BobLobLaw
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Fiscally conservative, socially liberal here. I think we need to significantly tighten our financial belts, and yes, that means "hurting" some folks. IMO no one should be immune - just do a flat cut across the board... if only there was a way to make SURE it was flat across the board (and not like we have now, where they cut student college funding but yet local DMV office is still staffed to the hilt with useless idiots). I also don't care if two guys want to marry their toaster, so long as the toaster is a legally consenting adult. I'm not into weed (never done it) but I think that folks should have the freedom to use it so long as it doesn't run a danger to others (kinda like alcohol... drink all you want but go drive and hurt somebody, and there should be hell to pay.) I come from an immigrant family (Poland by way of Argentina sometime in the 60s), as does my wife (Mexico) - so I have 0 issue with immigrants, so long as it's legal.
In other words... more or less a Libertarian.
For me the challenge is: Vote for the guy who matches my thinking (Johnson) or vote for the guy that's pissing off the people I hate the most (extremists on BOTH R and D).
Johnson won't win, but it sends a message. Trump might win, and it also sends a message. Though we're all in Illinois, so it doesn't matter - this state will go D no matter how I vote.
Right now I'm just eating popcorn and enjoying watching both parties implode and eat themselves. R's are beside themselves over Trump. D's are beside themselves over Bernie. D voters are now learning how "rigged" the game is (Hillary will get the D nom, make no mistake, no matter how much of the popular vote Bernie gets). R's keep pushing their bullshit religious agenda (nothing against folks w/religion so long as they don't push it on me) and they're falling apart with all the crazy that Trump keeps saying.
That's all I have to say about that.
Well said. :clap:
Interesting to hear how people's background/experiences help inform their political views.