Take Social Security for example. Rather than do something minimal like removing the income cap for taxation, or raising the tax by 2% to cover the long term demographic driven shortfall, they want to burn the whole thing down. We would be better off lower the retirement age than raising it, but the debate has already been pulled so far to the right you can't even talk about improving social security, you can only argue about how big the cuts *MUST* be to save the program.
Of course, you can shut them up with a "what do you do about the old person targeted by scammers who steal all her savings, so she's left penniless at 80, with no means of income or self support? She'll lose her home, and die starving on the streets if nothing is done. What would you have done? Yes, but what if the donations don't cover that? Is there any safety net at all?
That usually gets them on a 6 hour rant about personal responsibility, and some blaming the victim and such. But never an answer.
In my mind 'getting government to operate withing budget' == Fiscal Conservative,
I'm a rabid left-wing radical, and apparently a fiscal conservative as well.
That's the problem with the current definitions. Everyone labels with the intent of shaming, not describing. I want a small government that does nothing but protect the rights of people from anyone who would impinge on them, from private or governmental sources.
A Libertarian wants a government that doesn't defend rights, but defends contracts. If property has rights, and people only have rights assigned to them by their property, then you are libertarian. If you believe people have rights, and property is one of the lowest rights in the hierarchy, then you are liberal. If you believe money has rights, and people don't, then you are a conservative.
Prior to the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18, many States already allowed 18 year olds to vote in non-federal elections, and the Supreme Court upheld that Congress had the right to regulate the minimum age in federal elections, but not at the state and local level.
What's odd is that Congress would have been able to require 21+ to vote for a congressman, but not for president. The presidential elections are not federal elections. Congress could require the electors in the Electoral college be 25+ or whatever they like, but not the ages of the state voters selecting them, that's a local election, not a federal one.
If you're not a Hillary fan, why are you defending her so emotionally?
Stating facts is "emotional"? Since when is "emotional" an insult. I guess that's considered a feminine trait, and the misogynist in you that makes you emotionally hate Hilary so much makes sure you try to take as many subtle jabs as possible. So subtle that if you are called on them, you'll deny them. But your words are there for everyone to see.
But you're stuck on this one, with such strong emotion, so you must be a Hillary fan.
Nope. I argue on others. That you have a selection bias doesn't change reality. Though that would be nice for you to support your bias and misogyny. After all, if you aren't a woman-hater, why do you emotionally hate Hillary so much, when you have no facts that support your irrational and emotional rants against her?
Fine, but you're a well known radical leftist troll.
"well known"? that's a laugh. For one, nobody knows me, for another, I'm center. When I go to places outside the US, I'm a radical conservative troll. Given that I get accused of being a radical from each side, I must be doing something right. I'm a libertarian. That's right to the left, and left to the right. And no, I'm not a US neo-liberal Libertarian, but a classic one.
You're clearly a fan of Hillary Clinton.
You've proven yourself a liar or an idiot. You are wrong on that point, and so you believe it to be false and are baiting me by lying, or you think it true and are an idiot for making up things in your mind to make your silly little world view easier to reconcile with reality when the two are quite divergent.
Everything I said was 100% true, but because I point out reality, that proves my bias, and it must be my bias I'm arguing with you, and not because you are 100% provably wrong.
If she is so innocent, when the emails were requested, why did she print them out on 55,000 pages?
You are lying again. I never said she was "innocent." I just said that her handling of emails didn't break any law identified so far. I note that the Hillary haters don't quote the laws broken often (except when accusing her of having received confidential documents, which would have indicated a law breach, but not by her). But for the email-only issue, what law did she break? If there is no law broken,then it's legal. It is that simple. If you can't name the law you think she broke, then you should default to thinking she's law-aiding. That you don't indicates *your* bias, not mine.
I know at least one thing for sure, that is that she won't start approving tax cuts while boosting spending like the Republicans want.
When HRC was agitating to get a war started in Iraq back in the early 2003, she said exactly that,
The quote you give says the opposite of what you say it will.
Counterpoint: Obama was elected in 2008 and 2012
And his corporate welfare and war policies were not significantly different from the previous president, marking him as center. He's far too right wing for me. He promises change, but doesn't deliver.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand