The Politics Test - which party suits you?

[Rietie]

You wouldn't do anything exciting?

[brendan]

Well abolishing tariffs, quotas and subsidies is pretty exciting to me.

[Collin Li]

You wouldn't do anything exciting?

LOL, what is that supposed to mean? Okay, I'll decorate it with political rhetoric, this is what I will do:

I am sick and tired of this war between the left and the right: the right believe in a government that sleeps with big business, and the left believe in a government that sleeps with unions. I will sever the prostitution of the government with big business and unions, and replace it with the individual - I will not support any special interest group. I will give power to the Australian consumer by removing tariffs. I will make the country fair: everyone to be treated by the law equally. I will not treat Aboriginals as second-class citizens, they will be treated like any other Australian. I believe the government ought to stay out of your life, in economic and social decisions: what does every other Australian care if you choose to marry a partner of the same-sex? We don't. I will pledge to make sure the government never embarks on paternalistic challenges that compromise the trust between the government and the individual, I will guarantee a freedom of speech, and will remove all forms of censorship - the Australian public are not stupid, they are clever enough to decide for themselves, clever enough to choose freely.

[Rietie]

That's more like it

[humph]

Umm.... he's the same as me in political views. We argue about other crap and he wins, of course.

hah. sounds about right... you give up too quickly when you argue, riet. and you never try to see it from the other person's point of view. always useful.

but yeah, my view's are pretty similar to riet's. economically i'm for high taxation, so that the state can fund public health, transport, and environmental care. but my political views are highly skewed towards social issues than economic, and i'm rarely interested in even discussing my economic views because although i'm certain of where i stand, there are always people out there (read: coblin and brendan) who have a strong understanding of economic theory and are much more passionate about their cause than i am. socially, however, i'd always take a stand.

[brendan]

I'll say one thing: There is no such thing as a free lunch. The government cannot give without also taking. There is no money fairy, you simply cannot get something for nothing. The empirical evidence shows also that government always takes about 25% more than it gives, and the rest is simply burnt as wastage and inefficiency.

Gerald Ford once said:
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/floor_speeches/ford.html

[humph]

I'll say one thing: There is no such thing as a free lunch. The government cannot give without also taking. There is money fairy, you simply cannot get something for nothing. The empirical evidence shows also that government always takes about 25% more than it gives, and the rest is simply burnt as wastage and inefficiency.

Gerald Ford once said:
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/floor_speeches/ford.html

economically i'm for high taxation

it's true that governments do have serious problems with efficiency; the cost of bureaucracy seems awfully high for its benefits. i guess it's just symptomatic of the democratic system that in order to give us what we want, we have to spend more than it's worth to get it.

[Rietie]

Fairy? Who's the fairy? What fairy? Huh?

[Collin Li]

I believe he meant: there is no money fairy.

[brendan]

I believe he meant: there is no money fairy.

yeah typo ><

[Rietie]

Oooh..... I thought you were calling someone a fairy - I skim read your comments. I thought it would be a pretty weak insult.

[bubble sunglasses]

 bump

 my last go:
 http://www.ozpolitics.info/guide/fun/politics-test/?id=6906275bf6b6dd5a7fd02a0e8632b519

Oooh..... I thought you were calling someone a fairy - I skim read your comments. I thought it would be a pretty weak insult.

 lol

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[jess3254]

My results:
http://www.ozpolitics.info/guide/fun/politics-test/?id=b45136e49d8ae959e75c9297d0444290

[brendan]

"Your economic policy score score is -59.9%. This equates to a ‘Left’ position"
boooooo

[Collin Li]

"Your economic policy score score is -59.9%. This equates to a ‘Left’ position"
boooooo

I agree. How can you justify the intervention that you're condoning?