Going Political
Aug. 15th, 2017 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
richardf8I'm neither left nor right, I'm just sitting here tonight,
Staring at that hopeless little screen.
--Leonard Cohen, "Democracy."
I feel that the time has come to do some political posts. I am going to begin by laying out my personal political platform. It's not complicated, and it's not simple, and it's not something I ever get to vote for, because, for reasons I don't understand, many of my causes have been taken up by one party or the other, but not both. Here goes:
I generally vote for Democrats, because I find that they do (ever so slightly) more to advance my agenda than impede it.
Staring at that hopeless little screen.
--Leonard Cohen, "Democracy."
I feel that the time has come to do some political posts. I am going to begin by laying out my personal political platform. It's not complicated, and it's not simple, and it's not something I ever get to vote for, because, for reasons I don't understand, many of my causes have been taken up by one party or the other, but not both. Here goes:
- I am Pro-Gun and Pro-Choice,
- Pro-Labor and Pro Israel,
- I believe that the government has the responsibility to collect taxes and provide services.
- I believe that people should be generally free to do as they wish, but that the government has an obligation to set rules where the exercise of one person's freedom poses danger to another person.
I generally vote for Democrats, because I find that they do (ever so slightly) more to advance my agenda than impede it.
