Joseph P. Mohorovic

1. Joseph P. Mohorovic International Leaders Summit Zagreb, Croatia November 6, 2004

2. Mohorovicic Background • Grandfather’s Grandfather’s brother was Andrija Mohorovicic, father of the geologist Dr. Andrija Mohorovicic, of “Mohorovicic Discontinuity” and “Moho” fame. • Grandfather, Joseph Mohorovicic was Senior Counsel to “Ban” Ivan Subasic of the Croatian government in exile. Grandfather was born in small villiage of Rukavac, north of Opatija. Subasic was my father’s godfather. • Grandfather Joseph was called by Subasic to America to serve as secretary and advisor in 1941. Subasic was called to London in 1942 and my grandfather went with him. King Peter’s government was in London under British protection.

3. Mohorovicic Background (continued) • My father, Jesse, born in lifeboat off coast of Virginia in 1942. In his early professional career, my father, Jesse, dropped the second “ic” from his surname which is why I am Joseph Mohorovic (not Mohorovicic). • 1944 Ban Subasic was asked by Churchill to meet with Tito to form the framework for a post war government to include Serbian King Peter contingent upon free elections.

4. Mohorovicic Background (continued) • This accomplished, Subasic and Mohorovicic returned to the U.S. in 1945 in order to attend the San Francisco conference establishing the United Nations. Both Ban Subasic and Joseph Mohorovicic signed the United Nations Charter on Jugoslavia’s behalf. • With the War over, Ban Subasic returned to Jugoslavia to participate in free elections as part of a Constitutional Monarchy. My grandfather was skeptical of the situation and, instead, stayed in America.

5. Representative-Elect 1998 • Many parallels between situation in New Mexico in 1998 and Croatia. • Congressman Gingrich’s conversation with Ronald Reagan. • Our task reverse 65 years of collectivist policy in New Mexico.

6. Drafting a Plan • “This is not a game for summer soldiers.” Thomas Paine • 4 Goals • Establish our vision • Rebuild our party in New Mexico • Arouse business and professionals • Define our opponents

7. Establish a Vision • Paint a picture of a gloriously different New Mexico. • Behave every day as people who believe this is about New Mexico’s future and our children’s future. • Believe that this is about the future of freedom.

8. Rebuild Our Institutions • Somehow we successfully avoided majority status for over 70 years! Why? • We had the wrong culture in our party. • Leadership attacking our Governor • Siding with opponents in local elections • Letters in support of opponents’ leadership • Draw distinction and continue in an active leadership role.

9. Arouse and Awaken the Productive • “If you are productive you should keep your mouth shut.” • Meanwhile, people who are unproductive: • raise your taxes, • sue you in court, • Humiliate you in their classrooms, and • Criticize you in the editorials you pay for by buying the advertisements which pay for their salaries!

10. Arouse and Awaken the Productive • What if we actually spent more time talking to the people who create jobs? • Why call the same liberal professors • Who wrote the bills, • Who got us in the mess, • To tell us why the mess they got us in isn’t really bad?

11. Define the Status Quo and Provide an Alternative • People in my state knew the situation was dismal. • People in my state knew that collectivist, liberal policy had failed them. • What they did not see was a product line to deliver to them a better future.

12. Our Vision: Replace subsidies and quotas with incentives Restore people to citizenship for a better future Strengthen work, family, entrepreneurship, technology, safety, individual opportunity and local control We believe in free markets, private property, lower taxes and smaller government Their Vision Big government Big bureaucracy Big taxes Big unions Quotas Counterculture weak on crime Weak on individual rights Demonstrate a Clear Contrast

13. We believe in less bureaucracy, less spending, for a smaller government So we can lower taxes for parents So they can keep the money they earn to take care of their children The establishment wants higher taxes for a bigger government So the bureaucrat can spend on your child what you can’t afford to spend Because you had to pay the taxes in order to take care of the bureaucrat Who can then spend the money on your child what you can’t afford to spend! Describe Two Different Worlds

14. To sum it up: • We believe you should earn more, • And keep more, • So you can have the freedom to do more!