Summary of political beliefs

[Tsongas Democrat]

Social- Pro-Life,Pro-Gay Marriage,Anti-Death Penalty,Pro-Weed legalization,Anti-Euthanasia,Anti-School Prayer.

Economic-Pro-Bush Tax Cuts/Pro-Lower Taxes,Anti-Social Security Privatization,Pro-Universal Healthcare,Pro-Welfare Reform,Pro-Cutting spending,Pro-Balanced Budget,Protectionist.

Overall-Centrist,DLC Democrat,Moderate Democrat,New Democrat.

[Wyoming Conservative]

My new list.

Social
Overall:Libertarian Conservative
Abortion:Im Pro-Life abortion should be Illegal in all cases period.
Drugs:Legalize marijuana.
Death Penalty:Strongly Support,expand use of the death penalty and clear out death row.
Gay Rights:I favor gay marriage at the state level.

Economic
Overall:Right-Wing Conservative
Taxes:I support a simple 10percent flat tax rate and massive across the board tax cuts.
Social Security:Reform,raise retirement age,privatize.
Healthcare:I strongly oppose UHC,Socialized medicine,Obamacare. Break up healthcare monopolies and ge the government completely out of healthcare reverting the system to a true free market.
Free Trade:Oppose, support Fair Trade over Free Trade.
Immigration:Secure the borders and strongly oppose amnesty and the dream act.
Campaign Finance Reform:Oppose
Environment:Economy comes before environment period. I support expanding drilling and drilling in the alaska. Also approve the keystone pipeline now and drill more.
Education:Completely privatize all public schools. Cut of all funding and support school vouchers for all. Public schools have failed.

Foreign Policy
Overall:Isolationist
Iraq War:Illegal war, strongly oppose.
Foreign Aid:Cut all foreign aid period. We have enough problems at home the troubles of other countries should not be a problem for use.

[Niemeyerite]

I share Afleitch beliefs. Are you sure you are a Tory, Andrew?

[LastVoter]

Definitely Vegetaboi, and he's definitely noticed Oldiesfreak.

Why are we pointing this out, just let him do his job.

[Gass3268]

Here's me! I'll probably add more issues over time.

Social
Overall: Liberal
Abortion: Legal in all cases. The Government should not be playing doctor.
Drugs:Legalize marijuana and most soft drugs.
Death Penalty:Strongly oppose, the more states the ban it the better.
Gay Rights:
Guns Control: We need universal background checks, assault weapon ban, large magazine ban and a national gun registry   

Economic
Overall: Socialist
Taxes: Support a more Progressive tax system with more brackets. Wealthy need to pay more!
Social Security: It's fine as it is for another 20 years, when we get to that point we can raise the Social Security tax.
Healthcare: Obamacare was a good start, but we need to go farther. Single-payer is the way to go!
Free Trade:Depends on the country. Canada yes, Mexico no.
Immigration: We need to make the immigration process easier, give citizenship to those who are already here and protect or borders in a human way.
Campaign Finance Reform: Only way we will have a true democracy is if we get the money out of politics.
Environment: Climate change is real. We need to stop offshore oil-drilling and fracking as they are both destroying the environment. We need to invest more in wind, solar and biofuels. Would be willing to compromise and allow for more nuclear power plants. 
Education: Invest more in public schools and teachers. Come up with teacher accountability measures that take more into account then just test scores.

Foreign Policy
Overall:Don't know what exactly yet
Iraq War: Bad!
Foreign Aid: Actually works and doesn't take up too much of the budget to continue or even expand.

[Khunanup]

I share Afleitch beliefs. Are you sure you are a Tory, Andrew?

He sounds more like a Lib Dem!

[Fresneck Harnizos]

Pro-Environment, Anti-Immigration, Protectionist, Anti-Wall Street & Anti-Usuary, Non-interventionist foregn policy, anti-Police State, Against Corporate Monopolies and in favor of taxing on the ultra wealthy, and a moderate social safety net as long as it does not promote dissgenics.

[Mechaman]

I figure it's time I should post an update

Social
Overall: Liberalish
Abortion: Legal, while I have a moral distaste for it the alternative, that is giving the government authority over somebody's body, is a very dangerous slippery slope.
Drugs: Legalize most drugs.  Voluntary self-harm shouldn't be considered a crime.
Death Penalty: Shouldn't exist.  Needs to be a Constitutional Amendment or something to ban this as "cruel and unusual".
Gay Rights: How about, instead, we talk about universal rights?  Or why is it that we even have to discuss the concept of love and government?  I think the answer is quite obvious: We stop asking questions about what people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms and we back our rhetoric on that piece of paper called the Bill O'Rights that says that we shall not have a government that prohibits or endorses the practices of one religious philosophy over another.
Gun Control: Non-issue.  Those who automatically jump in the air for more controls after every shooting committed by some nutcase tend to overlook (but not ignore) the joke of a mental healthcare system we have that has an almost contemptible view of people with mental disabilities.  People who start foaming at the mouth that gun control will lead to a fascist one party dictatorship give the proles of this country too much credit if they think that the right to an M-16 rifle will prevent said police state.  I don't own a gun, don't ever plan on owning one, and I could give a sheyit if I get shot by someone with one.  NON.  FUUCKING.  ISSUE.

Economic
Overall: Left Wing State Skeptic
Taxes: Ideally I would prefer a Georgist tax structure that taxes the unmodified value of land over the income tax structure we have now.  The immorality of property ownership warrants it.
Social Security: Is a joke.  People should be able to opt out if they choose.  OF course, if they do choose to opt out of it, they don't get the benefits they would get otherwise.
Healthcare: Is a right, not a privilege.  There needs to be a public health system for those who can't easily and readily afford privatized healthcare.  However, I do believe that it would be an excessive use of state power and quite authoritarian to ban the practice of private healthcare.  So really, I guess a favoring of a mixed healthcare system with easily affordable public care for those who choose so.
Free Trade:  Is not perfect.  However, with globalization it's inevitable.  And is infinitely preferable to the system that came before.
Immigration: Abolish the authoritarian concept known as "the national border" and institute Quik-Stop citizenship registration.  Take a process that used to take years to accomplish and slim it down to a matter of minutes.
Campaign Finance Reform: My solution to this is simple: Kill the Corporations.
Environment: Should be a no brainer.  Keep your head clean of fumes, play nice with others, and keep your space uncluttered.  Otherwise, our planet ends up looking and smelling like your old college dorm room after one too many bong hits.
Education: I'm not sure how we fix this, but a lot of people really need to get the sheyit together.  We're talking about our nation's future here damn it!

Foreign Policy
Overall:Don't know what exactly yet
Iraq War: You know those Joel Schumacher Batman movies you saw as a kid and you see them when you're like fuuckin' 24 years old and stoned out of your mind and you're like "damn, did this movie suck major" even though you swallowed enough qualudes to have met your own father in the past?  Yeah, this was a bit worse than that.
Interventionism: Stop playing big daddy policeman.  You know that one jackass who used to bully everyone and took karate?  Yeah, that's what America has become to many people.  And, newsflash Obama, the drones don't really help shake that perception.  Now, we are the kid who bullies everyone, who knows karate, and is very proficient at flying remote control airplanes that drop sheyit on everyone when he's bored.  We need to cut back, so we save money and goodwill, unless a situation is REALLY calling for military action.  Oh yes, also be a good idea if the President (who isn't a fuuckin' god, like everyone who supports him seems to think) doesn't have as much authority to just off and send troops where he likes, congressional approvals/disapprovals of war be damned.
Foreign Aid: This isn't 1946.  We need to be smart with how we send our money overseas.  We need to delegate to humanitarian/charitable organizations more and less outright to governments.  Not against direct government aid to implement social justice per se, but am also in favor of private organization involvement in aid.  Really, just keep a humanitarian perspective on it and keep bureaucratic interference to a minimal.

More should come out later.

