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Name a political policy you changed your mind on. (1 Viewer)

IC FBGCav

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Mine is easy, it would be regime change.  I thought we were helping the nations people but history has shown that we often leave the people worse off.

 
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Gay marriage.  20 years ago I was against it.  Then went into I didn’t care.  Now I support marriage between any two people that wanna be married. And equal rights for them. 

 
Actual policy followed by general political topic:

Healthcare.  I used to be all John Galt on such things, but now I’m mostly on board with single payer.  I don’t believe our health care thru health insurance is an efficient system on a macro level, and I believe this is one of those “for the common good” goals we should embrace as a whole 

Political parties are a detriment to our country and political discourse/direction.  I’m certain you can’t constitutionally ban them, but I’m of the opinion there should be no affiliation listed on ballots.

 
Gay marriage.  20 years ago I was against it.  Then went into I didn’t care.  Now I support marriage between any two people that wanna be married. And equal rights for them. 
This one's mine too.  I grew up thinking I didn't know anyone who was gay but then later on realized that wasn't the case it was that the environment forced people to hide it.  As I thought about it, if I truly believe in freedom and the government letting people live their lives with minimal interference, the government should not discriminate against them.  

 
Actual policy followed by general political topic:

Healthcare.  I used to be all John Galt on such things, but now I’m mostly on board with single payer.  I don’t believe our health care thru health insurance is an efficient system on a macro level, and I believe this is one of those “for the common good” goals we should embrace as a whole 

Political parties are a detriment to our country and political discourse/direction.  I’m certain you can’t constitutionally ban them, but I’m of the opinion there should be no affiliation listed on ballots.
I think many people agree with policies that their party is not for when given just the policies and not which side introduced it.  I mean ACA was a Republican policy.

 
Abortion and Gay Marriage and a more vague/broad position of what the government's role should be in our lives/economy.

 
Actual policy followed by general political topic:

Healthcare.  I used to be all John Galt on such things, but now I’m mostly on board with single payer.  I don’t believe our health care thru health insurance is an efficient system on a macro level, and I believe this is one of those “for the common good” goals we should embrace as a whole 

Political parties are a detriment to our country and political discourse/direction.  I’m certain you can’t constitutionally ban them, but I’m of the opinion there should be no affiliation listed on ballots.
You could most definitely ban them constitutionally. It would just take an amendment which neither party is going to go for.

 
Abortion and Gay Marriage and a more vague/broad position of what the government's role should be in our lives/economy.
I have always been pro life but never been against others being pro choice.  I never thought I should have a say in what others do with the issue.

 
I have always been pro life but never been against others being pro choice.  I never thought I should have a say in what others do with the issue.
Yeah, I won't ever be convinced abortion as a method of birth control is ever ok...never ever.  I do acknowledge there are some instances where it's appropriate and I do understand why the choice has to exist in our society.

 
Yeah, I won't ever be convinced abortion as a method of birth control is ever ok...never ever.  I do acknowledge there are some instances where it's appropriate and I do understand why the choice has to exist in our society.
As birth control just sounds bad.  Shouldn't be done.  But I am torn thinking about a baby being born in a no win situation.

 
Mine is easy, it would be regime change.  I thought we were helping the nations people but history has shown that we often leave the people worse off.
Agree - democratizing a population that's not ready for it is foolish.

I also finally saw the wisdom in free markets juuuust in time for Wall Street to start rigging them en masse.

 
It's a good question @IC FBGCav but a good accompanying question would be how much of this new view on a policy changed your voting habits? People might become pro or con something they weren't in the past, but if they devalue the issue enough, it makes no difference.

 
It's a good question @IC FBGCav but a good accompanying question would be how much of this new view on a policy changed your voting habits? People might become pro or con something they weren't in the past, but if they devalue the issue enough, it makes no difference.
We haven't had a reform candidate - not even a true Tea Partier (which kinda puts the lie to that) - since Nader in 2000, which supports my feeling that customerhood has absorbed citizenship. How can issues change one's politics when no one's leading on issues?

 
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I dated a girl 25 years ago who had (what I thought was) a very weird opinion on gay marriage. She thought that homosexuality was a choice, and that it was inherently sinful, and that they were essentially evil people who would automatically be cast down to hell when they died.

And yet, she was 100% in favor of gay marriage.

I, on the other hand, thought that homosexuality was NOT a choice. But I also opposed gay marriage on the grounds that it went against Biblical tradition.

Her argument was, "The government already regulates marriage in ways that go against Biblical tradition. So, if we're going to allow sinful heterosexuals to marry, then society should offer the same rights and protections to sinful homosexuals."

