Summary of political beliefs

[WalterMitty]

social issues:  fairly liberal.  support legal abortions, support gay marriage, support affirmative action, support gun control, oppose the death penalty.

economics:  i support the free market and free trade.  period. 

foreign policy:  fairly hawkish.  pro-israel.

[WalterMitty]

economics:  i support the free market and free trade.  period. 

Then why were you complaining about a flat tax about a week ago?

the flat tax and flat tax proponents go out of their way to be cruel to those less fortunate.

the system is cruel enough as it is, not that i lose any sleep over poor people (and im not going to pretend otherwise), but no use rubbing salt in the wounds.

[WalterMitty]

It's about fairness. If everyone has a stake in lower taxes, the free market benefits. No 'tax the rich' schemes.

Anyway, that plan actually exempted a generous amount of money.

well i do believe in a graduated income tax.  the rich should pay more than those of lower classes.

however, many, if not most liberals, want to punish the rich with ridiculous tax rates.  i find that pretty repulsive.

[WalterMitty]

Social Issues

General philosophy: generally liberal

Separation of church and state: support.  however, the leftists have taken it to an extreme.

Freedom of speech: strongly support in all cases

Right to an abortion: i support keeping abortion legal

Affirmative action: support.

Gun rights: i favor sensible gun control measures.

Civil unions or gay marriage: strongly support gay marriage.

Euthanasia: i have mixed feelings

Prostitution: Keep illegal

Capital punishment: strongly oppose

Economic Issues

General philosophy: staunch capitalist

Employers and Employees:  the 'contract' between an employee and an employer is voluntary at both ends

Taxation: taxes should be kept as low as possible.  i strongly support abolishing the capital gains tax.  it is the most evil tax that exists.

Spending: cut all non-essential spending to the bone.  the government should only be involved in the essentials (ie defense)

Free trade: strongly, strongly, strongly support.

Funding of the space program: the space program should be privatized.

Foreign policy

General philosophy: generally a hawk.  i certainly support the idea of an american hegemony.

Iraq: strongly support.  next up: syria!

Neoconservatism: i tend to agree with the foreign policy objectives of neo-conservatism (i have a bit of a zionist streak myself).  however, the neo-conservative's acceptance of socialist economic policies is sickening.

[WalterMitty]

wilsonian progressive.