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File this under the "Great!" department…

Then again, if it’s the same bank that issued the credit card that has the largest balance on which I owe, if they go under, maybe I won’t have to pay them anymore!!!

(yes I know that’s not how it works, but a boy can dream, can’t he?)

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I first took this test in college, back in 92, and I came out identified as a Conservative Libertarian. Now I am closer to a Moderate, though I’m not too far from my Libertarian root. Here are the results of the latest measure of the man, politically that is….

PoliticsMatch

Your Political Philosophy

The below is a way of thinking about your political philosophy by dividing your PoliticsMatch answers into “personal” and “economic” questions.Â It is only a theory – please take it with a grain of salt!Personal Questions:Â Liberals and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while conservatives and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.

Economic Questions:Â Conservatives and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while liberals and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.

Your Score

You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:

Personal Score

54%

Economic Score

72%

Â Where You Fit InWhere your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy.Â Based on the above score, you are aÂ Moderate Libertarian Conservative . Â
Personal ScoreThis measures how much you believe government should intervene in people’s personal lives. Personal issues include health, love, recreation, prayer and other activities that are not measured in dollars. A high score (above 60%) means you believe in tolerance for different people and lifestyles. A low score (below 40%) means you believe that your standards of morality & safety should be enforced by government.Â Economic Score This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people’s economic lives. Economic issues include retirement funding, budget allocations, and taxes.Â A high score (above 60%) means you believe in personal responsibility for your financial matters, and that free-market competition is better for people than central planning by the government.Â A low score (below 40%) means you believe that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth. You believe that government’s purpose is to decide which programs are good for society, and how much should be spent on each program. Examples The chart below indicates how four “hard-core” political philosophers would answer the questions. From this example, you can see how you fit in with each philosophy.Â Your answers are on the left. A “hard-core liberal” would answer personal questions to minimize government involvement, but would answer economic questions to include government intervention. A “hard-core libertarian” would answer both personal and economic questions to minimize government involvement. A “hard-core conservative” would answer personal questions to include government intervention, but would answer economic questions to minimize government involvement. A “hard-core authoritarian” would answer both personal and economic questions with proposals that include government intervention.
= Strongly SupportÂ Â Â = SupportÂ Â Â = No OpinionÂ Â Â = OpposeÂ Â = StronglyÂ Oppose
Personal Issues	You	Hard-core Liberal	Hard-core Libertarian	Hard-Core Conservative	Hard-Core Authoritarian
Abortion Is AÂ Woman’s Right
Sexual Orientation Protected By Civil Rights Law
Permit prayer in public schools
Death Penalty
Mandatory “Three Strikes” Sentencing Laws
Drug Use Is Immoral: Enforce Laws Against It
Allow Churches To Provide Welfare Services
Link Human Rights To Trade With China

= Strongly SupportÂ Â Â = SupportÂ Â Â = No OpinionÂ Â Â = OpposeÂ Â = StronglyÂ Oppose
Economic Issues	You	Hard-core Liberal	Hard-core Libertarian	Hard-Core Conservative	Hard-Core Authoritarian
Require Companies To Hire More Women/Minorities
More Federal Funding For Health Coverage
Privatize Social Security
Reduce use of coal and oil as energy sources
Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
Immigration Helps Our Economy – Encourage It
Support and Expand Free Trade
Seek UN approval for military action
	You	Hard-core Liberal	Hard-core Libertarian	Hard-Core Conservative	Hard-Core Authoritarian

= Strongly SupportÂ Â Â = SupportÂ Â = No OpinionÂ Â = OpposeÂ Â = StronglyÂ Oppose
Issues Not Counted In Philosophy	You	Hard-core Liberal	Hard-core Libertarian	Hard-Core Conservative	Hard-Core Authoritarian
Absolute Right To Gun Ownership
Parents Choose Schools Via Vouchers
More Spending On Armed Forces
Reduce Spending on Missile Defense (“Star Wars”)
	You	Hard-core Liberal	Hard-core Libertarian	Hard-Core Conservative	Hard-Core Authoritarian
= Strongly SupportÂ Â Â = SupportÂ Â = No OpinionÂ Â = OpposeÂ Â = StronglyÂ Oppose

Final Notes To ensure balance among political viewpoints, we arranged the wording of the questions so that half the time, the answer involving more government is answered by “support”, and half the time by “oppose.” Hence, each of the “hard core” philosophers would choose “support” for 3 or 4 of the Personal questions and for 3 or 4 of the Economic questions. There are four questions which are not counted in your political philosophy. Those questions do not fit this theory — for example, Democrats typically oppose unrestricted gun ownership, while a ‘hard core liberal’ would support it on grounds of the government not intervening in a personal issue. These omissions ensure that the theoretical definitions match with current-day politics. Many of these statements cross over the line between personal issues and economic issues. And many people might answer what we call a “Personal” issue based on economic reasoning. But we have tried to arrange a series of questions which separates the way you think about government activities in these two broad scales.