and that's why I'm an independent. However, there is no viable 3rd party in the US and the Democrats have the more palatable ideology to me because at least they have more (though still not enough) of an inclination toward rational humanism by putting (in general) people's health, education, and access to necessary social services before corporate profits and the agendas of the rich or those who would try to force their version of "morality" on others. They still fall way short, but they are the most rational party we have going at the moment.I'm a socialist (not to be confused with a communist in that I believe entrepreneurship and private property are fine and all business should not be government regulated--you'd be surprised how many people don't know the difference between Communism and Socialism). I would tax the fuck out of the rich and corporations, have universal health care, public (i.e., free, college education), dump way more money into grade school and high school education reforms and social services, make absolutely sure that our nation remains secular in the public sphere, give corporations huge incentives to develop and ultilize green energy practices, put big bucks into stem cell research of all kinds, develop a non-oil based power infrastructure (wind, solar, tidal, etc.). Give the auto industry incentives to develop mass transit and mass transit infrastructure while continuing them to move away from the internal combustion engine. Tax the fuck out of luxury purchases like luxury cars, SUV's, yachts, second and third homes, etc. End the war on drugs. Decriminalize and Regulate the sale of grass for serious governmental profit (and encourage tobacco companies to shift from growing tobacco to growing weed to smoke and hemp for industrial/energy purposes. Put all non-violent hard drug offenders in lock down rehab centers instead of jail, eliminate corporate prisons, cap the salaries of CEO's or tax accordingly, get rid of the electoral college. End lobbying. Take all public (i.e. mandatory, out loud group) prayer out of public schools (you wanna pray in public school, no one's stopping you from doing it in your head). Stop outsourcing jobs and start focusing on creating a self sustaining economy based not on offering consumers the cheapest possible goods but on encouraging people to buy American products. I would get our military fingers out of everybody's business, cut the pentagon budget to 1/3 of the money wasted on false wars of choice and still have more than enough money to develop an incredibly powerful and flexible military that no one would dare fuck with. In short, I would do what rational people know our government should have been doing all along if it weren't for the greedy fucks and religious fanatics who have manipulated our free society and free market for their own selfish and/or superstitious ends.Forget the greedy obsessed with their intellectually tiny lives and their self-absorbed "needs" and "right to have" more at the expense of others. Their houses are full but their souls and minds are empty of all that truly matters. Forget the evangelicals who would DARE to assume they know what god is or what god wants. Power to the PEOPLE. Unity. Awareness. Progress for all not the few. Compassion. Responsibility. Accountability. The simple fact that people even need such obviousness explained or would be resistant to implementing such basic humanitarian ideas shows just how lost we are as a nation.No candidate from either party has the balls to go this route. Though, again, a democrat would suggest such things before a republican.
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agree that there is no worthwhile third party. however, as a political philosophy, socialism has never, and will never work. the european countries that have embraced the idea of socialism in the past, ie: germany, france, the scandanavians, and to some extent the UK, have seen unemployment skyrocket and productivity plummet. as a result, you are seeing a number of them embrace capitalism, lower taxes and deregulate formerly state run enterprises, most notably transportation and energy. as a philosophy, socialism requires the citizens to turn over the majority of the income they earn to the government which will in turn redistribute it back to the public as they see fit. as such, the individual has no incentive to go the extra mile, take a risk or even work for that matter, for the government is going to take care of them if they do nothing and they get no greater reward if they work hard or take the risks inherent in entrepreneurial endeavours. further, in order for a socialist system to work you are going to have to assume that the government is inherently good as opposed to inherently corrupt. the reality is that socialism has been tried and failed. capitalism has been tried and flourished, which is why you see the chinese, indians, russians and europeans going gangbusters right now. one common denominator in all of this? lowered taxes, government stepping out of the way of business, abundant natural resources and protectionist trade policies favoring their country. your idea of taxing the fuck out of the rich is baffling. the simple fact is that the top 10% of wage earners today pay upwards of 90% of the tax bill today. further, the bottom half pay $0 in taxes and likely get money back that they never even paid in. thats great, i am all for people not having to pay any federal income tax, however, if you continue to impose a burdensome tax on the people who are actually innovating and creating jobs they will, sooner than later, no longer have the incentive nor the capital necessary to continue to innovate and expand. if there is no expansion the only possibilities are stagnation or contraction. if there is stagnation, no future jobs are created and if there is contraction jobs are lost and higher unemployment. both scenarios mean that less income is generated and therefore less tax revenue and more government services are needed. on the other hand if you reduce the amount of taxes on those that innovate and create jobs, they will have more money in their pockets which will be either invested back into the business or invested in other businesses which will allow for expansion. with expansion comes lower unemployment, more tax revenues, less need for government services. if we could rein in spending on unneccesary programs, pet projects, pork, bridges to no where, attempting to win a peace that has not and likely will not occur and bailing out people who have no right to be bailed out (BearStearns) then maybe we could make some headway on the debt that our kids and grandkids will inherit. however, universal healthcare and throwing more good money after bad at our fucked up public education system is not the answer. agree that we need to incentivize alternative energy to wean us off of foreign oil. however, we should first open up drilling offshore and in alaska, make it easier to refine, develop new technology to harvest oil out of shale which is abundant. just the threat of this would cause the cost of oil to plummet back to earth. the speculators are the culprit for the out of control prices today, not big oil. our enemies are gleefully watching this, encouraging it, knowing that it will cripple our economy and us. the reality is that we are not that far apart on what we envision as the society that we want, unity, responsibility, accountability, compassion...however, we differ on the way to get there. you think that bigger government and higher taxes are the answer, i think that smaller government and less taxes is the way. unfortunately, your way has been tried and failed miserably. the path that we are on right now is an attempt to straddle the fence and it is failing. if we could get a true leader that would have the balls to take on the special interests, cut spending, even the third rail of social security, and allow for our debt to get under control, we would see a prosperity that would be unmatched.
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