Political leanings and New Years Resolutions
In this season of politics, I'd like to out myself as a Libertarian. I think that is most in line with what I actually believe, but as with any theoretical model for a belief system never quite smacks the nail directly on the head. I think posting this forces me to forgo a career in politics, for which I am grateful.
I definitely believe in social liberalism. I really don't care if you want to marry that man or that woman or even get married in the first place. I don't really care if other people have abortions or not. I don't care if you own a gun as long as you don't do stupid things with it. That couldn't be more of a personal choice. I just want the same liberty in return. If everyone could just behave like adults, we wouldn't need all of these societal morality laws.
I also believe in a small government with limited taxes. I'm fine with tax money going to build roads, schools, and graduate computer science research, but I'm not down with spending a lot of taxes on defense and the inevitable embezzlement that comes with big government. I don't really like giving 1/3 of my paycheck to the government. I think I'm responsible enough to handle my own retirement savings. Its easy to say a lot of these things when you know that you'll never see a small government in your lifetime. You can always dream how nice things would be if I didn't spend 1/3 of my paycheck making sure the US Navy has the fastest and most stealthy submarines in the world.
So for now, I'm registered Republican, but I'm definitely not down with their morality. I'm especially not down with how much money they spend and the tremendous national debt they have been able to create.
I'm not a big fan of politics either, so I guess if you have limited government, then maybe we'll have limited politics as well. Who knows.
So the headline is very misleading. I only have one resolution so far, to go left. Ironically, I happened to announce that in the same blog as when I talk about my political views, but no it has nothing to do with red and blue states. I'm referring to when I have the basketball, I'm going to dribble left about 60% of the time. I need to practice my dribbling left, so I'm going to stop shooting 80% of the time and going right 20% of the time and shoot for something like left 60% of the time, shoot 20% of the time and go right 20% of the time. Because I'm right handed and not terrible good at dribbling with my left hand, this is going to be a tough resolution to keep. I'm hoping that by telling this to the world, it will help me keep it.
I definitely believe in social liberalism. I really don't care if you want to marry that man or that woman or even get married in the first place. I don't really care if other people have abortions or not. I don't care if you own a gun as long as you don't do stupid things with it. That couldn't be more of a personal choice. I just want the same liberty in return. If everyone could just behave like adults, we wouldn't need all of these societal morality laws.
I also believe in a small government with limited taxes. I'm fine with tax money going to build roads, schools, and graduate computer science research, but I'm not down with spending a lot of taxes on defense and the inevitable embezzlement that comes with big government. I don't really like giving 1/3 of my paycheck to the government. I think I'm responsible enough to handle my own retirement savings. Its easy to say a lot of these things when you know that you'll never see a small government in your lifetime. You can always dream how nice things would be if I didn't spend 1/3 of my paycheck making sure the US Navy has the fastest and most stealthy submarines in the world.
So for now, I'm registered Republican, but I'm definitely not down with their morality. I'm especially not down with how much money they spend and the tremendous national debt they have been able to create.
I'm not a big fan of politics either, so I guess if you have limited government, then maybe we'll have limited politics as well. Who knows.
So the headline is very misleading. I only have one resolution so far, to go left. Ironically, I happened to announce that in the same blog as when I talk about my political views, but no it has nothing to do with red and blue states. I'm referring to when I have the basketball, I'm going to dribble left about 60% of the time. I need to practice my dribbling left, so I'm going to stop shooting 80% of the time and going right 20% of the time and shoot for something like left 60% of the time, shoot 20% of the time and go right 20% of the time. Because I'm right handed and not terrible good at dribbling with my left hand, this is going to be a tough resolution to keep. I'm hoping that by telling this to the world, it will help me keep it.
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