What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
June 27, 2015 at 2:37 am
The government should be responsive to the people governed. I don't want to use government to micro-manage people's behaviors but I do want to see government utilized for important tasks. Establishing a level playing field for business doesn't go nearly far enough. It isn't that I want to impose an equal standard of wealth on everyone, but I would like to see government used to maintain an acceptable minimum level of wealth. To that end, I'd like to make taxes unavoidable and extremely regressive.
I'd also like to see meaningful campaign reform. I'm willing to compromise on freedom of speech in the interest of not duping the gullible. Control the venues and types of political speech available to any candidate. Fact check everything and publicize all erroneous claims. Also, no voter suppression laws of any kind. Voting should be easy, convenient and perhaps even required.
While we're compromising on traditional rights, lets go after the second amendment. Get military weapons out of the hands of anyone not in the military. Lets put all our eggs in the basket of getting government right so that we don't need an amendment which people interpret to mean we should periodically take the government down by armed insurrection.
Lets also get out of the business of being the world's policemen. Work instead to put that responsibility onto an international coalition. A world court should be something we promote, not undermine.
I'd also like to see meaningful campaign reform. I'm willing to compromise on freedom of speech in the interest of not duping the gullible. Control the venues and types of political speech available to any candidate. Fact check everything and publicize all erroneous claims. Also, no voter suppression laws of any kind. Voting should be easy, convenient and perhaps even required.
While we're compromising on traditional rights, lets go after the second amendment. Get military weapons out of the hands of anyone not in the military. Lets put all our eggs in the basket of getting government right so that we don't need an amendment which people interpret to mean we should periodically take the government down by armed insurrection.
Lets also get out of the business of being the world's policemen. Work instead to put that responsibility onto an international coalition. A world court should be something we promote, not undermine.
