Personal Political Ideology of Republican Party

I’d be lying if I said my parents didn’t influence my political ideology. I believe any young man or woman our age would be lying if they said that their parents didn’t have any sort of influence on their political ideologies. However, how much influence our parents have on us obviously varies.

I for one am not going to try to say I had as little influence from my parents as possible. My parents are Republicans, and have instilled Republican and conservative ideologies on me growing up in my 20 years on this Earth. While I guess I’m considered Republican, I did however register myself as independent.

One of my more liberal beliefs is that I am pro-choice. I’d say something that separates me from being very conservative is my belief in separation of church and state. I don’t believe religion should be involved in politics, and certainly it should not have a say in whether a woman must have a baby or not. Clearly there are times where a mother just can not properly care for a child or situations where a woman became pregnant from rape. I’m not going to go on about my abortion beliefs, but yes I am pro-choice, and come to think of it I don’t even know what my parent’s position on this is, but oh well, I know my position.

One Republican ideology I strongly believe in is protecting our country. No I’m not pro-war, and no I’m not fully in support of the Iraq War, however, I do believe that something needs to be done in the fight against terrorism, and I do fear that we can be attacked at any moment. This was probably the main reason I voted for John McCain, I just believe the man would do a better job of protecting our country.

I also support border control, and do not agree with Obama’s plan for higher taxes on people with incomes over $100,000. Many hard working Americans spent years of their lives trying to earn that kind of money, and now should they basically be punished for their hard work? I support capitalism and believe it is one of the main reasons that America is the land of opportunity. While I won’t go as far as saying Obama’s economic plan is socialism, I do feel that it goes against some features of a capitalist economy and do not feel this is right. Sure the economy is down right now, but it’s not the first time. This country will bounce back, and I hope that our capitalist ways will prevail. Right now I’m a struggling college student with about $1,000 to his name, but I want to earn my way to a higher income, and once I make it there, I don’t want to be punished with higher taxes because of it, this is just my personal feeling.

So all in all, I guess I could say that my parents have had a very strict influence on my political ideologies, but I certainly have a mind of my own, and my feelings are my own. I don’t like to call myself republican, but I guess if you had to categorize me that is the best way to do it. I really think that anyone that leans too far to either the right or the left needs to take a step back and wonder…is this really best for our country or am I just going with my crowd? There is no reason not to be moderate, to take a step back and look at every issue and ask your self– how do I feel about this? I guess that’s where my political ideologies are born from.

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