Her reasoning struck a chord with me, and my opinion on gay marriage soon evolved.

 
I've changed my views quite a bit over the years..

Gay marriage - Used to be opposed.  Now I support it 100%.  A lot of it was because of a religious upbringing... 

Abortion - Also against it, but not hardcore.  Now I would never support it for birth control reasons, but I oppose the government making that decision.  That is a person decision people have to live with that make it.

Gun Control - 100% in favor of gun control, then as I got older I went completely to the other side and opposed any new gun control as it is silly to add new laws when we aren't doing enough to enforce the ones we have.  Now I've softened my stance on that as I support things like universal background checks across the board.  I still believe that we do a terrible job of enforcing what we do have on the books, but I'm open to new ideas and suggestions.

Climate change - As a teen I was fully on the side of "we have to fix it now at all costs" side of things.  Now, I realize the issue is much more difficult than that and don't support imposing things that will make our businesses not on a level playing field with the rest of the world who isn't following suit (China for example).

War on drugs - Growing up in an area decimated by crack I was 100% for the war on drugs.  But now I've changed that view as so many people end up in prison for non-violent drug charges and overcrowd them.  Not to mention that it has been historically much more skewed towards minorities..  I'm not for legalizing ALL drugs as some are just too damaging.  But what we are doing is not working and some drastic changes are needed.  Legalize weed.  Start there and work forward.

I've never voted "down party lines" either.  I've been both a registered democrat and a registered republican over the years.  I think I first voted in 1996 for Bill Clinton, then for Al Gore in 2000,  GW Bush in 2004, Obama in 2008, Gary Johnson in 2012, Trump in 2016.... Most of the votes have been a "meh, I guess this candidate is better than the other one" type vote.  The last President I was excited for was Obama in 2008.... 

 
It's a good question @IC FBGCav but a good accompanying question would be how much of this new view on a policy changed your voting habits? People might become pro or con something they weren't in the past, but if they devalue the issue enough, it makes no difference.
It has.  It will take a long post to elaborate but this issue didn't change my voting the most.

 
I've changed my views quite a bit over the years..

Gay marriage - Used to be opposed.  Now I support it 100%.  A lot of it was because of a religious upbringing... 

Abortion - Also against it, but not hardcore.  Now I would never support it for birth control reasons, but I oppose the government making that decision.  That is a person decision people have to live with that make it.

Gun Control - 100% in favor of gun control, then as I got older I went completely to the other side and opposed any new gun control as it is silly to add new laws when we aren't doing enough to enforce the ones we have.  Now I've softened my stance on that as I support things like universal background checks across the board.  I still believe that we do a terrible job of enforcing what we do have on the books, but I'm open to new ideas and suggestions.

Climate change - As a teen I was fully on the side of "we have to fix it now at all costs" side of things.  Now, I realize the issue is much more difficult than that and don't support imposing things that will make our businesses not on a level playing field with the rest of the world who isn't following suit (China for example).

War on drugs - Growing up in an area decimated by crack I was 100% for the war on drugs.  But now I've changed that view as so many people end up in prison for non-violent drug charges and overcrowd them.  Not to mention that it has been historically much more skewed towards minorities..  I'm not for legalizing ALL drugs as some are just too damaging.  But what we are doing is not working and some drastic changes are needed.  Legalize weed.  Start there and work forward.

I've never voted "down party lines" either.  I've been both a registered democrat and a registered republican over the years.  I think I first voted in 1996 for Bill Clinton, then for Al Gore in 2000,  GW Bush in 2004, Obama in 2008, Gary Johnson in 2012, Trump in 2016.... Most of the votes have been a "meh, I guess this candidate is better than the other one" type vote.  The last President I was excited for was Obama in 2008.... 
A lot of me in this post.

 
As birth control just sounds bad.  Shouldn't be done.  But I am torn thinking about a baby being born in a no win situation.
Well, to go further, I am absolutely for "top of the line" care for unwanted children.  The system needs a massive overhaul to address your concern, but there's no reason it can't be done.

 
My views on many policies have changed although not in a consistent left-right manner:

Gay marriage: used to oppose, now support.
Abortion: used to support, now oppose.
Gun control: used to oppose (as a teen), then support (as an early adult), now oppose.
Climate change: used to oppose; these days I'm still not 100% convinced that climate change is man-made, but nonetheless I believe we should try to make the world a cleaner and healthier place.
Drugs: used to have a very libertarian "legalize all drugs" POV; now I support government intervention although I believe it should focus on the medical/rehab side and not on the criminal justice side.
Vice (gambling, sex, etc.) also used to have a very libertarian POV, but now believe that we went too far and need to stop being so tolerant. 
Crime: used to be a "lock 'em up and throw away the key" guy; now I realize that justice should be more nuanced and that many reforms are necessary.
Immigration: used to support citizenship for all; now I favor a two-tiered system that rewards those who follow the rules.
Education: used to oppose vouchers (as a teen), then supported them (as an early adult); these days I still like the idea in theory, but it has been abused to the point where the whole thing needs to be scrapped.
 