[Peter the Lefty]

Social: Complete Feingoldian civil libertarian.  Pro-gay marriage (obviously for me ), pro-choice in the vast majority of cases.  Pro-pot legalization (and regulation).  Anti-death penalty, pro-euthanasia, and yes, I'm against "in God we Trust" and "One nation under God" being in currency, the pledge of allegiance, etc.  Pro-gun control.  Support letting in more immigration in. 

Economic: Fair trade, very progressive taxation, passionately pro-labor unions (except sometimes the teachers' unions with regards to tenure.  And the American Musicians' Union can also be rather dogmatic).  Pro-regulation of big business and banks, including the reinstatement of the Glass-Stegall Act in its full original entirety.  Put a financial transaction's tax in there too.  Support raising the minimum wage to the living wage.  Support a single-taxpayer health care system, and a large increase in Social Security spending so that we actually have a safety net that's not a complete joke. 

Environmental: Yes, climate change is real.  Support a gradually implemented cap and trade system, along with much greater funding for solar and wind technology.  Oppose nuclear energy.  Also a big animal rights supporter. 

Foreign Policy: Dove.  Pro-Palestinian (though both their factions are crap), anti-Afghan war, anti-Iraq war, and generally extremely skeptical of anyone who wants to start a war even against the most insane regimes in the world.  Though I did (and still do) support the Libya intervention, and I think something seriously has to be done about the situation in Syria.  Very passionate about human rights in general.

Miscellaneous: Support campaign finance reform, want a parliamentary system in my heart of hearts, support proportional representation and oppose upper houses in general.  But so long as we're stuck in the shackles of the structure of government related to us by the Founding Fathers, I guess abolish the electoral college and institute preferential voting.  Same with all House and Senate elections.  Oh, and maybe give more Senate seats to larger states so that it's actually proportional to the population.  And give D.C. Statehood status already. 

[Unbeatable Titan Luis Arce]

Social: Complete Feingoldian civil libertarian.  Pro-gay marriage (obviously for me ), pro-choice in the vast majority of cases.  Pro-pot legalization (and regulation).  Anti-death penalty, pro-euthanasia, and yes, I'm against "in God we Trust" and "One nation under God" being in currency, the pledge of allegiance, etc.  Pro-gun control.  Support letting in more immigration in. 

Economic: Fair trade, very progressive taxation, passionately pro-labor unions (except sometimes the teachers' unions with regards to tenure.  And the American Musicians' Union can also be rather dogmatic).  Pro-regulation of big business and banks, including the reinstatement of the Glass-Stegall Act in its full original entirety.  Put a financial transaction's tax in there too.  Support raising the minimum wage to the living wage.  Support a single-taxpayer health care system, and a large increase in Social Security spending so that we actually have a safety net that's not a complete joke. 

Environmental: Yes, climate change is real.  Support a gradually implemented cap and trade system, along with much greater funding for solar and wind technology.  Oppose nuclear energy.  Also a big animal rights supporter. 

Foreign Policy: Dove.  Pro-Palestinian (though both their factions are crap), anti-Afghan war, anti-Iraq war, and generally extremely skeptical of anyone who wants to start a war even against the most insane regimes in the world.  Though I did (and still do) support the Libya intervention, and I think something seriously has to be done about the situation in Syria.  Very passionate about human rights in general.

Miscellaneous: Support campaign finance reform, want a parliamentary system in my heart of hearts, support proportional representation and oppose upper houses in general.  But so long as we're stuck in the shackles of the structure of government related to us by the Founding Fathers, I guess abolish the electoral college and institute preferential voting.  Same with all House and Senate elections.  Oh, and maybe give more Senate seats to larger states so that it's actually proportional to the population.  And give D.C. Statehood status already. 

Have sex with me now.

[Senator Scott🦋]

used to support support sending criminals to alaska or siberia

That's um, interesting.

[Darth Maul]

used to support support sending criminals to alaska or siberia

That's um, interesting.

Yeah I used to see it as a alternative to capital punishment but now I dont since I favor it.

[Unbeatable Titan Luis Arce]

used to support support sending criminals to alaska or siberia

That's um, interesting.

