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« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2020, 01:31:09 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing ($250k is x6 the median income)
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: 'left'-wing
Gun control: 'left'-wing
Capital punishment: 'left'-wing
Same-sex marriage: 'left'-wing
Mean: 'left'-wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: left-wing
Free trade agreements: centrist
US vs. foreigners' jobs: left-wing (globalist, but no undercut wages)
Focus on US problems: left-wing
Mean: left-wing
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« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2020, 02:02:08 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center-left
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: left-wing
Gun control: centrist
Capital punishment: center-left
Same-sex marriage: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: centrist
Free trade agreements: centrist
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center-right
Focus on US problems: right-wing
Mean: slight center-right
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« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2020, 03:16:59 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center-right
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-right
Taxes on millionaires: center-right
Programs for poorest: center-right
Spending on poor: center-right
Mean: center-right

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: right-wing
Gun control: center-right
Capital punishment: right-wing
Same-sex marriage: right-wing
Mean: right-wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-right
Free trade agreements: center-right
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center-right
Focus on US problems: center
Mean: center-right
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« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2020, 05:12:53 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: Centre-left (agnostic on single payer, but definitely support some kind of UHC system in US context)
Taxes on >$250k/year: Left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: Left-wing
Programs for poorest: Left-wing
Spending on poor: Left-wing
Mean: Left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: Centre-right
Gun control: Centre-right
Capital punishment: Centrist
Same-sex marriage: Left-wing
Mean: Center-right to Centre

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: Centre-left
Free trade agreements: Centre
US vs. foreigners' jobs: Centre-right
Focus on US problems: Centre-right
Mean: Centre-right to centre
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« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2020, 05:20:25 PM »

Secularized on every issue, I wouldn't never he a Trumpian and the R party takes out money from social programs for the Rich

But, the pfeizer vaccine is a sham right now, due to the fact citizens need it, it's not supposed to be a Drs vaccine, it's a Citizens vaccine

Dems need a lot of work with Act Blue, no one, especially minorities after Covid are gonna keep donating if they don't get nothing from it and D's have kept desk jobs away from minorities
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« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2020, 05:26:16 PM »

Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-left
Taxes on millionaires: center
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: center-left

Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: left-wing
Capital punishment: center-right
Same-sex marriage: center
Mean: center-right

Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-right
Free trade agreements: center-right
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center
Focus on US problems: center
Mean: center-right
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« Reply #31 on: December 14, 2020, 06:03:48 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: center-right
Capital punishment: left-wing
Same-sex marriage: left-wing
Mean: center

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center
Free trade agreements: left-wing (ie the pro-labor position, not sure who in politics is openly pro-free trade other than business Republicans and some Blue Dogs)
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center-right
Focus on US problems: center
Mean: center
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« Reply #32 on: December 14, 2020, 06:19:11 PM »

I'm the only poster to have a left-wing mean on all three so far. What strange times we live in.

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« Reply #33 on: December 14, 2020, 07:21:44 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-right
Taxes on millionaires: center
Programs for poorest*: center-right  *(interpreting this as nature of programs vs. amounts)
Spending on poor*: center
Mean: center   (more on regulation would push me to center-right)

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: right
Gun control: center-right
Capital punishment: center-left
Same-sex marriage: center-right
Mean: center-right

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center
Free trade agreements: center
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center  (like most Americans I'd focus on US jobs, so relatively)
Focus on US problems: center
Mean: center
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« Reply #34 on: December 14, 2020, 09:44:56 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center-left
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-left
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: Center-left/left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: center-right
Capital punishment: left-wing (opposed)
Same-sex marriage: center-left (pro SSM but mixed on issues like the cake shop thing)
Mean: Center

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-left
Free trade agreements: "center-right" (meaning midly protectionist)
US vs. foreigners' jobs: right-wing (American jobs matter most imo)
Focus on US problems: center-right (America first but not America only)
Mean: Center/center-right
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« Reply #35 on: December 14, 2020, 09:47:53 PM »

Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: centrist
Capital punishment: right-wing
Same-sex marriage: center-right
Mean: center-right

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-left
Free trade agreements: centrist
US vs. foreigners' jobs: centrist
Focus on US problems: interventionist (I don’t know how one can argue neocolonialism is left wing)
Mean: Center/center-left
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« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2020, 04:33:56 AM »

Surely if there is a right to life, it follows that there is a right to healthcare? Also isn’t social spending one of the most effective ways to reduce the need for abortion?
Most people can be against murder - however defined - without having to also be for a national healthcare service. The government preventing death via murder versus preventing death via poverty/lack of healthcare is substantially different, especially if you view government action through a fundamentalist NAP worldview.
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« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2020, 12:02:23 PM »
« Edited: December 15, 2020, 04:58:43 PM by Yang Gang Capitalist »

Added explanations for clarification:

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing (GOP had their shot at making healthcare an open-market, they failed.  Universal is the only way out of this mess we're in now.)
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-left (Careful here, make sure that small businesses/employers aren't hurt especially if they are doing well by their employees)
Taxes on millionaires: center-left (Same as above, but more open to restrictions, but you have to eliminate loopholes and de-incentivize or punish when they move money or business out of country)
Programs for poorest: center-left (UBI > hodge-podge of gov't programs and litmus tests for eligibility)
Spending on poor: left-wing (Get them off the streets, into something they can work up into better standing)
Mean: center-left

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right (Anti-abortion, pro-contraception)
Gun control: right-wing (Guns are the last bulwark against a tyrannical government or invasion)
Capital punishment: left-wing (Mistakes can cost lives and damage families for generations, let the system be more about rehabilitation except for those few that cannot)
Same-sex marriage: center-left (I believe this should be more up to the churches than the state)
Mean: center

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: right-wing (Fully with Trump's ultimate plan here: citizenship by merit; the wall is ancillary)
Free trade agreements: right-wing (Again, with Trump here. Though, the new deals could be even better with someone more skilled.  Sorry Donny.)
US vs. foreigners' jobs: right-wing (America First! Bring back production, high-quality, long-lasting products.  End our love affair for cheap slave-labor, and support the production with high wages (yes, and labor unions) to pay for these products). Maybe this is more centrist now?
Focus on US problems: right-wing (Fix our huge problems: healthcare, infrastructure, environment, support small business resurgence post-pandemic, make "Made in America" about quality again.  Maybe this is also centrist? Hard to say these days.)
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« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2020, 01:22:02 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Mean: center-left

(b) Social Issues
Mean: center

(c) Globalism Issues
Mean: right-wing

Fascinating what a narrative about Trumpism can do to you guys' PM scores, assuming yours hasn't been updated in an ideological lifetime...

Anyway, I answered mine kind of sarcastically, so I deleted it and will try again sincerely:

(A) ECONOMIC ISSUES
Initial Thoughts: I do not get hung up on specific policy as it explains ideology in this category.  Somebody can support a tariff for a conservative reason (pro-business policy for a developing US economy, like before WWII) or a liberal reason (seeing free trade as corporate welfare that hurts low-wage workers or is immoral to the less fortunate of developing countries that are taken advantage of).  It is the motive and basic philosophical biases that show us one's ideologies.  With that said, given my professional background and postgraduate educational sphere, I believe that a right-of-center approach, IN GENERAL, is more productive.  I also think it's indicative of Poli-Sci nerds' - err - inexperience with the economic arena that there isn't an issue on business regulation, easily the most far-reaching and complicated economic issue, yet we have TWO on spending on the poor and TWO on taxing evil rich people, lol.

Universal Healthcare: Center-Right - Again, it's not that I oppose this policy; it's that I would APPROACH THE PROCESS of achieving it with a center-right philosophy.

