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35-55 moderate. I used to consider myself a Republican, but either I'm getting more liberal, or everyone else is getting more conservative. Probably both.
I only gave liberal, conservative and moderate as choices because they're the main lines drawn in political discussion. (No offense to libertarians, but full libertarian policies are rarely discussed in a broad manner)) I also mainly asked this question because this board seems to be full of people I do not identify with or agree with and who I think are a little removed from actual happenings of people my age or younger. Just something I wanted to check out.
I think a lot of seniors get more conservative as they get older, especially when they have Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to shield them. They don't need to pay for health coverage, they can attack those "takers" even though technically they are the takers (they only pay about a third of the medical benefits they receive, we tax payers pay the rest for them). I'm proud to say my parents are as Democratic as ever and youthful as well.
I have a quick question which is how old are you and where do your lean politically? And I mean socially and fiscally specifically. I chose the age groups based on popular groupings typically used in polls and research data. (I kind of have a theory on the board that I want to test out a bit.) You can color your response with any info you'd like.
I'm a 29 yr old male and lean to the liberal side towards most things. I originally grew up in the Midwest and now reside on the East Coast. I tend to be liberal socially because I don't see the big deal with abortions, gay marriage, etc. and I do believe we're heading in a good direction in that manner. Fiscally I may tend to be a bit more liberal also, but I like to share, lol.
I'm extremely liberal on issues like gay marriage, abortion, prostitution, drugs, things of that order. I'm socially liberal and fiscally more on the conservative side. I believe in a certain amount of social safety nets and a moderate amount of what the far right calls the "nanny state" mentally. Meaning people need a hand up sometimes, not a hand out.
We've gone to far with social programs that frankly don't really help, people get dependent and I fear that were losing a bit of our grit and "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps" mentality that we used to have.
I mean Bernie Sanders is a perfect example of that, the free college and free this and free that. People need to have some skin in the game in order motivate people a bit more here. You make things free and its gets abused too much and not to mention who the hell is going to pay for it all. Once the rich pay their fair share as they say, do we keep hitting them up? Who's next, the middle class? I mean all that stuff costs a lot of money.
I think a lot of seniors get more conservative as they get older, especially when they have Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to shield them. They don't need to pay for health coverage, they can attack those "takers" even though technically they are the takers (they only pay about a third of the medical benefits they receive, we tax payers pay the rest for them). I'm proud to say my parents are as Democratic as ever and youthful as well.
Conservatism isn't really so much about what your saying here it encompasses a lot more. Older people are a lot more "stricter" about social norms and how people conduct themselves in terms of manners, tending to all of the personal repsonsiblites and things of that order.
Those sorta traits get lumped in and associated more with conservatism. Prudence, fiscally, morally and ethically. At least in theory so I'm told. Not sure how many more stories I can take of hearing about stogy old conservative type guys picking up gay men in bathroom stalls....
I'm extremely liberal on issues like gay marriage, abortion, prostitution, drugs, things of that order. I'm socially liberal and fiscally more on the conservative side. I believe in a certain amount of social safety nets and a moderate amount of what the far right calls the "nanny state" mentally. Meaning people need a hand up sometimes, not a hand out.
We've gone to far with social programs that frankly don't really help, people get dependent and I fear that were losing a bit of our grit and "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps" mentality that we used to have.
I mean Bernie Sanders is a perfect example of that, the free college and free this and free that. People need to have some skin in the game in order motivate people a bit more here. You make things free and its gets abused too much and not to mention who the hell is going to pay for it all. Once the rich pay their fair share as they say, do we keep hitting them up? Who's next, the middle class? I mean all that stuff costs a lot of money.
Clinton brought stricter rules to welfare, and it punished single mothers and threw more people into poverty.
I would like to see some real data about abuse before calling those who need help as freeloaders or cheats.
There are people who work 2 jobs and still do not have enough to feed their family. Children in America, the richest country in the world, go to bed hungry. While corporations and banks rob the govt, do not pay taxes, and nobody goes to jail.
Don't pile on the poor.
I only gave liberal, conservative and moderate as choices because they're the main lines drawn in political discussion. (No offense to libertarians, but full libertarian policies are rarely discussed in a broad manner)) I also mainly asked this question because this board seems to be full of people I do not identify with or agree with and who I think are a little removed from actual happenings of people my age or younger. Just something I wanted to check out.
do you have an analysis?
it seems more conservative among the CD. does that set the tone of dialogue on political forums?
Social: libertarian
Drugs: libertarian
Law and order (excluding victimless crimes): conservative
Taxes: conservative
Foreign policy: libertarian (non-interventionist)
Trade: protectionist (not to an extreme extent, but more than we are now)
Immigration: conservative
Gun rights and first amendment rights: conservative
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