to a middle of the road agreement???
2006-10-12 03:31:25 · 13 answers · asked by El Pistolero Negra 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I would like to see us return to civility, The republicratic spending in DC is beyond the pail. Our government should be obligated to provide defense, roads and any other piece of government that takes money from one group of people to give to another group of people is wrong.
I am a fiscally conservative, I don't believe government should be involved in social engineering (left or right). We in the middle see both sides as problematic. There are those that want a secular socialist society and the other side would opt for a theocracy under their version of Jesus (or Mohammed).
I'd like to see us restore the republic to the original intent of our founders for a limited federal government.
This said each person has an opinion as to how they view government, hell I don't agree with my spouse about it.. I have friends with similar views to some degree but eliminating bureaucracies, returning our taxation system to pre-1913 practices, are not going to happen in my lifetime.
ultra(social)-conservatives ultra-liberals have opposite views of reality, the division continues to grow as liberal mouth pieces in the media spew forth their hate for the right.. The more they spew the further right the other side moves.
2006-10-12 03:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question shows how distorted things have become. Most people dislike extremes in politics, and there is more to it than ultra this and ultra that.
When convervatives are in power, even the most reasonable government social service is made to look like Communism, and when extreme liberals are in power, even the most prudent government restriction is made to look like dictatorship.
Currently, owing to the extreme, even radical, conservatism, the middle ground looks to them, and is spun to make it look to others, like the extreme left. The same can be said when extreme forms of liberalism are in power - the middle ground looks extremely rightist.
Both extremes measure and gauge the distance they have to go to get to center, not by how far THEY are from center, but how far the center is from THEM. They tend to define the "center" as being where they are. For conservatives, just as an example, a liberal is not a liberal: they are to the left of them, so they are "leftist," as if they were Molotov cocktail brandishing Communist radical revolutionaries...
2006-10-12 10:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure of what an ultra liberal is. Somebody that wants to keep social security? Or keep medicare? Or public schools, or student loans, or public roads? Or would that apply to people who want national health care like they have in Canada and Japan and England and Germany and France and everyplace else in the industrialized world except here?
2006-10-12 10:35:04 · answer #3 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I am a moderate conservative. Most of the people I know are either moderate conservatives or moderate liberals and we agree that the current politico's and news casters are slowly but surely dividing our nation. It's sad and I hope it doesn't happen. It's like no one wants to own any responsibility for anything anymore.
2006-10-12 10:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by Princess of the Realm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "ultra's" are a small minority of either party. Unfortunatly alot of those people are in office.
You wouldn't realize it by reading these boards, but for the most part the average american citizen has their own opinions on things and don't need a political party to tell them how to think.
2006-10-12 10:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by bill m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The division is only in your mind, and the middle of the road is where you get run over.
2006-10-12 10:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope so! i am a registered republican but i fall in the middle on most issues. i can't stand how both sides are so extreme. most americans fall into the middle when it comes to politics. i wish there was a third party candidate who would come up and represent more of us. right now there is too much "politics" in politics.
2006-10-12 10:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by Jenn 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO. Those on middle ground are going to have to scream louder then either side in order to be heard. Unfortunately, money speaks louder than all.
2006-10-12 10:35:15 · answer #8 · answered by T S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That has to start with people being able to accept that not everyone has to share their opinion.
2006-10-12 11:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by camus0281 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't everybody have a secret desire to come?
2006-10-12 10:32:36 · answer #10 · answered by NecropolisXR 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