Taxes on >$250k per Year: Center-Right - Most arguments for this rely too heavily on emotional appeal and come in with assumptions that I fundamentally disagree with, ignoring the adverse effects of the policies and always going back to guilt-tripping instead of assuming good faith on both sides and actually trying to find creative solutions to balancing the best parts of conservative and liberal policies ... God, the '50s seemed so functional on this kind of stuff.

Taxes on Millionaires: Center - I assume this means adding tax brackets so as to not tax income between, say, $250k and $500k the same as income between $2.5 million and $5 million.  One of the worst things we have done for fruitful debate on tax policy is having a relatively low cutoff for "the rich," ironically making our tax brackets too high AND not progressive enough, IMO.

Programs for Poorest: Center - I generally favor cultivating incentive for private charity donations (such as very appealing tax incentives) and more efficiently directed funds rather than dumping money into unrefined programs via taxes.  Making sure our welfare programs are more efficient is in everyone's best interests, and there should be more of an organized track to get a higher percentage of current recipients off of government assistance.  None of this is to say we should slash government spending to irresponsibly low levels.

Spending on Poor: Center-Right - See above.  I have a preference for not growing the population of the government-subsidized poor, seeing it in nobody's interest, but you obviously need some programs to help those down on their luck.  I reject the emotional outrage, as well, on the part of many liberals when one questions if the government should have such a monopoly on redirecting private citizens' hard-earned money to assist the needy, as well.  I mean ... they don't do that much well, and letting a cousin of the DMV handle the whole thing and slandering anyone who wants to reform that as not caring for the poor is ridiculous.

MEAN: CENTER-RIGHT

(B) "SOCIAL ISSUES"
Initial Thoughts: Social issues, unlike economic issues, have literally come to simply be hot button copies of the party platforms, meaning the "conservatism" or "liberalism" behind choosing a stance seems to be intellectually dead to me.  I could see just as good of an argument for "pro-life" being the "liberal" view, for example.  So, for this category, I suppose it is as cut and dry as seeing what I happen to think on a given issue and comparing it to what the GOP and DNC have to say, lol.

Abortion: Center-Left - I am ultimately pro-choice, but I adamantly reject some of the extreme rhetoric by the far left I've seen that attempts to either simplify this issue, remove the moral tragedy that is ANY abortion or get so entrenched in a pro-choice view that things like late-term abortion bans for a healthy mother and fetus are seen as remotely controversial.  "Safe, legal, rare and ALWAYS SAD" would be my preferred mantra, honestly.  In an ideal world, a woman would always get to make her own choice with her own body (with some aforementioned very rare exceptions) but would never choose an abortion unless she absolutely had to.  I think this is MOSTLY the case already, which is why I REALLY don't understand left-wing incentive to play the rhetoric game in such an extreme manner sometimes.

Gun Control: Center-Right - I generally support non-invasive gun-purchasing measures that seem like common sense, but I do not buy into rhetoric that looks to discredit the Second Amendment's relevance.  Arguments like "you don't need a gun" are completely nonsensical, and anything that encroaches on that level of thinking is a non-starter.  This is not to say I support the current iteration of the NRA, either, though.

Capital Punishment: Center - I would like to see the death penalty reduced, especially given its surprising lack of fiscal responsibility involved, but I do believe it is warranted in certain situations, and I cannot help but absolutely cringe at extreme lefties literally painting pretty animated pictures of death-row inmates guilty of unspeakably awful crimes as if they're victims.

Same-Sex Marriage: Left Wing - Are there seriously people who still care about this?  Either way, my girlfriends' two best friends are a gay couple, and my best friend from high school is a happily-paired gay man ... I pretty unambiguously support their rights to live a normal, happy life free of discrimination ... maybe I'm missing something as to what this issue entails in this exercise...?

