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- Gay marriage (I couldn't care less what sex you are)
- Unemployment (To clarify though, I absolutely do NOT support welfare or foodstamps, but do support a very basic and strictly enforced unemployment system for those who REALLY need it. In my opinion the system needs to be overhauled to allow for unlimited unemployment benefits so long as the recipient can show legal proof they are actively applying for jobs and accept any job that comes available. Benefit amounts would be much lower than they currently are, only enough for basic food costs. Welfare/foodstamps would be eliminated all together and people on those programs would be forced onto the unemployment system provisionally to begin searching for work assuming they are physically capable. If they do not actively search, or are found cheating the system, they will become cut off from the system, no second chances.)
I'm pretty ocnservative, but I do not support the War in Iraq, and think the US should take a more isolationist foreign policy. Domestically, I am very much in favor of smaller government and a flat/fair tax, and basically all the economic things conservatives are in favor of. However, honestly, I am quite apethetic towards social issues like abortion, gay marriage, etc. I can see both sides reasoning and would never base a vote off of these issues alone. I am very conservative in illegal immigration and environmental issues, though. The amnesty and global warming crowds really **** me off.
I am a registered Democrat, but more of an independent in practice. I lean pro-life (though I can see the need at times for abortion), and I don't think anyone has to be rabidly pro-life to be opposed to late term abortions done for reasons other than saving the mother's life.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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I am a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT and I disagree with other liberals on these issues:
1. The 2nd Amendment and gun control. I am opposed to most gun control and I fully support the right to keep and bear arms.
2. The No Child Left Behind Act and school choice. I am for NCLB and, if a public school is failing or unsafe, I fully aupport the right of a parent to remove a child from that environment and transfer them to another public school that is safe and productive and, if none has a space, a suitable private school.
3. Crime. I have no problem with the death penalty as long as I am 100% certain of guilt, I think prisons should be hell holes reserved for violent offenders and I support the 3 strikes laws and habitual criminal acts for all felons (I would however do away with prison for first time non violent and drug offenders).
I think our border with Mexico needs to be much stronger. I'd like to see a double-wall built along the entire border. The border should be airtight.
I believe English should be our official language.
I don't demonize people who drive SUVs.
I have mixed feelings about all of the environmental activism.
I'm against affirmative action.
I have mixed feelings about hate crime laws.
I believe there are differences between races and ethnicities. We're not all alike.
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