What one issue matters most to you?

[A18]

For me, it's taxes. I think we should kill off the IRS and replace it with a sales tax. That way, people will complain when Congress tries to raise it, instead of "as long as you only raise it on X group of people."

Of course, I also support the other important parts of my party's platform, such as making sure poor people starve, oppressing minorities, helping corrupt businesses exploit the poor, seeing to it that no American child has health care, etc. But those are sides issues, nonetheless.

[Alcon]

Social issues. Nearly all, in fact. I don't care if gay people get married. It isn't the government's job to enforce moral standards.

[A18]

I also don't think government should enforce moral standards, but I don't think it needs to recognize ridiculous things like "gay marriage."

[A18]

What does that have to do with anything?

[12th Doctor]

Gay Marriage...

HAHAHA  sorry, couldn't even hold my laughter for a couple of seconds.


Seriously, though, aside from Iraq and the War on Terror... Education is my top priority.

[Alcon]

It has to do with a lot, especially among us folks who can afford to stay here hours on end chatting it up.

It shows a fundamental misunderstanding of politics, Philip. You have an Internet connection and a house and, despite what you think, politics never are really going to affect you all that much. They don't dictate your life. That is displayed by the fact that you can argue for a moment that something is bad because it does not affect you. The point is that it may not affect you, but somewhere out there, it affects someone. And if it helps improve their life and does not hurt the lives of others, I honestly do not think we have any business intruding upon it.

That is my fundamental philosophy.

[A18]

I'm not for intruding upon anything. I just don't want them intruding upon our institution.

[iosip]

most important issue?

minimum wage and "right to work" laws.

i think anyone who supports so-called "right to work" should be deported.

[A18]

Yeah. And let's make minimum wage $1,000,000 per year.

[Alcon]

How do you feel as if they are intruding upon your institution?

If a gay couple gets married, I can still get married.

If a gay couple gets married, I can still love my wife.

If a gay couple gets married, it really doesn't chane anything in my life at all and they are happy.

How are other heterosexual couples not intruding upon our institution while homosexual ones are? For that matter, what institution - it's really just between you and your wife, not you and everyone else who is married.

Sorry to turn this into a debate on gay marriage...but this avatarizes exactly what I believe politically. Any freedom which does not hurt or decrease the freedoms of others is a freedom that could not hurt.

[A18]

They don't want to "get married." They can do that all they want. They want us to recognize the joke, and that's the problem.

[Lunar]

I also don't think government should enforce moral standards, but I don't think it needs to recognize ridiculous things like "gay marriage."

Which is why your imposing your morals into law.

Get the government out of marriage.

If I had to choose one item I cared the most about...hmm...civil liberties.  I care a lot about foreign policy and social policy (not at all about economic ), but if you condense each catagory into individual issue, civil liberties comes up on top.

[A18]

Getting government out of marriage is absurd. What about adoption, property rights, and custody of kids?

I'm not legislating anything on anyone. They just shouldn't be able to legislate their morals on me through the bench.

[Lunar]

i think anyone who supports so-called "right to work" should be deported.

I'm going to stay here anyway.

Out West we have a different view of Unions.

[Alcon]

They don't want to "get married." They can do that all they want. They want us to recognize the joke, and that's the problem.

And why do you consider it a joke?

[iosip]

Out West we have a different view of Unions.

unions should be allowed to do whatever they want.

[Lunar]

Getting government out of marriage is absurd. What about adoption, property rights, and custody of kids?

Leave marriage to the churches.

Let the government give out civil unions to couples.  You should be able to get a civil union bond (hospitol rights, etc.) with your Mom if you wanted.

Oh no, the masses cry, this devalues marriage!  Well, if the only think upholding that sanctity was a bunch of institutional bureaucracy, the sanctity wasn't all that great to begin with.

Out West we have a different view of Unions.

unions should be allowed to do whatever they want.

And so should I.

[Lunar]

Getting government out of marriage is absurd. What about adoption, property rights, and custody of kids?

I'm not legislating anything on anyone. They just shouldn't be able to legislate their morals on me through the bench.

How are their morals being forced on YOU?  They gain the benefits of the government recognizing their union...and what, you have to look at them?

[A18]

Those benefits aren't rights.

Why should we have to give out civil unions, when you're the ones in the extreme minority?

[12th Doctor]

They don't want to "get married." They can do that all they want. They want us to recognize the joke, and that's the problem.

Disclaimer:

This rant in no way represents the majority of the Republican Party.

[Alcon]

Those benefits aren't rights.

Why should we have to give out civil unions, when you're the ones in the extreme minority?

We're the ones in what minority?

[12th Doctor]

Out West we have a different view of Unions.

unions should be allowed to do whatever they want.

Oh should they?  If you knew what that acctually meant, you might be wistling a different tune.

[Gabu]

It's hard to pin it down to one issue.  I care about a lot of issues, but there isn't really one that I'm extremely passionate about.  I suppose  that if I had to pick, some top contenders would be the environment, education, and decreasing our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

[Lunar]

Those benefits aren't rights.

Why should we have to give out civil unions, when you're the ones in the extreme minority?

Institutionalizing discrimination is ok when it's only a minority that's getting screwed?  Oh, ok then.

[JohnG]

The War of Terror / National Security.  After that probably taxes, to much government regulation, and Education.