Am I a democrat, republican, or neither. ?

Ok, stupid sounding question- I know. Here is a list of where I stand on the issues that matter to me. I am bound to Pi$$ some people off, but I honestly don't care.

Abortion...
I think politicians use this subject to for the sole purpose of influencing votes. The status quo will remain unchanged, regardless who gets office, so why bother arguing it. It makes you a pawn.

Guns...
Over all, we would be better off without them, but that will never happen. They are with us to stay. NO point in arguing this subject either.

Drugs...
We need to legalize soft drugs (marijuana) and tax the hell them (maybe 25-30%). If it were my call, I would impose an additional 25% sin tax on alcohol, tobacco, and soft drugs. On the flip side, we need stiffer penalties on dealers and manufactures of drugs like meth, and crack. Impose major penalties for selling to minors. Use Holland as a starting reference on this one. We spend way too much on enforcement , prosecution, and incarceration. Not to mention the $ lost from lost taxes being paid by the offender.

Environment....
Americans are cash driven. Larger tax breaks for being green. The greener you are, the less you pay. This goes for corporations and consumers.

Education..
Longer school days, longer school years. Teachers would be on a bonus structure for positive student performance. Impose metric system, require that students be fluent in more than one language.

Health Care....
Universal health care brings down the overall quality of health care. I can't be for anything that brings down the overall product.

Oil/Energy...

Strengthen ties with South America. Open up ANWR. Higher tax breaks for greener vehicles. More wind power in areas like the midwest.

Media....
They somehow need to be controlled. They have become way to powerful and influential. There is no series of checks and balances here.

Iraq...
Lets get out of there before we wind up like the Bankrupt Russians.

Prostitution/Sex....
Legalize prostitution in set areas and put my 25% sin tax on it. Test em, tax em, and control em. I would include a 25% sin tax on anything related to pornography. This includes websites, movies, and literature. There is more $ spent on porn in the US than football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer combined. This is a huge untapped resource.

IRS...
Eliminate them, and flat tax all goods. Everyone pays there fair share. There are way to many people involved in this process.

Welfare/ Disability...
We need more restrictions on both.

Foreign aid...
Set limits, and not exceed them.

Military....
Spend far less on equipment, more on intel.

Transportation...
We need more high speed rail in the U.S. Europe is kicking our *** in this area.

Affirmative action...
Eliminate it. Lets think logically on this one. If I'm an employer, and don't hire the better qualified person because he's green, I'm the ultimate loser here. I lost the better employee. This "problem" can take care of itself without any outside help. This whole idea just promotes the whole racism thing. Get over this whole thing. It's old.

So what does this make me?

It makes you an independent who'll look at the Libertarians but finally decide the least ill choice is usually going to be the Republicans, though you know they'll often disappoint.

a Conservative Democrat, some of your ideas or views are good some need help, in defense of the nation a strong military is good

you sound pretty liberal at the beginning but start to sound nasty by th end

Your leaning more towards Democrat

actually, your just a plain old lib.

I would have to say Libertarian.

Your all over the place don't know

In my opinion, you're a libertarian.

You're libertarian.

Neither.

Moderate i guess maybe liberal

You are like most of us- a little to the left, a little to the right. I agree with a large part of what you state & I am a republican. There are 4 things on your list that I don't agree with. One is the media- even though I HATE what they do- I think we need freedom of the press-free speech. If enough people realize what they are doing they will stop watching them. Which is what is happening right now with the Main Stream Media. I also disagree on Iraq- we can't just leave now, we are almost there- why let those who have died, have died in vain? The drugs & prostitution are the 2 others but you may actually be right on those- I just wouldn't want prostitutes on every corner, near schools etc. But maybe by legalizing it and having it in a controlled area- medical tests etc.... why not- more taxes like you said- just not forced on us. Same for drugs (soft)- people are going to do them regardless- maybe by making it legal and controlled it would actually help with the crime rate etc. Also more taxes- again not forced on us. I would say that you are more republican than dem- but it may be that I am more of a centrist/republican. As for the abortion & guns- I agree with you- no matter who wins things will stay the same.