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dy156 · 08-06-2003, 11:33 AM

I like to think I have a cohesive political philosophy about almost any issue, but it is one that is not really championed by either party. Call me either a practical libertarian or a greedy liberal who wants to keep his money and let everyone else get to keep theirs too. There aren't many socially liberal and economically conservative candidates, and the Libertarian party is too extreme even for me.

Gays want to get married and adopt -hey whatever, and it's probably better than a children's home or worse.
I think everyone has the right to have guns, whatever kind of guns they want, but if you have to have a license to drive a car, I don't think it's unreasonable, and it makes sense to require a license for a gun.
I'd rather see safe pot cigarettes made by Kraft, and think kids staying at home watching cartoons and eating cheetos are more safe than driving from bar to bar getting in fights and looking for sex.
I believe that seperation of church and state is generally a good thing, but that's not what the establishment clause says, and the Supreme Court has expanded it way past what is legally logical.

Balancing the budget is a good thing, but so is going after those who have or could attack us. It also makes sense to invest in ways to prevent missiles from hitting us. Commercial success is one of the advantages America has over the rest of the world, and we should encourage businesses, rather than see big business as the enemy. We need to become less dependant on foriegn oil, and yes, that means drilling in the arctic and elswhere and nuclear power until we can come up with another energy source.
Our medical system needs some help, but Americans need to quit thinking they have a right to healthcare. Tort reforms now proposed will be largely ineffective and will not fix the problem at all. Tax cuts are great, and the poor did not get as large a tax cut because they weren't paying a whole lot of taxes to begin with! We need to change social security by, if not phasing it out, at least upping the retirement age to where it was in the 1930's relative to life expectancy. I'll stop now with my one sentence solutions to complex issues

I can't find many candidates who I agree with, suprise, suprise, but I generally vote conservative.

08-06-2003, 11:33 AM	#53 (permalink)
dy156 cookie Location: in the backwoods	I like to think I have a cohesive political philosophy about almost any issue, but it is one that is not really championed by either party. Call me either a practical libertarian or a greedy liberal who wants to keep his money and let everyone else get to keep theirs too. There aren't many socially liberal and economically conservative candidates, and the Libertarian party is too extreme even for me. Gays want to get married and adopt -hey whatever, and it's probably better than a children's home or worse. I think everyone has the right to have guns, whatever kind of guns they want, but if you have to have a license to drive a car, I don't think it's unreasonable, and it makes sense to require a license for a gun. I'd rather see safe pot cigarettes made by Kraft, and think kids staying at home watching cartoons and eating cheetos are more safe than driving from bar to bar getting in fights and looking for sex. I believe that seperation of church and state is generally a good thing, but that's not what the establishment clause says, and the Supreme Court has expanded it way past what is legally logical. Balancing the budget is a good thing, but so is going after those who have or could attack us. It also makes sense to invest in ways to prevent missiles from hitting us. Commercial success is one of the advantages America has over the rest of the world, and we should encourage businesses, rather than see big business as the enemy. We need to become less dependant on foriegn oil, and yes, that means drilling in the arctic and elswhere and nuclear power until we can come up with another energy source. Our medical system needs some help, but Americans need to quit thinking they have a right to healthcare. Tort reforms now proposed will be largely ineffective and will not fix the problem at all. Tax cuts are great, and the poor did not get as large a tax cut because they weren't paying a whole lot of taxes to begin with! We need to change social security by, if not phasing it out, at least upping the retirement age to where it was in the 1930's relative to life expectancy. I'll stop now with my one sentence solutions to complex issues I can't find many candidates who I agree with, suprise, suprise, but I generally vote conservative.