My Personal Political Ideology

1. 1.Taxes: Do you feel like people should pay more taxes to support more programs, or less taxes so that people keep more of their own money? I believe that people should pay more taxes to support more programs because you never know when you might need to take advantage of  a program such as medicare or food stamps. 
2.  Spending: Do you feel like the government should spend a lot of money on programs or that the government should cut its spending to pay off its debt? I feel that the government should cut spending to pay off its debt because once our debts are payed of we will be able to spend our own money on programs and not need to continue to raise the debt ceiling.
3. Military: Do you believe that the US should spend lots of money on its military and maintain a large presence in other countries around the world or that they should stay out of foreign affairs and have a smaller military?  I believe that the US should spend less money on the millitary and stay of of foreign affairs because those are the problems of other countries and we need not get involved unless it directly affects the US.
4. Welfare: Do you think that the government should help those who are less fortunate by providing them with financial assistance or that those people should find a way to help themselves without using other people’s tax money? I think that the government should help those who are less fortunate by providing them with financial assistance because I believe that the problems in this country would be alot less if the poverty level was lower than it currently exists.
5. Gun Rights: Do you think that every person should have unrestricted rights to own guns and take them where they want to or do you think that the government should put more restrictions on people’s right to own a gun? I think that the govenment should put more restrictions on people's right to own a gun because if people had unresticted rights to own guns then there would be alot more chaos and anarchy in the streets of the US.
6. Homosexual Rights: Do you think that the government should make sure that homosexuals are not discriminated against, including the right to marry whoever they want to, or do you think that the government should stay out of this issue and people should be allowed to discriminate against homosexuals and even ban homosexual marriage?  I thinks that the government should make sure that homosexuals are not discriminated against, includinf the right to marry whoever they want to because the government protects against discrimination against minorities, gender, and age. Why should the rights of homosexuals be any different? 
7. Prayer in schools: Do you think that there should be prayer in schools at things like sporting events, assemblies, graduations, or over the intercom, or do you think there should be no prayer in schools at all so as not to make people with different religious beliefs uncomfortable? I think that there should be no prayer in schools at all so as not to make people with different religious beliefs uncomfortable because the US is a nation with a seperation of church and freedom of religion.
8. Abortions: Do you believe that a woman should have the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy if she does not want to have a baby, or that abortions should be illegal because an unborn baby’s rights should be protected? I believe that a woment should have the right to choose to terminate a pregnanct if she does not want to have a baby because  if the woman was raped she does not need a constant reminder of that terrible event with her for the next 18 years, and if she is in an unstable place in her life she should be able to decide whether or not to bring a baby into the world at the time.
9. War on Drugs: Do you believe that the government should do everything in its power to stop the trafficking of illegal drugs by severely punishing those who posses or sell them, or do you think that drug use is a “victimless crime” and that the government should focus on other types of crime? I believe that drug use is a "victimless crime" and that the government should focus on other types of crime, the government is not fighting a war on alcoholism so the government should be focusing their efforts on more serious crimes.
10.  Rights of the Accused: Do you think that accused criminals should be able to appeal their convictions and possibly go free if there were problems in their prosecution, or that the courts already do too much to let people off the hook on technicalities? I think that accused criminals should be able to appeal their cinvictions and possibly go free if there are problems in their prosecutions because there are to many cases in which innocent people are sitting in prison on multiple life sentences or on death row for crimes they did not commit.
11. Rights of Accused Terrorists: Do you think that people accused of being terrorist have the same rights as US citizens and should be given fair trails and protected from things like torture, or do you think that the US should do all that it can to stop terrorism everywhere in the world? I think that people accused of being terrorists should have the same rights as US citizens and should be given fair trials ans protected from things like torture because they are "accused" and just like American citizens they should be givin the same rights as the accused and be prosumed innosent until proven guilty.
12. Which of the two main ideologies do you think best describes your political beliefs? Of the two main idologies I believe that Liberal best describes my political beliefs.
13. What is the main source of most of the political beliefs that you have described? The main source of most of the political beliefs that I have described has been school.