so something has always bothered me about the political brew test, and I think I've figured it out.
Posted by
mafic
Nov 13 '08, 07:42
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to be both a strong fiscal and non-fiscal conservative, you want less government involvement in the economy but more government involvement in your private life.
for all the fiscal questions answering less government involvement, or let the market decide moves you up the conservative ladder. except maybe the free trade one. can't decide whether a free trade treaty is more or less government.
for most of the non-fiscal questions - abortion, drug policy, gay marriage, tv/radio, immigration, and maybe privacy (where it's either more government regulation is good, or I just don't care) - wanting more regulation makes you more conservative.
don't really know what it means, I just think it's an interesting paradox.
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