In my short years on this earth I have gone through many changes.
Where I stand politically has evolved continually. I have explored all of my personal beliefs as well as trying out the things I was skeptical of. I was in high school during the reign of GW Bush. I was a stringent supporter of him and the Republican Party. By supporter I mean I loved Bush as a president and did not know crap about the policy during his time. I just liked him because I associated Republicans with patriotism and I wanted to be a patriot.
As I progressed into my college years I started really caring about issues being debated at a national level. I started weaning away from my strictly republican beliefs and was moving more towards center. To this day on the political alignment tests you will find me very socially liberal in my beliefs but when it comes to letting government take over on what I believe I am extremely conservative.
He’s Not Wrong
What I mean by this is that I want to end hunger, I want everyone to have reasonable access to doctors for health care and advice, I want everyone to have a good shelter and access to food. I just think that individuals can have a much larger effect on these problems than a central wasteful government can.
What I have learned in my time is that we truly do not need a government with the exception of a group who will protect our natural rights and freedoms. I would say I am a Libertarian except that I believe protection of those rights and freedoms is the only essential role of the federal government.
My friends say all the time, “well then who will build roads?” ”How can you guarantee workplace safety?” “Who will clean the water/air?” To be honest up until as early as last year I would have agreed that we need a central form of national government to do these things.........
