Conservatives, what is your most liberal aspect(s)? & vice versa

[Marokai Backbeat]

I am relatively pro free trade, I support only modest gun control laws, and I support means testing Social Security.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I am relatively pro free trade, I support only modest gun control laws, and I support means testing Social Security.

Is means-testing really a 'conservative' policy? Because in Australia at least, the liberals support means-testing, whereas conservatives support free-for-all.

It depends on your perspective, really. I don't personally view it as a right-wing inspired policy choice, since I look at it as "I don't want rich people getting Social Security."

[Marokai Backbeat]

I've heard the reason (elected) Democrats have opposed means-testing Social Security is because they fear the public support for the program will drop significantly once people start viewing it as a welfare program.

The real problem is the lack of public support for broad social welfare policies.

I can also understand why they just wouldn't want to open that can of worms to begin with. I would be afraid to let anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders tinker with the inner workings of Social Security. What would start as a well intentioned effort to curtail social security payments to the wealthy might end with the right taking over the entire process and turning "means testing" into the horrible type of means testing that cripples so many other programs.

[Marokai Backbeat]

- Support auditing the Fed
- Support drug testing for welfare recipients (but only if there's evidence that the savings will be greater than the cost of the testing)
- Oppose restrictions on handguns and strict gun control laws
- Support cutting the Corporate Tax
- Support limits on welfare (just so that people aren't living off the system without making an attempt to become self-reliant)
- Support free trade
- Against amnesty

teabagger alert

Some of that is legitimately pretty gross.