(July 3, 2014 at 12:36 pm)whateverist Wrote: I'm in favor of policies which support enlarging the middle class. An inescapable graduated tax scheme is preferred but I'm open to whatever gets the job done.
Foreign policy-wise I'd like to see us support international standards and comport ourselves as a good citizen of the world rather than its self-appointed sheriff.
I like to see personal liberties maximized but policies which affect the general health of the economy should not be up to the individual. Spend your lawfully acquired wealth anyway you like but when pursuing that wealth don't expect to get away without appropriate safeguards to guarantee safety, the health of the overall economy and fair play for the consumer.
Discussions of morality and justice when applied to public policy decisions should not be justified by appealing to religious sources. Those may of course influence an individuals vote but have no place in discourse.
The middle class in America (and the rest of the first world) is rich and incredibly environmentally destructive by the standards of everyone else on the planet. Your average first world citizen uses something like 15 times the resources of your average third world citizen. Expanding the middle class is arguably a terrible thing for the planet. Maybe we should all just learn to live with less. Eventually we will have to anyway.