Redditors with a Ph.D./Master's, what is a TL;DR of your thesis?

Hi there, sounds like we're cut from similar cloth. I almost always vote D because the R can't field worthwhile candidates anymore. But a variety of things relating to finance and personal rights that the R side is for, I'm for. Not that most Rs are for those sort of "moderate" positions anymore.

When it comes to government programs that the Ds support, I find it a mixed bag. Some are obviously good, some are poorly run, some would be better handled privately, and some are damn essential and Rs need to leave them alone. Like anything involving safety or environmental regulation, or sensible regulation of playing fast and loose with the financial markets.

But we should be structuring our taxes differently, corporate and otherwise, and I think the estate tax threshold is too low, and I think that capital gains taxes encourage the wrong behavior from investors.

Most social issues I come down solidly D on. But I don't see it as a black and white situation in most scenarios, particularly the touchy ones. It's a nuanced thing, but neither party wants to have a legitimate discussion about that.

Libertarians sounded like a neat thing to me for a while, but ultimately there's a lot of extremism wrapped up in their views, too. A lack of any governance is anarchy, and markets only sometimes balance themselves. We need stronger antitrust laws and enforcement and weaker IP laws. Privatized roads would be moronic; unbridled capitalism benefits very few. Etc.

There's no group that reall resembles my views, so I keep that old I next to my name and usually vote D but sometimes go R for specific candidates. Every blue moon an L with good ideas and a chance in hell of winning a smaller race wanders by and gets my vote.

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