[Displaced Flames fan]

In the first poll, I'm just north of Centerville, smack dab on top of Bush's dot. Everyone should note the lack of distance between Bush and Kerry. It's important.

Second poll I'm a centrist on the Libertarian border leaning to the left. Sorry to all those who think I'm a 'crazy right-wing American'.

Lanny's issues:

Issues

Employment: A strong economy creates jobs, so the government should do everything it can to maintain a strong economy. Eliminate all international economic barriers (tarrifs, embargos, etc). Make welfare an incentive program instead of a handout because most people on welfare can help themselves and choose not to.
Education: Privitizing education means rich kids get educated and poor kids don't. Bad idea. The Federal goverment has to find a way to infuse the education system with more money without raising taxes on the people who use that system.

Drugs: Legalizing drugs is akin to holding someone for ransom IMO. You end up with more desparate people who can't afford the high costs due to the large tax rate. This leads to more poverty and crime. I've seen what drugs can do to people and I think legalizing them, in my country anyway, would be very counterproductive.
Health and Public Safety: Tax cigarettes to no end. They should be illegal too, but that's unrealistic. The health costs due to smoking are insane. Make drunk driving penalites much, much stiffer. Just read about a local guy who got 30 months in prison for his 11th DUI conviction. What a joke. Providing incentives for a healthy lifestyle opens up too many opportunities for fraud. Not everyone agrees on what is and isn't a healthy lifestyle. Who decides what person is living a healthy lifestyle? Way too complicated.

Health Care: No comment. Way too complex of an issue.
Lifestyle Choices: As long as rights aren't being violated have at 'er. The minute someone starts using child pornography they should be locked up forever.Social Assistance: The definition of not being able to support one's self is way too lax. Turn welfare into an incentive program instead of a handout. For those that TRULY can't help themselves....they can continue to be cared for..

Support of Business: Promote an environment conducive to business growth. Tax breaks for businesses should be based on job creation thus rewarding success and not bailing out failure.

Freedom of Speech: Non-issue. Freedom of speech is protected in my country. Obscenity should be reserved for adult-time.
Taxation: First $50,000 per household should be tax free. People can't live otherwise. I'm not going to ask someone who makes $12,000 per year to pay 10% income tax. That's insane. Without knowing the breakdown income wise in the US I can't say what is and what isn't a fair tax rate or system.
Immigration: Legal immigration only. All illegals should be given a small window of opportunity to begin the legal process if immigration and if they fail to do so they should be immediately tossed out on their asses.
Foreign Policy: Absolutely nothing. Free trade, that's it. No more bailouts by the US. No more huge sums of money for disaster relief. No more loans and and forgiven debt. No more liberations. All of this should be left to the UN....but then again, the UN doesn't really work either.
Military: All voluntary. Protect our borders only. Stop giving allies an excuse not to have their own defense system.
Scientific Research: Scientific research should be encouraged by the government and should be a staple of government activity in certain areas.

Fire away.