Yeah I used to see it as a alternative to capital punishment but now I dont since I favor it.

Why Alaska of all places?

[AkSaber]

used to support support sending criminals to alaska or siberia

That's um, interesting.

Yeah I used to see it as a alternative to capital punishment but now I dont since I favor it.

Why Alaska of all places?

Not in his backyard?

[TNF]

used to support support sending criminals to alaska or siberia

That's um, interesting.

Yeah I used to see it as a alternative to capital punishment but now I dont since I favor it.

Why Alaska of all places?

It's the closest thing we have to Siberia?

[Averroës Nix]

How about Hawaii?

[Darth Maul]

My views.

Abortion:Should be illegal all cases period. Even if the woman is raped or in the life of the mother. 100% banded.

Gay Rights:Oppose gay marriage. Favor domestic partnerships.

Capital Punishment:Strongly support expand usage.

Healthcare:Strongly Oppose universal healthcare or anyform of socialized medicine. Repeal Obamacare.

Taxes:Support a simple clean Flat tax Rate of 15%. Never raise taxes under any circumstances.

Social Security:Abolish.

Military:Increase funding to massive amounts. We treat our soilders like sh**t they make less then 50,000 per year. Raise there salary to 300,000 and raise the military budget to 990billion.

[TNF]

My views.

Abortion:Should be illegal all cases period. Even if the woman is raped or in the life of the mother. 100% banded.

Gay Rights:Oppose gay marriage. Favor domestic partnerships.

Capital Punishment:Strongly support expand usage.

Healthcare:Strongly Oppose universal healthcare or anyform of socialized medicine. Repeal Obamacare.

Taxes:Support a simple clean Flat tax Rate of 15%. Never raise taxes under any circumstances.

Social Security:Abolish.

Military:Increase funding to massive amounts. We treat our soilders like sh**t they make less then 50,000 per year. Raise there salary to 300,000 and raise the military budget to 990billion.

Welcome back, Vegetaboi!

[Senator Scott🦋]

Abortion:Should be illegal all cases period. Even if the woman is raped or in the life of the mother. 100% banded..

lol wtf

[I'm a John Fetterman Democrat]

Alright time for an update. I'm going with the Political Matrix and my responses, and I'll post my score below.

1. The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security. (Usually agree)
2. The government should penalize organizations that practice outsourcing. (Neutral)
3. Giving faith-based charities the same government resources as secular organizations is a good idea. (Neutral)
4. We should increase foreign aid to countries struggling with poverty. (Usually disagree)
5. We should increase funding for education. (Neutral)

6. Heterosexual couples should receive higher marital recognition than same-sex couples. (Usually disagree)
7. Overall, free trade hurts more than it helps. (Neutral)
8. We should reduce the number of government programs substantially. (Neutral)
9. Abortion should be illegal or very heavily restricted. (Neutral)
10. The government should fund museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions that are unable to survive independently. (Usually disagree)

11. The government should subsidize health insurance for those who cannot easily afford it. (Neutral)
12. The government should work to reduce children's exposure to offensive radio and television content. (Disagree)
13. It is unfair that wealthier people pay higher tax rates. (Usually disagree)
14. The minimum wage should be raised. (Agree)
15. Marijuana should be legalized. (Agree)

16. Society focuses too much on forcing equality at the expense of real merit. (Usually disagree)
17. Violating individual rights is acceptable when it comes to fighting terrorism. (Usually disagree)
18. Current levels of government regulation on industry are excessive. (Neutral)
19. The government should provide basic needs for all people. (Usually disagree)
20. The death penalty should be an option for serious crimes. (Neutral)
21. We should reduce the difficulty of immigration. (Agree)

22. Union workers should be protected against being fired during strikes. (Neutral)
23. Prostitution should be legalized. (Usually agree)
24. Flag burning should be banned. (Usually disagree)
25. I support affirmative action. (Usually disagree)
26. The government should impose tariffs to protect industries from foreign competition. (Neutral)
27. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal if the patient is capable of informed, rational consent. (Neutral)

Economic: -0.26
Social: -3.48

And this comes as a shock to me, I have ventured into the left side of the PM for the first time.

