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2/4. You're not helping. Need a tie breaker.
by fixxer 11y ago
2/4. You're not helping. Need a tie breaker.
- ctdonath 11y agoLet's try some litmus-test questions (don't downvote if you don't agree with them, not looking to argue about their validity, I'm just identifying the "are you a tea partier?" line). Do you agree: the government may not operate beyond what the Constitution clearly grants & empowers? short of actual declared war, government should spend no more than tax revenue? currency should be commodity-backed (gold preferably)? direct federal taxation of citizens should be repealed? human life, including right of continued existence, begins at conception; the "choice" is to create human life, not end it? short of adjudicated felons & mental defect, ownership of weapons in defense of self/family/state shall not be restricted? short of conspiracy to commit non-victimless crime, contracts are binding and upheld, if needed, by the state? capitalism is, on the whole, superior to all other socioeconomic systems? insofar as capitalism isn't perfect, government should only interfere (minimally at that) to resolve chronic systemic problems? voter identification is a valid administrative process (ensuring only you vote as you, and you are entitled to)? financial "entitlements" are unconstitutional/inappropriate and should be ended (society has better solutions to the issues addressed)? government exists to protect & facilitate rights, not limit/suppress them? freedom *of* religion != freedom *from* religion? That's a start at trying to hit key points.
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