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The Ripon Society is an American centrist Republican public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. It produces ''The Ripon Forum'', the U.S.'s longest running Republican thought and opinion journal, as well as ''The Ripon Advance,'' a daily news publication. Founded in 1962 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Society's name comes from the 1854 birthplace of the Republican Party—Ripon, Wisconsin. Its main goals are to promote the following American ideas and principles: national security, low taxes, and a federal government that is smaller, smarter and more accountable to the people. The Ripon Society's objectives are focused on an understanding within the Republican Party of public policies, ideas and actions that:〔 # Strengthen the American family. # Promote and achieve an innovative and effective educational system. # Improve and protect health, and safety and the natural environment. # Advance participation in and development of a sound, growing economy. # Ensure a strong, effective national defense. # Encourage reasoned, effective government at local, state and federal levels that nurtures participation in our political system. The Ripon Society was the first major Republican organization to support passage of the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s. In 1967, it advanced the concept of the "Negative Income Tax" as a means of ameliorating poverty in the U.S. with the simple expedient of the government's providing cash payments to families in need. The society's paper stated the program would help families rise up the income ladder, moving them from payment recipients to working taxpayers.〔 In the early 1970s, it called for the normalization of relations with China, and the abolition of the military draft.〔 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ripon Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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