that [[Reagan]]'s public exhortation to "tear down this wall" would result, merely a few years later, in tearing down the Berlin Wall<ref>Not only did [[liberals]] oppose Reagan's statement, but they felt it was foolish and senselessly provocative.</ref> |
| | * that decreasing taxes would increase government revenue<ref>See, e.g., the [[Laffer Curve]]</ref> | | * that decreasing taxes would increase government revenue<ref>See, e.g., the [[Laffer Curve]]</ref> |
| | * that more guns leads to less crime<ref>See [[John Lott]]</ref> | | * that more guns leads to less crime<ref>See [[John Lott]]</ref> |
| | * that "[[Choose Life]]" license plates would be popular and productive | | * that "[[Choose Life]]" license plates would be popular and productive |
| − | * that, with little investigation, serious flaws can be found in scientists self-serving experiments<ref> see [[Flaws_in_Richard_Lenski_Study]]</ref> | + | * that, with little investigation, serious flaws can be found in scientists' self-serving experiments<ref> see [[Flaws_in_Richard_Lenski_Study]]</ref> |
| | * that [[abstinence]] education leads to falling rates of teen pregnancy and STDs | | * that [[abstinence]] education leads to falling rates of teen pregnancy and STDs |
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