makingmusic476 on 08 April 2009
| The_vagabond7 said: I'm more of a fiscal conservative, mixed with social liberal. I agree with most of the things you say, but you don't really touch on many economic issues other than legalize certain things such as drugs, which I think would be good for the market, great for the government budget, and probably wouldn't be too bad for society. I mean how many people that don't do drugs only avoid them because it's illegal? I don't do crystal meth, heroine, cocaine ect ect and that wouldn't change if suddenly I could buy them legally. I think the government should have minimal influence on business (though their should definitely still be regulation, absolute free market economy is ridiculous. There needs to be boundries but very distant hardly noticeable boundries), I think that alot of government programs such as welfare are wasteful and are in need of serious reform. But I don't think the free market is an amazing, tried and true flawless thing that will always lead the way towards the betterment of society, because it will fundementally always work towards it's own interest and when it gets too powerful it's interest trumps the needs of society to the detriment of society and business (such as our current health insurance model that is a burden to businesses, families, and hospitals). But I do think free markets allow for incredible ingenuity, competition, and the ability for people to see good for their hard work and should be allowed to flourish, but not for individual companies to dominate nations. Socially I think live and let live. A person's right to swing his fist ends where my nose begins, but he has every right to swing his fist away from my nose. If gays want to be married, why stop them? If people want to practice a religion based on space aliens and telekinetic powers, who should tell them not to? I believe in pragmatism and science not ideology and faith. I would never tell somebody to abandon their faith, but their right to faith ends where another person's right to practice their beliefs begin. I am not affiliated with any party, because I see identifying oneself with a vast group as a form of blind ideology. I will not vote for somebody I disagree with just because he has a particular label, and likewise I will not shy away voting for someone because they have an unpopular label. Ideas and actions matter, not blanket ideologies spread over a group. |
I basically agree with this (though I am a religious man).
