Poll: The Political Spectrum

[ReservoirAngel]

I am liberal about ALL things.

 

[campofapproval]

all of the above! and more!

 

[Agayek]

Libertarian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

Minarchist, to be specific.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minarchism

Exactly what this guy said. I'm a full-on Minarchist. I've no idea where that falls on the political spectrum, mostly because I think the whole concept is ludicrous, but there it is.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The one Webster forgot:
Politics [def]: "The most profitable waste of time in history."

 

[AwesomePeanutz]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26
(How do I show graph?)

Almost COMPLETELY in the middle.

 

[Tossth Esalad]

Eh... Social Liberalism with a dash of Popular Socialism, I guess.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

But through tax we all share the financial burden and no-one has to be "poor" anymore.
why would you not want more tax for the rich? it's in your own interest

There are things I don't necessarily need to spend money on that some other members of society do, I can save money by not paying a tax to subsidise those costs for others, jsut as they can save money by not subsidising what I need.

Taxing the rich makes perfect sense...if you're on the bottom of the pile. It's the 'politics of envy', make them pay for the poor because they deserve to have to. The problem with that is that overly taxing the rich removes any incentive to become rich in the first place. It removes the incentive to do better than baseline for yourself. Since the rich have a massive effect on society around them that's counter productive, why be a doctor if people will tax your pay back to the level of a receptionist? The other problem is that the rich create jobs and are the only people in the country who can afford to avoid taxes. If you overly tax the rich they'll move their assets overseas and not pay any tax at all, 20% of their income is better than 40% you'll never see.

Frankly the Conservative's raising of the minimum tax level helps the poor and their taxation policy is grounded in realism rather than as a method of social engineering. Right now we're on real belt tightening mode and that's unfortunately necessary.

The reason the belt needs tightening is because of the tax reduction for the rich! The money that was given to the rich from the government which they had not had for 8 years previously suddenly had to come from somewhere so the country had to increase the deficit to account for the spending, both parties spend beyond their means but in general the democrats spending always seems to be helping the disadvantaged whereas the conservatives always seem to be helping the most well off and that is not the american dream of small town heroes who beat all adversity to become wealthy and happy, it sounds like a nightmare where there is a similar situation to england back when they were ruled by few and the remainder were treated as peasants and the crazy thing is that the poor seem to be damning themselves to this treatment.

The craziest part for me is when you have Christian conservatives, when the most Christ like policies are from the democrats such as helping your fellow man and being a good Samaritan rather than thinking of only your own struggle. Another issue that is strange for the Christians to fall on the conservative side with is healthcare, surely jesus, the healer of men, would side with healing all men regardless of wealth, as all men are equal.

 

[Jark212]

A Democratic Socialist, kind of a cross between Canadian and Swedish governments and backed up by the US Constitution...

 

[WhatIsThisIDontEven]

Independent, which means none. I dunno if I would put neutral though so I'll put liberal because I believe in equality.

 

[onebignumbskull]

anarchist all the way

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Spoiler: my spot on the spectrum

Spoiler: various world leaders' positions

Spoiler: 2008 US Presidential Primary candidates positions

As you can see, I'm incredibly liberal for an American. I'm a registered Democrat, but most democrats are more conservative than I'd like; this country is slanted way too far to the right.

 

[Nieroshai]

That "spectrum" doesn't work because Conservatives and Libertarians want less government whereas Fascism is a form of totalitarian government. Also, there are Liberal Republicans and Conservative, or "Reagan," Democrats. Those are just party names for the sake of Primary Elections.
Also, what is "fairness," equality of goods or equality of opportunity for self-improvement?
Also,

OT: I personally believe there is no such thing as a poor conservative, it's an oxymoron.

Umm no, I am a Conservative despite being poor as hell because I'd rather work for my living than have it handed to me at the expense of those who have worked for it, and wouldn't want my own hard-earned money taken from me if I was in their position. There are greedy people on both sides, from Rockefeller to Al Gore and Steve Jobs, both Liberals. And on that note, the only poor liberals are the ones who are willing to give up personal liberty for "their" slice of the pie, only given to them for the purpose of securing their votes. I should know, my entire community is like this, including my girlfriend's family and my own parents living off of welfare and refusing to get jobs because they'd lose their government handouts. As I see it, would you rather work for a well-to-do boss or a boss as poor as you are? Think about this: why should he bother running a business if he would make just as much as an employee with less pressure?

 

[llew]

monster raving looney party... dont ask me what they are they just sound awesome

 

[moosek]

I seek my own political freedom on the high seas! A private and unrestrained non-state actor existing on boats and in port cities, self-sustained on fishing, trade, and piracy.

 

[supermariner]

i'm personally a socialist
i know real socialism is prone to be taken advantage of
but having faith in the system is step one of having the system

 

[Naheal]

Socialist here.