Would you vote for me? What party am I?
I am a conservative on fiscal issues but on other issues I differ:
1. Taxes: The less the better on everything but we do need some sort of tax structure to pay for our government. I believe in one ‘fair tax" system
2. Healthcare: I agree that something needs to be done about healthcare; it is out of control in this country. I do NOT believe the answer is socialized medicine. I would start by putting a cap/limitations on healthcare lawsuits and giving each family a tax credit (much bigger one than McCain talked about) for buying a policy. But then it would be MANDATORY that everyone buys their own policy no matter what (just like car insurance is mandatory) and you will get fined if you are not covered. I would deregulate the healthcare insurance system so that insurance companies would be more competitive in their pricing. I would also set up a scholarship/recruitment programs to encourage people to get degrees in medicine. We need more healthcare workers!
3. I am a Christian but would not force my ways down somebody’s throat. It is irrelevant and against the constitution to do this. I do believe a high standard of morals no matter what religion you are. This is very important if you are in a leadership position. I would lead by example
4. Energy: I believe we need to tap into our natural resources, like natural gas and oil. Natural Gas is something I would target in a big way. Solar and Wind are okay but cannot be used everywhere in the country so more research on Nuclear would be my choice to make it safer to use. I would not pass a cap and trade to do this! I would come up with a tax credit system for businesses transitioning to "greener" methods of producing consumer products. I would map out a deadline date when all business would have to be "green" by or they would no longer get the tax credit and would have to shut down. Plain and simple. The cap and trade does not do enough to help with the environment. It just allows companies to keep producing carbon emissions by passing on the cost of their permits to the consumer OR move overseas and take jobs out of the USA.
5. Abortion: I do not believe in abortion unless extreme case such as rape or incest…or medical reasons for the mother’s health. I understand that the government should not tell a woman what to do with her body..However, it is not the governments telling women to go out and have irresponsible sex. There are MANY methods of birth control now days. Abortion is murder, plain and simple. The government puts most murders in prison.
6. Gay Marriage- do not believe there is such a thing as gay marriage but would support some other form of "partnership" for gays so that they have equal rights. I do not believe it is my right to tell Gays how to live their lives but I also do not think they should try to force their lifestyle down my throat either.
7. Our huge deficit and weakened dollar: Something needs to be done about this serious issue that is growing worse daily. Even though I did not agree with McCain on a lot of things, I liked his idea of cutting government spending in half basically for several years so we could play "catch up". We also need to not have ANY pork spending. Sorry special interest groups, you need to raise your own money through non-profit. Something has to suffer when the deficit is this big, and creating tunnels for turtles/vs. preventing inflation or bankruptcy of our nation is really the priority right now.
8. Foreign Policy: I would not go around starting wars for no reason. Sorry Bush supporters. Iraq was not a very useful use of our tax dollars. I would spend lots of time visiting with all nation leaders. I would not ignore the UN (even thought they do seem useless at times). I would stand by our allies. I would stand very firm against countries that are unfriendly like N.Korea, Iran..etc. I WOULD support the military uprising in Honduras. No president should try what that guy did. Those are the countries, that if they DID provoke us through terrorism and/or an attack…. I would consider having a war..there would be a REASON.
9. Gun control- not sure how I feel about this one. I do believe we should have a right to bear arms and defend ourselves but I do think that there are too many gun related deaths in the USA. Would have to figure out how to regulate it. I just hate guns. I do not feel like it is "cool" to own one.
I am sure I left something out. Like I said…I am conservative but I am not a "Gods and Guns" type conservative. What do you think?
Just a couple issues, haven’t read it all, but MANDATORY health insurance is more intrusive than socialized medicine, do you arrest those who fail to pay insurance companies, and the simpler a tax is the less fair it is because making things fair creates complexity, and everyone who starts a war thinks they have a reason, and are you suggesting that the government find out who is getting an abortion and arrest them, and you are against letting gays get married but won’t tell them how to live? The list goes on, but these are cop outs and wishy washy stances. A perfect conservative. For side stepping taking a nard stance on any tough decisions, I would not vote for you.
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i am not reading that it is to long i am out of school now
answer mine
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We HAVE to have healthcare? What if your like me and never get sick or ur homeless or barely making ends meet wihtout healthcare. Sounds good in theory but this is reality
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The guns part is actually okay. She never said she’d actually ban guns just regulate it. Now depending on regulating that could be fine or not fine. For instance-I think we should give all guns a common rating and if they rate higher then a certain rate they are banned from public use.
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Your a moderate, taking idea from both sides, its common because of todays media to be one, but moderates rarely win in elections. If you want to win you have to sacrifice ideas of one side to lean more towards right or left.
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You had me till the last part, guns are afforded to us under the constitution, as hisotry has taught us: just because you have strict gun controll does not result in a drop in gun-related violence and usually leads to an increase ebcause now only the criminals have guns.
Also, just because you dont understand what the prupose of the war in Iraq was, does not mean that is was not justified. It was approved by dems and republicans down the line, most other countries joined in to help fight with us.
Other than that your ideas are pretty good, i’d vote for you.
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Just a couple issues, haven’t read it all, but MANDATORY health insurance is more intrusive than socialized medicine, do you arrest those who fail to pay insurance companies, and the simpler a tax is the less fair it is because making things fair creates complexity, and everyone who starts a war thinks they have a reason, and are you suggesting that the government find out who is getting an abortion and arrest them, and you are against letting gays get married but won’t tell them how to live? The list goes on, but these are cop outs and wishy washy stances. A perfect conservative. For side stepping taking a nard stance on any tough decisions, I would not vote for you.
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I don’t vote for anyone who says health care is out of control. That is a complete myth. We have some of the best health care in the world. It may cost more than in other places, but it’s better quality.
I’ve been to several other countries. If I had to rely on the health care systems there, I’d be trying to get treatment in the U.S. just like thousands of others do.
Don’t fix it if it’s not broken.
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dang, i am not reading that..
sure you can have my vote
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