Thread: BillyJeff 2 Gave me an idea.

I'm more liberal at home than I am in the voting booth

my college education was a technical degree and the few liberal classes I took did not seem influential to me

Originally Posted by JMS

For what its worth Jockeys, I feel the mindset of a libertarian is closer to conservative than liberal based on the viewpoints of libertarians.

not really. libertarians are very very liberal on social issues, and very very conservative on fiscal issues.

so neither conservative nor liberal. the only guiding principle for the libertarian is that making the gov't bigger or more powerful is ALWAYS a bad thing, and maximizing personal liberty is priority 1.

conservatives traditionally limit personal liberty on social issues (abortion, gay marriage, drug use, etc.) while liberals want to limit your liberty on fiscal issues (socialized healthcare, welfare, etc.)

the libertarian philosophy is that the closer you are to anarchy, the better. neither side seems to understand that. they both want to whittle your freedom away, just in different areas.

Didn't vote in this poll but I'm younger than 40 w/ degree, libertarian. Member of the communist party, registered republican, and voted Obama. Really wanted Ron Paul to be the GOP's nominee.

Originally Posted by commiecat

Didn't vote in this poll but I'm younger than 40 w/ degree, libertarian. Member of the communist party, registered republican, and voted Obama. Really wanted Ron Paul to be the GOP's nominee.

You sound a tad confused.

Originally Posted by JMS

You sound a tad confused.

Yeah, the communist thing was a high school phase. I mentioned it because of my nick -- I'd never actually vote socialist or communist, but I've long been intrigued by the ideal.

Voting Obama was a choice between the proverbial lesser of two evils.

Geez it really isn't that tuff...

Even a staunch Conservative as myself has a few "Liberal" views on certain issues... You just have to decide which of those issues are your personal trigger tripper...

What is the 1 -3 issues that you don't waver on....

Like for me, my number one issue is gun control if you are anti-gun you don't get my vote period ....

Next issue is the border, don't even talk to me unless closing it is first on your list of solutions...

Health care HA !!!! you have to work around that wording in there that says every "US Citizen" before you even talk to me...

Now on the reverse farther down on my list is say Birth Control/ Abortion, I am quite liberal there but it is not a trigger tripper for me...

So even a conservative can have liberal thoughts, but which are the most important issues to you....

Thanks Glen!
Sometimes I think people can clearly understand me because I clearly understand me and find no need to elaborate, but after reading your post I think I better start elaborating on what I believe to be obvious to most.

Thats one of the most exciting polls I've seen in a long time.

Jimbo is a statistician! I wonder if he can put this poll in perspective for us unwashed masses?

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

I'm in between on government. I'm conservative in that I think it has grown too big for its britches, yet liberal in that I understand we need the government to perform certain services which allow our way of life. Going back to healthcare, it's my opinion that certain government "services" can be scaled back to save money and more than pay for something I would deem more essential, like healthcare.

So yeah, I'm a little of both.

I have allways been amazed that a country as rich as the U.S.A does not have national healthcare.
In Australia our basic health care system (medi-care) is funded by a levy of I think 1.5% of your wages, not quite free but almost, so everyone pays and if you never need to use it you never miss such a small amount out of your weekly wage. Ambulance cover (air and ground) is a very fair $70 a year for a family. You can still have private insurance if you feel the need for a private room or you want want that knee operation done tomorrow not next month.

A bad move our government did was to sell off the utillities to private concerns, I always concidered these utilities (electricity, gas, water) as essential services that should be controlled by government.