Summary of political beliefs (user search)

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Overview:
Social: Staunchly liberal, some libertarianish and some authoritarianish stances.
Economic: Center-left, more to the right on some issues and staunch left on others (such as healthcare).
Foreign policy: Globalist, pro-Israel, generally hawkish but not extremely so, opposing many interventions. I generally try to think in logical terms when it comes to intervention.

Social Policy:
Abortion: Staunchly pro-choice. I support completely free abortion to the point of viability or pain to the fetus, and after that I support committees that would make decision based on logic, science and morals. So there would be quite many reasons to allow an abortion, but when the months get really high (7-9) medical necessity and rape should be the only reasons.
Same-Sex Marriage: Full, staunch support. I view anyone who opposes it as a political rival of the highest grade.
Drug Laws: Legalize marijuanna for any purpose, decriminalize most other drugs but don't legalize them (except if there are any who aren't very harmful).
Death Penalty: Oppose except for extreme cases like genocide.
Gun Control: Support extensive gun control. Ideally, I'd prefer a situation where you need a lisence to own a gun, but recognize it's impossible in America so just support as many measures as can be passed. Against confiscations and the use of any power on law-abiding gun owners.
Religious Freedom: If it means the freedom to discriminate against minorities, no. Businesses that serve the general population should serve the general population or face penalties.
Affirmative Action: Generally oppose, but in some cases in which there was a clear historical wrong and a way to fix it without directly harming others, support.
Political Correctness: Generally annoying. People on both sides are too easily offended, but I'd also add that it's not an excuse to break polite discourse and to make vicious attacks. So no, acting like Trump is not OK.
Euthanasia: Yes, in cases of terminal illness and when the patient clearly wishes it.
Prostitution: Really on the fence. On the one hand, brothel owners are abusive scum for the most part, on the other hand, if it's illegal it might harm women. Right now, I'd say make it illegal and make an extensive government program to save these poor women.
Pornography: Absolutely no restrictions if no one is permanently harmed in the process (that includes consent and legal age)
Immigration: In Europe- restrict it from the huge numbers right now and take action to combat illegal immigration. In the U.S.- more humane border security, easier legal immigration. No open bordrs, obviously, but the U.S. is way too hawkish on immigration. In Israel- current situation, let every Jew get a citizenship and for the other cases, only grant citizenships in rare cases. Take only a small number of refugees and find a country willing to receive the many illegal immigrants who are already here and have done visible damage to southern Tel Aviv. If anyone wants me to explain the diffence in my views on the three categories, I will- I assure you there are reasons.

Economic Policy:
Minimum Wage: Enough to live, but not terribly high to not discourage businesses. But it's absurd if your salary is not enough for you to live normally if you're economically responsible.
Right to Work: Staunchly against. I support unions, but I also oppose letting their leaders become too powerful and corrupt.
Taxation: Depends. Generally, I support fairly high taxes to cover the government expenses and reduce debt and deficit, but taxing income is great while high taxes on products and imports (aka tarriffs) is not something I support.
Healthcare: Free or nearly-free universal quality healthcare for everyone, with the option to expand the coverage privately if you can afford it.
Education: Strongly for a national core, support public schools but also school choice, and support subsidized higher education but not free.
Free Trade: Big supporter! I'd like to have as many trade agreements and trade regions as possible, with the end result being a world where the exchange of tradeable goods is easy and the costs are therefore low.

Foreign Policy and National Security:
Iran: Increase sanctions and push for a complete dismantling of the nuclear program save for limited peaceful nuclear energy facilities.
Syria: Now it's probably too late and intervening would be dangerous and bog the U.S. down. But generally, I think Obama should've jumped in and helped bring a resolution before Russia could gain a footing. As an Israeli, I strongly support bombing any weapon delivery to Hezbollah.
Israel/Palestine: Strong support for Israel, but also strong push for a two-state solution. Put pressure on all sides (Israel, Palestinians, Arab countries) but especially the latter two since most of the pressure to concede was on Israel for a long while. But if the Bibi government refuses to play along, make the necessary threats in cutting support.
Russia: Putin is evil and one of the most dangerous world leaders today. Tread carefully, but with strength- move NATO troops into countries like the Blatics, Poland and Finland, work to add Georgia to the alliance and put troops there too. Strong pressue and support for Ukraine in order to bring this conflict to a resolution, and afterwards, add Ukraine to NATO too and put troops there. Containing the Russian agression into its borders is important. Also, heavy sanctions on Chechnya, as heavy as the ones on North Korea.

Environment:
Climate Change: Stop subsidizing coal and oil. Let the former die, and try to reduce the latter but keep using it to remain competitive until alternate energy becomes completely feasible. Invest strongly in alt energy, international cooperation to greatly reduce omissions and water pollution, high carbon taxes.

Electoral and Political Reform:
Term limits: Yes for Presidents\Prime Ministers- Americans should be thankful that they won't be stuck with anyone for more than 8 years, unlike us in Israel. No term limits for congress, though.
Electoral College Reform: I'm kinda fond of this system tbh, it makes the states unique. But yeah, allocate them proportionally and increase their numbers to fully account for population.
Voter ID: Oppose, and people shouldn't need to register to vote. Just let them vote, you already have an extremely low turnout.

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