 
Drug policy - I used to be aligned with the majority of people, but in college came to the conclusion we should legalize all drugs

Healthcare - used to think this was the greatest healthcare system in the world and other nations should strive to be more like us. I’ve done a 180

Guns - I was very strong 2nd Amendment but would be okay with banning guns

There are probably more but these jump to mind immediately 

 
Over the years...the death penalty.

As I’ve aged I became more and more against it.  It’s state sponsored vengeance.

 
It's a good question @IC FBGCav but a good accompanying question would be how much of this new view on a policy changed your voting habits? People might become pro or con something they weren't in the past, but if they devalue the issue enough, it makes no difference.
I turned 18 in 1988, I voted, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama and with great disdain HRC.  

What impacted my views most was my work.  I did all the financial side and hr for the business for over 22 years.  I chose our healthcare plan and 401k plan.  I saw first hand the rising costs of healthcare and the sleezness of financial advisors.  

I know healthcare costs rising double digits happened well before ACA and how financial advisors try to screw people putting them in high expense ratio plans and charging high fees.  

Healthcare is a huge burden for small businesses.  We lost most our employees later back to the college were they graduated from because we couldn't compete with their benefits.  And our benefits costs became so high we couldn't even make up for it in salary.

I got to see first hand how these things impact real human beings directly and when your choices impact 20 plus people directly, it gives you real insight on how it these thing effect people.  

This is why I am for MFA and why that has a big impact on my decisions.  Now as a policy it's recent, so my views on it were not changed, I really didn't have a view on other healthcare. 

I just know there was a progression of the company covering the entire family 100% to just covering the employee 80% for healthcare due to being able the afford the rates.  Also, we always got the best plan available to us.  

I can tell you this, when I started my job in 1996 we covered 26 employees, many that were older and their families 100% and it cost in between 2,500 and 3,000 a month.  In 2018 we covered 9 employees only at 80% and it cost 6,500 a month.  Out of the 9 employees, 5 were under 30.  

The best plan offered in 1996 was much better than the best plan in 2018.

Now to regime change.  It doesn't ever seem to leave the country better off and it takes taxpayer dollars away from the people and leads to more corporate profits.  So, let's stop making other countries worse and get our people some healthcare, it will do wonders for the people, small businesses and give freedom to entrepreneurs to take a chance.  

No, I will not be voting for any hawkish candidate.

 
We haven't had a reform candidate - not even a true Tea Partier (which kinda puts the lie to that) - since Nader in 2000, which supports my feeling that customerhood has absorbed citizenship. How can issues change one's politics when no one's leading on issues?
well people like that reform.  maybe we should get us some.

 
A few...

Term limits. (I now see the value of elder statesmen.)

Dealth penalty. (Among other reasons, I don’t trust juries.)

 
I'm firmly against Israel's apartheid actions as opposed to when I was younger I wasn't aware of it.

 
Mine is easy, it would be regime change.  I thought we were helping the nations people but history has shown that we often leave the people worse off.
Any poli-sci major could tell you regime change (in an effort to implement liberal democracy) won’t work.  

Why?  Because it has never worked. Ever.  Japan post WWII is the only possible exception. 

 
Any poli-sci major could tell you regime change (in an effort to implement liberal democracy) won’t work.  

Why?  Because it has never worked. Ever.  Japan post WWII is the only possible exception. 
Yet it the norm and not an exception.

 
gay marriage - I readjusted my views to understand the marriage licensing has nothing to do with religion

border control - I used to not understand just how critical it is to stop illegally here people from being here illegally

 
I grew up as a pretty brainwashed Conservative. I’ve moderated on a lot. 

Death Penalty

Social Programs

Gay Marriage

Single Payer

Pot Legalization. 

Im still anti abortion. That will likely never change. 

 
Wall - strongly in favor...not so we can keep everybody out, but so we can be careful and prudent about who and what contraband we let in.

if we want a minimum wage, or California opts for stronger gun laws, or if want to legalize and tax pot, open borders could undermine all of those policy goals.

 
At least a couple for me. 10 years ago I would have argued with folks on climate change, I also have softened on Immigration as well although I never was as nasty or unchristian as our current administration.

 

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