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[vicarz]

I 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?

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[nixieq.livejournal.com]

Why at 36 am I still forming as a person? Is that good or bad?

short answer: that's fantastic. ideally, personal growth should continue one's entire life, although hopefully it'll get a bit less uncomfortable as one gets older and comes to embrace that growth more fully.

longer answer: you're still forming as a person at your age because there have been circumstances in your life that probably caused you to stifle parts of who you are, whether you were conscious of this or not. hell, many people don't go through some of the, um, psychosocial types of changes i've recently seen you experiencing until late middle age, so you're actually ahead of the curve. >;) learning to be honest with yourself, and to thoughtfully sort through your opinions and feelings about political issues, is tough, and a lot of people never do. they just spew out kneejerk reactions and refuse to examine the source(s) of those reactions.

*ahem* i'll shut up now. on a less Deep And Insightful (*snort*) note, thanks so much for the dinner & the company last night! it was good to see you, even if we couldn't lure you out to the club with our Feminine Wiles. >:) good luck with the studying, hon.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

If you had used your feminine wiles I wouldn't have had the will to remain! Thank you for the wilelessness.