One of the reasons our two-party system is limiting is that it assumes everyone is either socially and financially conservative, or socially and finacially liberal.

What about the socialists who hate gays? What about the big business moguls who are vehemently pro-choice? Why do they have to choose?

Personally, I’m about as liberal as you can get socially, but I’m still on the fence financially. I lean strongly toward the Democratic system, but I can’t say for sure how I feel because I’m not a real member of the country’s financial community. I don’t pay taxes, I’m young enough that social security isn’t even on the radar, and I’ve never had to support myself. Maybe after I get older money will become much more important to me, and I’ll be willing to give up civil rights in favor of lower taxes. HA!

When I was younger I was always confused when people said that the Republican party was for small government. In my experience, they were the ones who were always trying to censor people and legislate morality. That seemed pretty invasive to me. Then someone said the following to me, and it made more sense:

The Republicans won’t touch your money, but they want you to trust them with your soul. The Democrats will take your money and run, but they’ll let you do whatever the hell you want with your soul.

I’d rather be in charge of my soul than my money.

All of this is tongue-half-in-cheek idle speculation. Not to be taken too seriously.