Crash it has been answered, the place of government is safety. One might add in roads, education. However running our day to day lives is not the place of government. Conservatives believe in smaller government, less taxes, more freedom. Government is not there to give to me, but they should stay out of my way and allow me to do for myself. Stop taking from me, over regulating and stopping me from doing. Stop giving to unions (get them out of government), stop picking winners and losers, stop controlling everything. Politicians and media are biased, fact bending. We need less of them not more. So back to your question, the main thing is get government out of our way. Those who can do, those who can't work for government.