Weeee.

[Senator Scott🦋]

I'm going to post my PM responses, as well.

1. The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security. (Usually agree)
2. The government should penalize organizations that practice outsourcing. (Usually disagree)
3. Giving faith-based charities the same government resources as secular organizations is a good idea. (Usually agree)
4. We should increase foreign aid to countries struggling with poverty. (Neutral)
5. We should increase funding for education. (Neutral)

6. Heterosexual couples should receive higher marital recognition than same-sex couples. (Disagree)*
7. Overall, free trade hurts more than it helps. (Usually disagree)
8. We should reduce the number of government programs substantially. (Neutral)
9. Abortion should be illegal or very heavily restricted. (Disagree)*
10. The government should fund museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions that are unable to survive independently. (Neutral)

11. The government should subsidize health insurance for those who cannot easily afford it. (Agree)*
12. The government should work to reduce children's exposure to offensive radio and television content. (Usually disagree)
13. It is unfair that wealthier people pay higher tax rates. (Disagree)*
14. The minimum wage should be raised. (Agree)
15. Marijuana should be legalized. (Agree)

16. Society focuses too much on forcing equality at the expense of real merit. (Usually disagree)
17. Violating individual rights is acceptable when it comes to fighting terrorism. (Disagree)
18. Current levels of government regulation on industry are excessive. (Usually disagree)
19. The government should provide basic needs for all people. (Neutral)
20. The death penalty should be an option for serious crimes. (Disagree)
21. We should reduce the difficulty of immigration. (Usually agree)

22. Union workers should be protected against being fired during strikes. (Usually disagree)
23. Prostitution should be legalized. (Usually agree)
24. Flag burning should be banned. (Usually disagree)
25. I support affirmative action. (Usually agree)
26. The government should impose tariffs to protect industries from foreign competition. (Usually disagree)
27. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal if the patient is capable of informed, rational consent. (Usually agree)

*=Critical Issue

Economic score: -1.68
Social score: -5.39

Absolutely no change.  Wow.

[Goldwater]

1. The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security. (Usually agree)
2. The government should penalize organizations that practice outsourcing. (Disagree)
3. Giving faith-based charities the same government resources as secular organizations is a good idea. (Agree)
4. We should increase foreign aid to countries struggling with poverty. (Neutral)
5. We should increase funding for education. (Neutral)

6. Heterosexual couples should receive higher marital recognition than same-sex couples. (Disagree)
7. Overall, free trade hurts more than it helps. (Disagree)
8. We should reduce the number of government programs substantially. (Agree)
9. Abortion should be illegal or very heavily restricted. (Usually disagree)
10. The government should fund museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions that are unable to survive independently. (Usually disagree)

11. The government should subsidize health insurance for those who cannot easily afford it. (Usually disagree)
12. The government should work to reduce children's exposure to offensive radio and television content. (Disagree)
13. It is unfair that wealthier people pay higher tax rates. (Agree)
14. The minimum wage should be raised. (Disagree)
15. Marijuana should be legalized. (Agree)

16. Society focuses too much on forcing equality at the expense of real merit. (Usually agree)
17. Violating individual rights is acceptable when it comes to fighting terrorism. (Usually disagree)
18. Current levels of government regulation on industry are excessive. (Agree)
19. The government should provide basic needs for all people. (Usually disagree)
20. The death penalty should be an option for serious crimes. (Agree)
21. We should reduce the difficulty of immigration. (Neutral)

22. Union workers should be protected against being fired during strikes. (Disagree)
23. Prostitution should be legalized. (Usually agree)
24. Flag burning should be banned. (Disagree)
25. I support affirmative action. (Disagree)
26. The government should impose tariffs to protect industries from foreign competition. (Disagree)
27. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal if the patient is capable of informed, rational consent. (Usually agree)

[TNF]

