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Political Ideology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Liberal? | Someone who wants high government involvement in economic issues but low government involvement in social issues. |
| What is a Conservative? | Someone who wants low government involvement in economic issues but high government involvement in social issues. |
| What is a Libertarian? | Someone who wants low government involvement in both social and economic issues. |
| What is a Populist? | Someone who wants high government involvement in both social and economic issues. |
| How do liberals view affirmative action? | They are for it. They want to right the wrongs done in the past to minorities. |
| How do conservatives view affirmative action? | They are against it. They feel that it is reverse discrimination. |
| How do liberals feel about same sex marriage? | They are for it. They believe that sexuality is not a choice and that denying same sex couples the right to marry violates their rights. |
| How do conservatives feel about same sex marriage? | They are against it. They feel that same sex couples will destroy the sanction of marriage, because marriage is between a man and a woman. |
| How do liberals feel about welfare? | They feel that welfare is a good thing. They feel that, in most instances, it is not a person's fault that he or she is unemployed, rather that it is the system's fault. |
| How do conservativies feel about welfare? | They believe that it is people's own fault that they are unemployed and that welfare just encourages laziness. |
| How do liberals feel about saving the environment? | They feel that it is important to go green and make environmentally friendly choices. |
| How do conservatives feel about saving the environment? | They feel that the earth is just going through a cycle and that pollution has nothing to do with the warming of the Earth. |
| How do liberals feel about taxation? | They feel taxes should be based on income, and that the wealthy should have to pay more taxes than the working class. |
| How do conservatives feel about taxation? | They feel that everyone should be taxed equally. |
| How do liberals feel about religion in school? | They feel that religion in school violates the seperation of chruch and state. |
| How do conservatives feel about religion in school? | They feel that religion in school does not violate anyone's rights, as students are not forced to not participate. |
| How do liberals feel about defense spending? | They feel that defense spending should be cut and that the money should be used for other things, such as education and jobs. |
| How do conservatives feel about defense spending? | They feel that we should keep defense spending the same or even increase it. |
| How do liberals feel about foreign aid? | They feel that these are not our wars to fight and that the money could better be spent elsewhere. |
| How do conservatives feel about foreign aid? | They feel that it is our duty to promote democracy and aid our other nations and that we should continue helping other countries. |