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I've never been a member of either party, so what party should I belong to? Here are my positions:
1) I don't think America should be the world's policeman. They (the rest of the world) doesn't pay us enough to clean up their messes. Besides, the only way for a country to be free is for its citizens to demand freedom. You can't force somebody to be free, if you think about it you will realize how obvious that is.
2) I'm no fan of taxes, but I'm a CPA, you can't continue to cut taxes forever and expect to have a functioning government. I'm for fiscal sanity. If the government needs X number of dollars to function it needs to impose X amount of taxes. The idea that tax cuts pay for themselves is plain silly. If you believe that then the optimal tax burden would be zero, which means we would have to borrow every cent we spend.
3) Regarding Gay Marriage I really don't care. I'm not gay nor do I ever plan on being gay. I don't think the Government should do anything that impedes on our freedom and if we really want to "strengthen" the institution of marriage we would outlaw divorce (as a recently divorced man I think that is a TERRIBLE idea.)
4) The "War on Drugs" is stupid and futile. At the bare minimum marijuana should be legalized because there is literally no reason for it to be illegal. I don't smoke nor drink, but most medical experts consider smoking weed less dangerous than drinking.
5) I don't like abortion and would never advise a lady-friend of mine to have an abortion, but I don't think they should be illegal. Illegalizing abortion will not make abortion go away, it will move abortion into the back alleys where it is, in some cases, easier and cheaper, if much riskier, to get.
6) We spend close to 700 billion A YEAR on defense, that is more than every other country in the world combined. Why? Eisenhower was right.
7) I love guns. I’ve been shooting since I can stand. That said America has a long history of letting its states and cities choose their own gun laws.
Comment Posted By nisl On 3.11.2009 @ 14:11
