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Bownesian · 09-06-2009, 12:03 PM

Yeah, that was my point to Delgar above. He implied a general support for the Conservatives but refused to do so because our MP is a tool.

My biggest problem come election day (at any level) is that I may have too many opinions about how government should operate. I've thought through many of the issues and there is never a party that fairly represents what I would like to see.

For instance, I am extremely left wing on "family values" issues such as gay marriage but do not believe in socialized daycare (maybe that makes me libertarian). On economic issues, I am mostly hard right - no bailouts for automakers, no bailouts for failing banks, no wheat board, no industrial or agricultural subsidies of any kind, true free trade with willing partners.

I have waffled about government setting a price for all carbon emissions because in my heart I believe that as a species we will burn nearly every barrel of oil in place and will not switch from a petroleum-based energy system until the price dictates that we should. I think that if the current global warming trend is anthropogenic, then the world will get hotter, regardless of what the First World does.

I figure that if we do have a green tax (or cap and trade or whatever), it should be used to fund an alternative energy source of the scale that is being replaced so that when we do burn that last barrel, we will still be able to keep the lights on. At our current scientific development, that means building a *lot* of fission reactors everywhere in the country as hydro is nearly tapped out and wind power is neither storable nor consistent to operate without some other variable energy source. I think that taxes on the economy need to be returned to the economy.

I believe in gun control. I think that semi automatic weapons should be restricted to only those people who wish to hunt but cannot work a bolt action rifle or a pump action shotgun and I think that hand gun ownership should be banned in the general public, with the exception of police, licensed security guards (like armoured car guards) and members of the military while on operations. Following in the footsteps of my great great grandparents, I am a hunter.

I don't have a home in politics but I am engaged and believe in the process.

09-06-2009, 12:03 PM	#304
Bownesian Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bowness Exp:	Yeah, that was my point to Delgar above. He implied a general support for the Conservatives but refused to do so because our MP is a tool. My biggest problem come election day (at any level) is that I may have too many opinions about how government should operate. I've thought through many of the issues and there is never a party that fairly represents what I would like to see. For instance, I am extremely left wing on "family values" issues such as gay marriage but do not believe in socialized daycare (maybe that makes me libertarian). On economic issues, I am mostly hard right - no bailouts for automakers, no bailouts for failing banks, no wheat board, no industrial or agricultural subsidies of any kind, true free trade with willing partners. I have waffled about government setting a price for all carbon emissions because in my heart I believe that as a species we will burn nearly every barrel of oil in place and will not switch from a petroleum-based energy system until the price dictates that we should. I think that if the current global warming trend is anthropogenic, then the world will get hotter, regardless of what the First World does. I figure that if we do have a green tax (or cap and trade or whatever), it should be used to fund an alternative energy source of the scale that is being replaced so that when we do burn that last barrel, we will still be able to keep the lights on. At our current scientific development, that means building a lot of fission reactors everywhere in the country as hydro is nearly tapped out and wind power is neither storable nor consistent to operate without some other variable energy source. I think that taxes on the economy need to be returned to the economy. I believe in gun control. I think that semi automatic weapons should be restricted to only those people who wish to hunt but cannot work a bolt action rifle or a pump action shotgun and I think that hand gun ownership should be banned in the general public, with the exception of police, licensed security guards (like armoured car guards) and members of the military while on operations. Following in the footsteps of my great great grandparents, I am a hunter. I don't have a home in politics but I am engaged and believe in the process.