1. The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security. (Neutral)
2. The government should penalize organizations that practice outsourcing. (Agree)*
3. Giving faith-based charities the same government resources as secular organizations is a good idea. (Disagree)
4. We should increase foreign aid to countries struggling with poverty. (Neutral) [1]
5. We should increase funding for education. (Agree)*

6. Heterosexual couples should receive higher marital recognition than same-sex couples. (Disagree)
7. Overall, free trade hurts more than it helps. (Agree)*
8. We should reduce the number of government programs substantially. (Disagree)*
9. Abortion should be illegal or very heavily restricted. (Disagree)
10. The government should fund museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions that are unable to survive independently. (Agree)

11. The government should subsidize health insurance for those who cannot easily afford it. (Agree)*
12. The government should work to reduce children's exposure to offensive radio and television content. (Neutral) [2]
13. It is unfair that wealthier people pay higher tax rates. (Disagree)*
14. The minimum wage should be raised. (Agree)*
15. Marijuana should be legalized. (Agree)

16. Society focuses too much on forcing equality at the expense of real merit. (Neutral) [3]
17. Violating individual rights is acceptable when it comes to fighting terrorism. (Neutral)
18. Current levels of government regulation on industry are excessive. (Disagree)*
19. The government should provide basic needs for all people. (Agree)*
20. The death penalty should be an option for serious crimes. (Disagree)
21. We should reduce the difficulty of immigration. (Disagree)* [4]

22. Union workers should be protected against being fired during strikes. (Agree)*
23. Prostitution should be legalized. (Agree)
24. Flag burning should be banned. (Disagree)
25. I support affirmative action. (Disagree)*
26. The government should impose tariffs to protect industries from foreign competition. (Agree)*
27. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal if the patient is capable of informed, rational consent. (Agree)


[1] Is it in our foreign policy interest? If so, then I'd agree with increasing foreign aid. If not, then disagree.

[2] Give TV, Film, and Videogames the same freedom as publishers. I wouldn't necessarily oppose restricting content unsuitable for children to certain timeframes, though.

[3] Don't know what this means.

[4] I'm opposed to the current system, but I would like to admit less immigrants under a stricter criteria.

[Torie]

Heterodox.

[Maxwell]

1. The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security. (Agree)*
2. The government should penalize organizations that practice outsourcing. (Disagree)
3. Giving faith-based charities the same government resources as secular organizations is a good idea. (Usually agree)
4. We should increase foreign aid to countries struggling with poverty. (Usually Disagree)
5. We should increase funding for education. (Usually Disagree)

6. Heterosexual couples should receive higher marital recognition than same-sex couples. (Disagree)*
7. Overall, free trade hurts more than it helps. (Disagree)*
8. We should reduce the number of government programs substantially. (Usually agree)
9. Abortion should be illegal or very heavily restricted. (Disagree)*
10. The government should fund museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions that are unable to survive independently. (Usually Disagree)

11. The government should subsidize health insurance for those who cannot easily afford it. (Disagree)
12. The government should work to reduce children's exposure to offensive radio and television content. (Disagree)
13. It is unfair that wealthier people pay higher tax rates. (Neutral)
14. The minimum wage should be raised. (Neutral)
15. Marijuana should be legalized. (Agree)

16. Society focuses too much on forcing equality at the expense of real merit. (Agree)
17. Violating individual rights is acceptable when it comes to fighting terrorism. (Disagree)*
18. Current levels of government regulation on industry are excessive. (Usually disagree)
19. The government should provide basic needs for all people. (Disagree)
20. The death penalty should be an option for serious crimes. (Disagree)
21. We should reduce the difficulty of immigration. (Usually agree)

22. Union workers should be protected against being fired during strikes. (Usually disagree)
23. Prostitution should be legalized. (Agree)
24. Flag burning should be banned. (Disagree)
25. I support affirmative action. (Disagree)
26. The government should impose tariffs to protect industries from foreign competition. (Disagree)*
27. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal if the patient is capable of informed, rational consent. (Usually agree)

Result:

E: +5.29
S: -7.13