MEAN: CENTER-LEFT

(c) "GLOBALISM" ISSUES
Initial Thoughts: I think this can only be judged on a remotely coherent "left/right axis" if it speaks exclusively to CULTURAL issues.  There is obvious historical precedent for conservatism to prefer insular cultural attitudes, for example, but something like free trade or outsourcing is more complicated than that ... well, it should be to you, anyway.  Regardless, I will play along as if generally supporting free trade that reduces regulations and effectively lowers taxes and helps business/commerce is somehow inherently "left wing," haha. Wink

Immigration: Center-Right? - I think things like opposing amnesty to non-violent illegals or building a ridiculously expensive wall are absolutely stupid, but I also think any civilized nation must have secure borders and reward those who come here legally ... despite left-wing narratives, it is pretty damn easy to immigrate to the United States, there are just a lot of people trying to do it.  My dad's good friend, a doctor from Slovakia, is one of the most right-wing people I have met on this issue, because it took him years and his pregnant wife even longer because of how backed up and broken our system is ... and the answer to that is NOT to not crack down on ILLEGAL immigration.

Free Trade Agreements: Center-"Left" - There is a straight-up economic consensus that Americans are better off with more open trade, and the use of MORAL appeals to oppose this and guilt-trip people into being protectionist lest they not care about workers seems an inherently LEFT-WING talking point to me ... there are more creative ways to help, and ideally SLOW, the erosion of jobs.  At one point in history, it was factory workers who were filling new, shiny jobs and ripping away employment from professions that were no longer relevant, thanks to industrialization.  Moving forward with the progression of economic history is not incompatible with being empathetic and proactive regarding the needs of displaced workers, which is why we should focus on retraining programs and SELECTIVE initiatives to subsidize less costly and more essential domestic industries.

US vs. Foreigners' Jobs: Center - See above, I guess ... programs can be implemented that don't have a negative effect on the economy and purchasing habits of millions of Americans.  Mock whatever parts of the wording you want, but some aspects of "trickle down economics" are quite literally true whether you want them to be or not.)

Focus on US Problems: Center - Again, I take issue with this category, but I assume this is, like, being an isolationist?  In that case, obviously the US government owes efforts to its citizens' problems before taking on challenges abroad, but that is an unrealistically black-and-white way to look at it. Serving our international interests is in the interests of our citizens and is therefore a "US Problem."

MEAN: CENTER

I've come to appreciate that "PM Matrix"-type stuff is very useless in really discerning one's ideology, at least once someone graduates high school and lives in the real world and stops thinking about politics in such a stupid way ... ya know, the type of people who say, "I'm a Democrat when it comes to abortion," as if you can *be a Democrat* in any other sense than actively choosing to register or identify with the party in a BROAD, top-level sense.  How one approaches problems and the philosophical biases and motives that dictate his quest for its solutions says infinitely more about how "conservative" or "liberal" 'he is, regardless of how he feels about abortion or free trade.
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« Reply #39 on: December 15, 2020, 03:04:41 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center-left
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center
Gun control: center-right
Capital punishment: right-wing
Same-sex marriage: center-left
Mean: center-right

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-left (moderately pro-immigrant)
Free trade agreements: left-wing (anti-FTA)
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center (jobs for everyone!)
Focus on US problems: left-wing (anti-neocon)
Mean: left-wing

