The assignment is as follows...Tell me if you think you're Republican
or Democrat and what that means ideologically. That being...based on
which party you identify with most, what do they believe in. 1 FULL
page, double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font and all that other good
stuff.
If you consider yourself independent...tell me how your political
beliefs differ from the two major parties.
paper:
I am a Republican! What does that mean? In many aspects I don’t identify with the Republican Party at all however in regards to other aspects I passionately stand behind the party. My parents and grandparents were Republicans but they never really pushed their ideas onto me. I asked my parents at a young age what the difference between Republicans and Democrats are and they summed it up as Republicans take care of their own. I really agree with this concept. I believe that there will always be classes and equality is not feasible. Isn’t equality communism? I think if my family is smart enough to build wealth and yours is not, that is not my problem, good for me and too bad for you.
Having many friends and family who own small businesses, I believe the Republican Party is a stronger supporter for the world of business and the tax breaks that support them. Most business owners I look up to are Republicans.
As far as religion is concerned, I’m agnostic. I personally think that religion keeps a lot of people’s morals in check though. I also think it’s a stupid idea to start removing the word “god” from everything. It’s part of history and should be conserved. As far as the topic of abortion, I barely care. I’m somewhere on the fence. When I was 14 I was pro choice, today I lean more towards pro life. Gay marriage-I don’t much care about this either. I do however believe in somewhat conserving some of our nation’s original framework so I very slightly lean towards being against it, again not because of any religious belief. I also have several good gay friends, but so what; you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Guns-oh yes in this crazy world I should be able to protect myself.
The main reason I call myself a Republican is the fact that I am adamantly against a whole slew of happy little equal people programs. Our welfare system is disgustingly messed up with generations of people “milking the system”. I think a major overhaul is needed and I think fear of racism or political incorrectness stands in the way. I’m not against some basic needs for those who really need it but I think most of the people using it are bums and I think the government workers monitoring and controlling it are even worse.
I work at a center for disabled people who also happen to hire partially disabled people to run the center. A coworker of mine told me how she is really fine now but she wants to keep collecting Medicaid so she makes sure to only work 20 hours. So she could work full time and pay her own benefits, but why not collect free money? This really bothers me. Have you looked at your pay stub to see how much you’re paying for Medicaid? You might be shocked. Oh and she smokes, so our tax money is paying for her $4 cigarettes and of course we’ll be paying her hospital bills when she has emphysema. She also shops on eBay all day for perfume and jewelry. It makes me want to be disabled. Her life is better than many but we should feel sorry for her. I saw the same thing with unemployment benefits growing up in a seasonal area of NJ. Everybody could work but everybody wanted something for nothing so they either said they couldn’t find a job in the winter or found a job under the table so they could lounge around all day and collect that check.
And now we come to my opinion on affirmative action. I understand it’s origin but it’s time to let it go. It’s survival of the fittest. I heard from some engineer friends that NASA’s recent problems stem from the fact that instead of hiring the most qualified for
Greener
several positions, they instead had to hire the less qualified minorities. I think this is insane!
The war on terror. I don’t feel that I really know enough about everything to form an opinion or make judgment. I support the war, but only barely and because I consider myself a Republican and want to support them. A lot of people have a lot to say about the war but it always seems like it’s the most uneducated that are the experts. So that’s why I am here. To learn.
2007-03-12
17:58:24
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6 answers
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Susan
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