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Originally Posted by bradleym
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Yeah, we bloated the last one up to like 40k posts and then we had to move. Welcome to the new party!
I couldn't pick from the two labels. I like fiscal responsibility and I demand that the politicians I vote for invest my tax euros in the way where they'll turn a hefty profit.
For example I want kids in schools and I want all schools to be competitive. I don't mind that the rich get the great education too for free since I really want the lowest 1/3 of families to move up to the next bracket and for them to pay more taxes instead of being at risk of being a part of our social security system.
I want preventive healthcare for all since treating anything that's not on early stages costs a ton more. So those I see as smart investments, just like I love the way you can walk everywhere here because that makes especially the elderly move around, which again either kills them fast (ice) or keeps them healthier.
In my view, that makes me a conservative, since liberals only want stuff without calculating the profit too often. This all becomes more tricky when we talk about values you guys do much more than we here.
I haven't heard even one serious debate about restricting abortion laws here though ours are stricter than yours. Up to 12 weeks for social reasons, from there on for medical reasons and for life threatening reasons one can be had if a panel of doctors approve it. We just attempt to prevent them by shoving condom to our kids and by walking around half naked all the time to make them disgusted with the human form.
Lbgt rights are a matter of human rights, and here we really don't get why you're so weird about bathrooms. Run around naked more or pee under a tree to reduce the stress.
That makes me a total hippie in your books where as here it makes me as conservative as my great aunt is and she is pushing 80 now (she inherited the title great aunt, her mom was really my great aunt).
So who knows what being either is these days. If god and country are the only measuring criteria, I'd fail miserably everywhere. I see my country as a group of people who work for a mutual goal with an unfortunate location. I'm happy that we have immigrants and it is a joy to watch them adopting our weird grunting culture and teaching us theirs where smiling is at times allowed.
Edit. I should sleep more.