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For the most part I don't agree with your analogy and besides these issues should be evaluated one at a time. I'm one of those who believes the government should almost always err on the side of less control. It doesn't matter to me which party Democrats or Republicans is doing the advocating.

To take just two items from your analogy I don't think for instance that taking the position that the government should allow us to own guns and also that the government should allow us to invest our FICA taxes in personal accounts is inconsistant.

I am for less government interference in most of the things you mentioned but am undecided on health care, missile defense, and global warming. I am leaning toward more control of health care because the system seems to be out of control and don't know enough about the others to have an opinion one way or the other yet.

I may eventually favor additional missile defense (more government) and less global warming legislation (less government). I don't see what is so wrong about being inconsistant on some of these matters that should discourage you from wanting to discuss them in these forums. Not everyone who is generally for less government sees everything as "Republican or conservative good" and Democrat or liberal bad".