Damn phisphan's answers are also surprising, its odd that people i often argue with seem to share a lot of my beliefs. F_m seems to be the only one that hasnt surprised me.

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F_M surprised me, I knew he was a liberal but his answers were just off the charts.

Damn phisphan's answers are also surprising, its odd that people i often argue with seem to share a lot of my beliefs. F_m seems to be the only one that hasnt surprised me.

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where did i surprise you.

 

 

 

and for those of you with other...give us some insight on why you feel as you do on some of these issues.

Damn phisphan's answers are also surprising, its odd that people i often argue with seem to share a lot of my beliefs. F_m seems to be the only one that hasnt surprised me.

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F_M surprised me, I knew he was a liberal but his answers were just off the charts.

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what do you mean off the charts?

damn fritz, you're a lot more conservative than i thought

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And youre a lot more liberal than I thought.

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heh, i guess i'm as liberal as a bush voter can get.

damn fritz, you're a lot more conservative than i thought

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And youre a lot more liberal than I thought.

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heh, i guess i'm as liberal as a bush voter can get.

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Wrong!

Gender: M

Political affiliation: none

Religious affiliation: none

Do you consider yourself religious? no

 

Do you support legal abortion?: Y

Do you support legal late-term abortion?: N

Do you support parental notification of abortion for minors?: If parents are legally released from liability if the abortion goes sour, yes. If they're not going to be released and subject to neglect charges or similar, then no.

Do you support govt funding of embryonic stem cell research?: yes, at a modest level

Would you support over-the-counter availability of the "morning-after" pill?: Y

Would you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide?: Y

Would you support civil unions?: don't care one way or the other.

Would you support gay marriage?: don't care one way or the other.

 

--Education--

 

Do you support mandatory testing to hold schools accountable?: Y, is the FCAT the right answer? No.

Do you support prayer in schools?: Voluntary

Do you support school vouchers?: Y

Do you support mandatory class size restrictions? N

Do you support "abstinence-only" sex education programs?: Exclusively? No. As part of a broad spectrum approach, yes.

Do you support increasing grants & loans for college?: N

 

--Environment--

Would you support drilling in ANWR?:

Would you support raising fuel efficiency standards?: Y

Would you support strengthening auto emission controls?: Y

Would you support ratifying Kyoto?: N, Kyoto is a fraud. Countries with low emissions can "sell" credits to those with high emissions. The net result will be no change. Kyoto is a defacto foreign aid program for 3rd world nations.

Would you support strengthening the Clean Water Act?: Y

Would you support strengthening the Clean Air Act?: Y

 

--Crime--

Do you support the death penalty for 16- and 17-year-olds?: N

Do you support the death penalty?: Y

Do you support trying juveniles as adults?: Y

Do you support mandatory sentencing guidelines?: N

Do you support mandatory registration for sex offenders?: Y

Would you support stepping up gun control?: N, we should try actually enforcing what we have first

Would you support legalizing marijuana?: don't care one way or the other

Would you support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes?: Y

Would you support reducing penalties for drug offenses?: Using Y, selling N

 

--Health--

Do you support the Medicare prescription drug benefit?: its bogus

Do you support the re-importation of drugs from Canada?: Y

Would you support having Medicare pay for imported drugs?: Y

Would you support allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices for drugs?: Y

Would you support price controls on U.S. drugs?: Y

Would you support increasing the length of drug patents?: N!

Would you support association health plans for small businesses?: Y

Would you support socialized healthcare?: N

Would you support medical liability reform?: Y

 

--Taxes--

Do you support the Bush tax cuts on income?: don't care one way or the other

Do you support the tax cuts on dividends?: Y

Would you support abolishing the estate tax (or "death tax")?: Y

Would you support a flat income tax?: Y

Would you support a national sales tax?: Y

Would you support private investment accounts for Social Security?: If optional, Y, if mandatory N

Would you support raising the Social Security retirement age?: its gonna happen anyway, so Y

Would you support reducing Social Security benefits to the wealthy?: Y

Would you support raising the minimum wage?: N

 

--Security, Immigration, & Defense--

Would you support requiring photo ID to vote?: Y

Would you support a national ID card?: N

Would you support a "guest worker" program?: Y

Would you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?: maybe

Would you support increasing the number of border patrol agents?: Y

Would you support tighter immigration controls?: Y

Do you support driver licenses for illegal immigrants?: N, they would be a flight risk after a costly crash

Do you support public services for illegal immigrants?: limited

Do you support the efforts of the Minuteman Project?: maybe

Do you support the Patriot Act?: parts of it

Do you support the "No-fly" list?: in theory

Do you support torture as a means of terrorist interrogation?: define torture :lol

Do you support the missile defense program?: N

Do you support "nation-building"?: when there is no other choice

Do you support the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy?: N, it makes for security risks when people have to stay in the closet. Let them come out and you eliminate one of the traditional means of compromising people and forcing them to be spies.

Do you support allowing military recruiters access to students?: Y

 

--Foreign Policy & Trade--

Do you support free trade?: in theory Y, in practice, maybe not

Do you support mandatory labor/environmental standards in trade agreements?: Y

Do you support the Cuban embargo?: N

Did you support military intervention in Iraq?: N

Would you support immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq?: N

Would you support increased collaboration with Europe to disarm Iran?: N

Would you support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?: Y

 

--Subsidies--

Do you support farm subsidies?: N

Do you support airline subsidies?: N

Do you support public financing of stadiums?: N

Did you support the bullet train?: N

 

--Misc--

Do you support affirmative action?: my support fades yearly

Do you support legalized gambling?: Y

Do you support slot machines at race tracks? Y

Do you support class-action lawsuit reform?: define "reform"

Do you support bankruptcy reform?: maybe

Do you support land acquisition via eminent domain?: if the cause is really legit Y, if its for some private enterprise like a mall, N

Do you support "under God" in the pledge?: don't care one way or the other

Do you support allowing Ten Commandments displays in federal buildings?: don't care

Do you support the FCC's stepped-up regulation of broadcast TV & radio?: N

Would you support allowing the FCC to regulate cable?: N

Would you support increasing the regulation of political 527s?: Y

 

 

What should we do about funding for... (increase / cut / keep the same /other)

 

Medicaid programs: K

Welfare: K

Public schools: K

Higher education: K

College grants and loans: K

Public broadcasting: K

Transportation: I

Defense: C, specifically cold-war era systems

Border security: I

Homeland security: K

Arts: K

Parks: K

Agriculture: K

Foreign aid: K

Global AIDS: I

Medical research: K

Scientific research: K

NASA: K