Editing Radical centrism (section)

=== General policies ===

* An overriding commitment to [[Balanced budget|fiscal responsibility]],<ref name=John /> even if it entails [[Means test|means-testing]] of social programs.<ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), p. 78.</ref><ref>Miller (2003), p. 207.</ref>
* An overriding commitment to reforming [[State school|public education]], whether by equalizing spending on [[school district]]s,<ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), p. 154.</ref> offering [[school choice]],<ref>Miller (2003), Chap. 7.</ref> hiring better teachers,<ref>Miller (2003), Chap. 6.</ref> or empowering the [[Head teacher|principals]] and teachers we have now.<ref>Satin (2004), Chap. 7.</ref>
* A commitment to [[Market economy|market-based]] solutions in health care, energy, the environment, etc., so long as the solutions are carefully regulated by government to serve the [[Common good|public good]].<ref>Avlon (2004), pp. 15 and 26–43 (on Theodore Roosevelt).</ref><ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), p. 14.</ref> The policy goal, says Matthew Miller, is to "harness market forces for public purposes".<ref name=Miller />
* A commitment to provide jobs for everyone willing to work, whether by subsidizing jobs in the private sector<ref>Miller (2003), Chap. 8.</ref> or by creating jobs in the public sector.<ref>Satin (2004), pp. 92–93.</ref>
* A commitment to need-based rather than race-based [[affirmative action]];<ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), pp. 170–76.</ref><ref>Satin (2004), Chap. 8.</ref> more generally, a commitment to race-neutral ideals.<ref>Avlon (2004), pp. 257–76 (on Senator Edward W. Brooke).</ref>
* A commitment to participate in institutions and processes of [[global governance]]; and be of genuine assistance to people in the [[Developing country|developing nations]].<ref name=Ted /><ref>Satin (2004), Chaps. 13–15.</ref>