I don't think we pay enough taxes, at either state or federal level.
This I figured but where is your compromise on the issue? Thinking we should pay more is not much of a compromise to those who think we pay too much.
My compromise would be freeze it at current levels till they get a handle on wasteful spending and fraud then add funding to those things that have shown they really did reduce waste and fraud but still are lacking for funding for legitimate causes and can prove it. I compromise by not cutting and increasing where its been proven its not good money after bad being wasted.
I think our military is much too large and aggressive. I'm not sure an aggressive policy has made any headway against terrorism. I think we have reached the level of paranoia on terrorism. A day or two ago I discovered I may have been a victim of identity theft, using various versions of my full name, some of which were not even correct That could put me on the no-fly list, or even you, if you were so victimized.
Fair enough, you are entitled to your opinion but again, where is your compromise? Mine would be the same as I gave for higher taxes and funding social programs.
Death Penalty and abortion are akin issues. One left, one right.
I hate the death penalty but would be willing to accept it in rare cases where there is no doubt (not just reasonable doubt) the person was guilty of cold blooded murder
On abortion, late term, would you let mothers die, to save the baby, or vice versa? Would you save damaged babies, but deny care to healthy, but low income adults?
I would never say let a child live and a mother die. If anyone could come up with a case where you had to kill a child 8 or 9 months in gestation to save a woman’s life I would agree it had to be done.
I have just never heard of any case where a woman’s life was so at risk you had to force a baby to be born breech then right before the babies head came out you stabbed it in the back of the neck till you knew the baby was dead before letting its head come out.
I think all abortion is murder except when it’s a tubular pregnancy. If you do not abort a tubular pregnancy both the mother and child will die, abortion is the only option in that case.
As much as I am against abortion I could live with the compromise of abortions being ok up til the 3d month or pregnancy. Its enough time for a woman to know she is pregnant and make arrangement and still early enough in the pregnancy that many argue on if it’s a fetus, human or what ever.
I do not see you compromising in this at all, you seem to be wanting abortion legal to the due date.
I have no strong feelings on the Death Penalty, other than commenting that it stops repeat offenders, but does not otherwise ever seemed to have a very good deterrent.
I have really strong feelings about it but in some cases where there is no doubt of who did the cold blooded murder I accept societies wishes even though I really do not agree with it. But again only in cases where there is no doubt!
I would welcome a Conservative heath care alternative. The present system is falling apart, and will get worse as time passes.
I see real compromise here and I think that is fantastic. You are probably more willing to compromise on this issue than I am. I at best would be willing to insure all the children of the US without complaint.
I do realize I am often wrong, and that my judgment is sometimes faulty, and that sometimes, the other side has more claim to prudence than my own. I'm just not sure when. None of us, and no faction, has any lock on good sense.
Being able to admit you are wrong is a really good quality. I admire that about you
