Evaluation: Newt Gingrich

Cons

• Newt wants to make a series of several tax cuts already combined with cuts in spending. Unfortunately, most of the revenue our government gains is from income tax. Cutting that would raise our debt, not lower it, and also will cancel out the spending. You can't cut taxes and cut spending expecting to lower the budget, it does not add up. 
• He wants to keep charitable contributions Charitable deductions should not be left on the tax returns. People should give to charity out of their own volition, not thinking they will get money back, that is not how it works. 
• He wants more deductions on tax returns. No more deductions should be given to Americans. There are already plenty of deductions, and if anything they need to be more restricted due to cheating on tax returns.
• He wants to remove the EPA and wants to create a "responsible" energy agency. In other words an agency that supports big oil and gas (not to be bias but that is the truth). That regulatory agency needs to be there because without protecting the environment, people's health suffers, our environment suffers, and the economy will eventually suffer when we have to clean up toxic, polluted messes that without the EPA would be present. EPA is there to protect the environment, which may seem to prohibit some growth for businesses, but ultimately helps our economy by protecting the people and the money that would be spent trying to clean up messes. EPA was created in the 1960s in light of a need to regulate businesses because of their hazardous wastes lifestyles and the danger it posed to public health. It cost the government billions of dollars to clean  the nation up, and eliminating this agency will no doubt cost us billions more in the future.
• He wants to end the ban on oil shale. Oil shale involves time and a lot of equipment to get out of the ground, causing pollution and a disruption in local ecosystems which harms them. It is relatively speaking somewhat cleaner to burn, but is still not a viable solution to our energy needs that will last us into the distant future.
• He wants to give incentives for offshore drilling. Oil companies are already receive about $4 billion a year in federal subsidies. Just to paint a picture, Exxon Mobile made a record $11 billion in profits during its first quarter, and exxon doesn't even get the full $4 billion in subsidies. In short, they can easily afford drilling without the government's help!

Pros

• Flat Tax of 15%. All Americans should pay an equal tax and one tax rate does just that. People should not be punished for making more.
• Reform the Federal Reserve because we all know it needs it!
• No-limit charter school system. Let the school manage there own staff and curriculum (following state standards in testing and assessments). Also, TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. So many people don't even know about their own government and history, so how are they informed enough to even vote. Teach them what it means to be American.
• Border Security needs to have top priority over most other international problems until it is fixed. 
• Expand and lower restrictions on EB-5 (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD) ...to promote foreign companies to come to the U.S.
• Require English to be the official language of the government