Thread: CONSERVATIVE/MODERATE/LIBERAL

Originally Posted by TexasBob

More to it than that. First of all it's the people in government that do the acting. They may act perfectly sensible, rational and intelligent but have goals you disagree with.

The government is never going to make decisions everyone agrees with so the best choice is to make the decision that makes the most sense and and advances the country and its people in the most efficient manner possible.

I wouldn't mind that much if the government did not agree with me, as long as the decision they made was based on logic, reasoning, and forethought. But it seems that most decisions now are based on how much money individual politicians or their friends can make out of it (eg Halliburton) or how visible the end result is, even if it is completely pointless (eg aviation restrictions since 9/11).

Originally Posted by Hydaral

The government is never going to make decisions everyone agrees with so the best choice is to make the decision that makes the most sense and and advances the country and its people in the most efficient manner possible.

I wouldn't mind that much if the government did not agree with me, as long as the decision they made was based on logic, reasoning, and forethought. But it seems that most decisions now are based on how much money individual politicians or their friends can make out of it (eg Halliburton) or how visible the end result is, even if it is completely pointless (eg aviation restrictions since 9/11).

Wow! You don't care what the government does to you or your country as long as they've thought it out carefully?

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Wow! You don't care what the government does to you or your country as long as they've thought it out carefully?

That's what elections are for (that's the short answer).

as long as the decision they made was based on logic, reasoning, and forethought.

I don't have to look at your location. I can tell from that statement alone that you don't live in the US.

Originally Posted by TexasBob

None of the above.

I lean towards FREE -- which to me is Libertarian that believes in a strong, pro-active, national defense, one that requires a world-wide perspective. See attached.

I love that graphic.