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Oct. 2nd, 2004 05:12 pmI feel like I'm 18. I like the idea of adhering to the constitution, but the more I study judicial decisions (under the tutelage of a federalist) the more I find the decisions I support are made based on 'sounds like a good idea' doctrine rather than something to be found in the text of the constitution. While over history things have improved (IMO), I don't think that power to improve should merely be on the winds of fancy unless there was some way to predict that the winds would continue to blow one way.
I'm socially liberal - always have been and always will be. I think your behavior should be your own business, so long as it doesn't physically impact others.
Fiscally...I don't know. I like the idea of little federal and state interference, but history seems to show dire economic consequences to such an approach (i.e. robberbarrons). I don't mind the idea of big government, at the expense of my tax dollar - when that government is funding education, environmental protections, giving me safe water to drink, paying for scientific research, fostering competition in the marketplace, and otherwise making a decent standard of living. I'm sickened by how much special interest funding, both of private state projects and of private commercial businesses, my dollars support. REGARDLESS of what side you pick, big or small gov, I cannot support deficit spending. I am too responsible to buy things I cannot afford, and loathe that I am forced to pay for interest based on the fiscal irresponsibility of my elected representatives based on moral hazard (moral hazard - an economic term describing the tendency to treat public funds as having no owner, paying for things with group monies that were the costs direct people would not choose).
I'm...wishy washy. I'm forming and reforming my opinions based on information I encounter. I'm finding my core beliefs often being challenged - and considering the challenges. I consider myself stronger for my ability to admit when I'm wrong, and to change my opinions based on new data. Now, does that make me strong, or just weak?
Why at 36 am I still forming as a person? Is that good or bad?
I'm socially liberal - always have been and always will be. I think your behavior should be your own business, so long as it doesn't physically impact others.
Fiscally...I don't know. I like the idea of little federal and state interference, but history seems to show dire economic consequences to such an approach (i.e. robberbarrons). I don't mind the idea of big government, at the expense of my tax dollar - when that government is funding education, environmental protections, giving me safe water to drink, paying for scientific research, fostering competition in the marketplace, and otherwise making a decent standard of living. I'm sickened by how much special interest funding, both of private state projects and of private commercial businesses, my dollars support. REGARDLESS of what side you pick, big or small gov, I cannot support deficit spending. I am too responsible to buy things I cannot afford, and loathe that I am forced to pay for interest based on the fiscal irresponsibility of my elected representatives based on moral hazard (moral hazard - an economic term describing the tendency to treat public funds as having no owner, paying for things with group monies that were the costs direct people would not choose).
I'm...wishy washy. I'm forming and reforming my opinions based on information I encounter. I'm finding my core beliefs often being challenged - and considering the challenges. I consider myself stronger for my ability to admit when I'm wrong, and to change my opinions based on new data. Now, does that make me strong, or just weak?
Why at 36 am I still forming as a person? Is that good or bad?
