What's your political standing?

[Metroid]

that was a little anti-climactic...

Were you expecting to find out you really were a hippie?

[AquaMan2342]

I am what I thought I am.

[GiantsFan14]

seems about right.

[Matthias]

In the case of insurance, however, I see no reason not to involve government since insurance is, by its nature, privatized socialism and all you do when you make it a private market is to increase transaction costs.

Not really. Generally speaking its elective with a good degree of optionality and competition, both of which are currently constrained by govt regulation by things like border restrictions and minimum policy requirements. Inviting the govt into a major role will introduce rationing, pricing inefficiencies, and very likely redistributive policies.

Generally it's constrained because insurance companies are dirty cheats. There's entire doctrines of law dedicated to bad faith denials for insurance companies who decided that, even though the claim was valid, it was better to enter litigation than live up to their contract and hope to pay less.

[j24jags]

I actually expected to be a little closer to the libertarian (lower down).

[RugbyD]

In the case of insurance, however, I see no reason not to involve government since insurance is, by its nature, privatized socialism and all you do when you make it a private market is to increase transaction costs.

Not really. Generally speaking its elective with a good degree of optionality and competition, both of which are currently constrained by govt regulation by things like border restrictions and minimum policy requirements. Inviting the govt into a major role will introduce rationing, pricing inefficiencies, and very likely redistributive policies.

Generally it's constrained because insurance companies are dirty cheats. There's entire doctrines of law dedicated to bad faith denials for insurance companies who decided that, even though the claim was valid, it was better to enter litigation than live up to their contract and hope to pay less.

That's certainly an issue, but i don;t see why that can't handled through appropriate oversight rather than guaranteeing the negative effects of a socialized system.

[urbanbreez]

I actually expected to be a little closer to the libertarian (lower down).

We are but one box away from having the same political ideology, according to this site.

[j24jags]

I actually expected to be a little closer to the libertarian (lower down).

We are but one box away from having the same political ideology, according to this site.

Did we just become best friends?

[urbanbreez]

Totally.

[ayebatter]

Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.72

Almost a bullseye.