What are the main issues that define which side of politics you identify with most?

Question

I will send this to vote, since I just wanted to see everyones main issues were and see how many people could refrain from name calling - For the most part, everyone behaved. Give yourselves a hand! Now go Vote!

Answer 1

Providing opportunities for people that are intelligent and hardworking to be well educated and successful, regardless of the economic conditions into which they were born. The current administration has made virtually no progress in this area and has made reversals in some cases.

Making sure that all Americans share fairly (not necessarily equally) in the economic benefits that we reap from technology and improved management. Right now this is not happening. The incomes of the already wealthy and powerful is growing dramatically compared to that of ordinary people. There is a class war underway and those who work for a living are losing. And our president makes it obvious at every opportunity what side he is on (to those who observe his actions rather than his rhetoric).

Maintaining the peace. The current administration has of course failed miserably in this area.

Investing in technology and policies that are environmentally sustainable and eliminate dependence on fossil fuels, particularly imported fossil fuels. Again a big fat F on Bush's report card.

Maintaining a clear separation of church and state. Preserving "freedom from religion".

Answer 2

First I must say that the kind of enlightened society that is described in detail in the Conversations with God trilogy by Neale Donald Walsch, is precisely the way this world should be, and we have a long way to go before we claim to be an enlightened/evolved society!

That said...The issues that are most important to me, are quality of life issues. Like abolishing the Patriot Act, and the income tax, and the Federal Reserve. I believe that the income tax should be replaced with the Fair Tax, at least until we can abolish the Federal Reserve, and our government no longer needs us to pay the interest on money that our government should have been making all along, instead of borrowing from the Fed!

I am also, totally against this police action masquerading as a war, in Iraq!

There are at least 20 quality of life issues that I consider crucial! But, I know that they can't all be fixed at once, I think one of the most important places to start is ending the war, and replacing the income tax with the fair tax! I could easily write a book length diatribe, but I am going to stop here! *sm*

Answer 3

Geee, where to start. I side where common sense rules, where illegal immigration is actually addressed and the current laws enforced before they are eliminated or changed, where the homosexual agenda is not allowed to be promoted as OK and socially acceptable, where freedom of religion is supported for everyone everywhere as the constitution dictates not just for a select few or silenced completely in public because of a minority groups wishes or interpretations, where they are willing and able to protect this country no matter what that takes including military or nuclear force, where more attention is paid to making people work for and earn what they recieve and are forced off the system, where elimination of needless social programs is a priority, where humans and their needs and that of forward progress are placed before and above those of animals, trees, fish, water etc., where real rights like true freedom of speech are enforced, and imaginary rights like abortion and imaginary religious seperation clauses are eliminated, where liberalisim and political correctness are deemed unacceptable. Thats the jist of it, there's probably more.

Answer 4

Taxes

I work hard for my money and I grew up with very little of it. I busted my azz in school, got into college, and have managed to jump from what you might call lower-middle-class to upper-middle-class.

I don't need to hear that the guys I grew up with, who paid me decent money at the time to let them copy my homework, who never cracked a book, didn't get into college and now don workboots and jeans and work as roofers or stock room clerks, are 'less fortunate' than I am.

And I can't for the life of me figure out how any American citizen with any self respect can publicly announce that he feels entitled to someone else's money, which anyone who says he wants "universal" healthcare does.

Answer 5

well tech. I am democrat. Because of education, community/country programs, socioeconomic policies.

However....I do have many conservative ideas as well. I am Anti-Abortion, I do believe in welfare for lower privileged, but, I think after a certain amt. of time on welfare if you are of age you should join the military. Also, very, very pro-military. For Better healthcare, but not completely free.

Answer 6

The platform that is most closely aligned with my religious beliefs is usually my criteria for choosing a "side". I know, I know. Thumbs down. That's okay. I'm an adult. I can take it.

Excellent question, by the way.

Answer 7

Actually there are several issues that will be brought out in the upcoming campaign. Defining ones side will depend on how one sees each issue. Some solutions to problems will favor one way others another. Generally if it favors the wealthy and corporations it will be Republican or Conservative if it favors working people and ordinary folks it is Democrat or Liberal. That is not a hard rule, however and each must stand on its own merit.

Answer 8

Less federal government giving more freedom to states and local governments. Less taxes, more freedom and incentives to give to local charities. Those are two ideals that should be what pro-choice means, not what it does now.

Answer 9

Since science has proved political affiliation is congenital. The most important issue is Pre Natal health.

Go big Red Go

Answer 10

Inequality: Conservatives accept the existence of homeless children, starving children, children dying without medical care as an acceptable price for "unfettered" capitalism, and liberals do not. I am a liberal on this.

Human rights: Liberals respect human rights as inherent, not bestowed upon humans by government, by contract, or even by God. Government exists to protect human rights, and can only legitimately limit any right to the extent necessary to protect the equal rights of others. Conservatives increasingly speak as if individuals have only the rights spelled out in the Constitution -- only those rights granted them by government. The conservatives of today accept government encroachment on individual rights to an extent that my grandfather would have found totally unacceptable. I am with my conservative grandfather on this.

Liberals support the role of government in working for the common good; those who call themselves conservatives today are intent on dismantling all support of the common good done by government while increasing the role of government in supporting special interests.

Economics: In this, I say a pox on both the neocons and the neoliberals. Old-fashioned liberal free market economics *worked*. The voodoo economics of Reagan on down have created an epidemic of homelessness, almost eliminated the American middle class, and put us in hock up to our eyeballs with Communist Red China, for God's sake! Goldwater is spinning in his grave.

Conscience: When a society's conscience becomes corrupted, horrors can become commonplace. Corruption of conscience is reflected in all too many of the arguments heard from "conservatives" these days:
* displacing responsibility ("I was only following orders")
* deploying euphemisms ("collateral damage")
* seeking moral justification (it is "for a good end," "for the good of the state," "for the protection of democracy")
* looking for advantageous comparisons ("we have done some bad things, but look at what they did")
* minimizing, distorting, or distancing ourselves from the consequences (not broadcasting images of war, concentration camps, or mass killing; calling torture "abuse" or even a "fraternity prank;" calling the destruction of a village "liberation")

Corruption of power: The biggest contributor to the collapse of a society is decision-makers who are insulated from the consequences of their decisions. The Bush League is a textbook example.

Corruption of the Constitution: The Bush League has made a concerted effort to undermine the balance of powers and establish an Inperial Presidency.

The Bush League's betrayal of American troops in sending them into harm's way on false pretenses, shorting them on support and equipment, shorting support of their familes at home, and shorting them of care when they return.