My Personal Values

[Martin Hash]

My core values are:
1st & Foremost

• Regulated Capitalism
  Strategic Socialism (military, education, healthcare, environment, retirement)
  Liberty (Anti-Marxist)

Political Positions:

• Keynesian economics (stimulus spending with matching taxation)
  Public schools
  Gay marriage
  Separation of Church and State
  Rule of Law (no non-contracted for obligations)
  Government oversight (pro-regulation)
  Classless society (no nouveau aristrocracy of the super-wealthy)
  Death with Dignity (right to die)
  Progressive taxation (tax brackets)
  Inheritance taxes (but increase gift exclusion)
  Conservationist (not Environmentalist)
  Woman’s choice (abortion rights)
  Teach science (evolution not creationism)
  Prison reform (minimim incarceration but pro Death-penalty)
  Decriminalize drugs
  Federalism (federal law over State's rights)
  Withdraw from foreign adventures (out of Afganistan, Germany, Japan, etc.)
  Pro-nuclear
  Liability reform (caps, loser pays)
  Balanced trade (tariffs if necessary)
  National sovereignty (no International oversight)
  No public/private partnerships
  Embrace science & technology
  Evidence-Based Medicine
  Give Illegal Immigrants a path to citizenship (but close the borders)

[Stephen mosier]

Nice list. But it leaves me with as many questions about your values as it answers. To simplify things I will just list some of the items I think we agree on. Words in parenthesis reflect reservations I might have even though I agree in most part with you on that general topic.

Business is the (economic) backbone of America
Liberty first (freedom second)
Anti-Marxist
Gay marriage
Separation of Church and State (We both agree it exists but I’m not sure we agree on its application.)
Rule of Law
Government oversight (but of what?)
Classless society (by which I mean equality under the law)
Conservationist (with reservations) added 4/24/12
Women’s choice—especially if she chooses to keep and bear arms
(Just kidding, I know that you really mean abortion and I don’t agree with you on that.)
Teach science (but we will disagree on who determines the curriculum)
Prison reform, ( but more than just minimum incarceration, a subject where we might compromise)
Decriminalize drugs
Federalism
Withdraw from foreign adventures (subject to some definitions here)
Pro-nuclear
Liability Reform (but with some cautions)
National sovereignty
No public/private partnerships
Embrace science & technology


I notice that you did not list Second Amendment issues or Immigration. Was that just an oversight or do you not have a position on those?

[Martin Hash]

Illegal Immigration:
Sometimes prevention is the only solution, and if there is no way to prevent something, like drug use, then manage it. From a purely engineering analysis of the "illegal immigrant" problem, after-the-fact penalties are draconian to implement and haphazardly applied, as envisioned here:
http://www.martinhash.com/forums/viewto ... f=21&t=636

You might agree with my stand on "Conservation" too?
http://www.martinhash.com/forums/viewto ... f=21&t=516

[Stephen mosier]

Martin,
I reviewed the linked post on Immigration and posted by comments there. In short, like you, I want the borders closed. I want lawful immigration allowed. I would not support post-event penalities or mass deportation. I would prefer denial of rewards for staying and encouraging self-deportation. That done the problem would soon become manageable.

I reviewed the linked post on Conservation and would agree with you in principle with some reservations as to details.