I note there is a lot of confusion on "globalism issues" being applied to left v. right. Personally, I would think being anti-war and anti-corporate FTA is a left-wing thing, but American liberals support them all now, so some people consider those right-wing views now?
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« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2020, 07:08:10 PM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing (I think the idea that your access to healthcare should be determined by your ability to pay is both immoral, healthcare should be universal and free at the point of service)
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing (I think that most people earning this amount of money can afford to pay more in tax, and in order to fund high quality public services they need to go up)
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing (Most of my argument is already made above, I would add though that when you get into the 10s, 100s of millions and billions, people having such incomprehensible amounts of money is not just an excess but also a threat to democracy)
Programs for poorest: left-wing (Strong social programs are important for increasing quality of life and security in people's daily lives)
Spending on poor: left-wing (One of the easiest proven ways of solving problems caused by a lack of money...is to give money to people who need more money)
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: centre-right (Oppose abortion except in cases of rape, threat to the health or life of the mother)
Gun control: centre (If someone passes a background check, I think that its fine that someone be able to own a gun especially if we are talking about the US where restrictions on gun ownership more than that, especially one which involves gun confiscation, would involve an extremely authoritarian and violent crackdown)
Capital punishment: left-wing (Even the worst criminals deserve the chance to rehabilitate, and those who can't will spend their whole life in prison)
Same-sex marriage: left-wing (Yes)
Mean: centre-left

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: centre (Borders should be controlled securely and people who enter should have proper authorisation. People who've been somewhere for a while should get amnesty and a pathway to citizenship if their criminal record is clean as they are in the vast majority of cases)
Free trade agreements: centre (I don't think there is really a uniform left-right divide on trade. I don't subscribe to the idea that free trade is inherently good or bad, the devil is usually in the details. My primary issue is labour protections, in most trade deals they are weak and usually by design)
US UK vs. foreigners' jobs: centre (I don't think its really a zero sum game between having jobs in one place or another, but where there is a conflict I prefer they are here and its an important role of government to support domestic industries)
Focus on US UK problems: centre (I think its important to care about international issues. What that means in terms of policy depends and doesn't necessarily mean military involvement but if you can prevent or stop a genocide, or a few thousand troops in North Syria can protect the locals from Assad, Erdogan and ISIS, I don't see why you wouldn't help out)
Mean: centre
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« Reply #41 on: December 15, 2020, 07:29:15 PM »
« Edited: December 15, 2020, 07:35:40 PM by parochial boy »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: Left wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: Left wing
Taxes on millionaires: Left wing. I like to think of it as reappropriation
Programs for poorest: Left Wing. But the welfare state isn’t just for the poorest, in fact that shouldn’t even be it’s aim because no civilized society should even have people living in a situation that could be described as being « the poorest »
Spending on poor: Not sure how this is different to programs for the poor... but whatever, left wing
Mean: Left Wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: Not an issue that I am remotely interested in, current situation here is uncontroversial and I am completely fine with that
Gun control: see above
Capital punishment: Left
Same-sex marriage: Left
Mean: Left wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: Left
Free trade agreements: my support for free trade is completely conditional on the substance of the free trade agreement. If it serves to achieve left wing goals (eg environmental protection, human rights, equitable and well protected working conditions, constraining the abuses of big business) then I will lean in favour. If not, then generally against. This, I feel, is the only legitimate way of applying a genuine left wing outlook to the topic
US vs. foreigners' jobs: You ain't more important or valuable just because you happen to live in the same country as me
Focus on US problems: Well, personally I'm completely sick of hearing about US problems, so the other option
Mean: Left wing, as in actually influenced by left wing ideals on the subject, rather than just seeing it as a position to take on some cultural battle
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« Reply #42 on: December 16, 2020, 09:19:45 AM »
« Edited: December 16, 2020, 09:41:13 AM by Alex »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-left
Taxes on millionaires: center-left
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: center-left

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: left-wing
Gun control: center (pro registration and maybe background checks, against banning guns or particularly strict requisites)
Capital punishment: left-wing
Same-sex marriage: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: left-wing (pro-immigration, pretty much open borders)
Free trade agreements: center-left (in favor, but focusing on green, free and fair trade, and against making countries outside of the block outright non-competitive)
Argentineans vs. foreigners' jobs: left-wing (globalist)
Focus on Argentina's problems: center to center-left (idk if I've got this one right) if it's about armed conflicts, the war on terror and stuff like that, I'm strongly pro-diplomacy and getting involved and pro international peaceful cooperation but not sending troops or drones or anything like that in 99% of cases, anti-interventionist but also anti-isolationist (I guess this would make me center-lef to left-wing)
Mean: center-left to left-wing
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« Reply #43 on: February 12, 2021, 09:14:51 AM »
« Edited: April 09, 2021, 10:58:37 AM by VARepublican »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: center-right
Taxes on >$250k/year: center-left
Taxes on millionaires: center-left
Programs for poorest: center-right
Spending on poor: center-right
Mean: center/center-right

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: right-wing
Capital punishment: center-right
Same-sex marriage: left-wing
Mean: center-right

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: center-right
Free trade agreements: center
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center-right
Focus on US problems: center-right
Mean: center-right
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« Reply #44 on: February 12, 2021, 09:19:23 AM »

Globalism, multilateralism, and open borders is the future.
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« Reply #45 on: February 12, 2021, 09:28:07 AM »

Economic Issues

Universal healthcare: left
Taxes on >$250k/year: left
Taxes on millionaires: left
Programs for poorest: centre-left
Spending on poor: centre-left

Social Issues

Abortion: left
Gun control: centre-left
Capital punishment: left
Same-sex marriage: centre-left ( marriage in general)

Globalism Issues

Immigration: centre
Free trade agreements: centre
US vs. foreigners' jobs: centre (what is 'left' and 'right' here?)
Focus on US problems: centre

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« Reply #46 on: February 12, 2021, 09:54:26 AM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: left-wing
Taxes on >$250k/year: left-wing
Taxes on millionaires: left-wing
Programs for poorest: left-wing
Spending on poor: left-wing
Mean: left-wing

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: center-right
Gun control: center-left
Capital punishment: left-wing
Same-sex marriage: left-wing
Mean: center-left

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: left-wing
Free trade agreements: I don't know which position on free-trade is left-wing at this point. Centrist by default since I believe that trade is a tool and having a rigid ideological stance on it is ridiculous.
US vs. foreigners' jobs: center-left
Focus on US problems: center-left
Mean: Center-left
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« Reply #47 on: February 12, 2021, 10:00:49 AM »

a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: Center-Left
Taxes on >$250k/year: Center-left
Taxes on millionaires: Left-Wing
Programs for poorest: Center-Left
Spending on poor: Center-Left
Mean: Center-Left

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: Right Wing
Gun control: Center-right
Capital punishment: Left-wing
Same-sex marriage: Left-wing
Mean: Center

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: Center-left
Free trade agreements: Center-Left
US vs. foreigners' jobs: Center
Focus on US problems: Left-Wing

Mean: Center-left
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« Reply #48 on: February 13, 2021, 12:32:01 AM »

Economic Issues
Universal Healthcare | Left-wing
Taxes on > $250k/year | Center-left
Taxes on millionaires | Center-left
Programs for poorest | Left-wing
Spending on poor | Left-wing
Mean | Left-wing

Social Issues
Abortion | Center-left
Gun Control | Center-right
Capital Punishment | Left-wing
Same-Sex Marriage | Left-wing
Mean | Center-left

Globalism Issues
Immigration | Left-wing
Free Trade Agreements | Center-left
US vs Foreigners Jobs | Left-wing
Focus on US Problems | Center-left
Mean | Center-left
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« Reply #49 on: February 13, 2021, 04:46:01 AM »

(a) Economic Issues
Universal healthcare: Center-left
Taxes on >$250k/year: Center
Taxes on millionaires: Center
Programs for poorest: Center
Spending on poor: Center
Mean: Center

(b) Social Issues
Abortion: Center-left
Gun control: Center
Capital punishment: Left wing
Same-sex marriage: Left wing
Mean: Left Wing

(c) Globalism Issues
Immigration: Strongly pro
Free trade agreements: Strongly pro
US vs. foreigners' jobs: Not sure what this means, but I don't support protectionism
Focus on US problems: To a certain extent. It depends on the issue.
Mean: Globalist
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