political quiz

[2eclipse]

this is funny - and very inaccurate.
it didn't ask questions about even a quarter of the issues where i have conservative views.

You are a Social Liberal (76% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (10% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

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[frog-lady.livejournal.com]

i believe in the separation of church and state - which is a conservative view, believe it or not
Good point--it's easy for me to forget sometimes that the Republicans are not really conservatives on issues other than economics.

Do you have an example of outsourcing that is accountable?

hmmm

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

i'm not to clear on the question.
do you mean do i have a specific example of the government taking appropriate steps to make a contracted business accountable?
no.

if you mean can i explain a bit more, yes i can.
government contracts, once given to a contracter, are paid with tax money...my opinion is that the companies that get them need to be accountable to the taxpayers for that reason. a contracter that drags a job out to get more money or that doesn't complete the job and says they did, or that does the job poorly - should owe backpayments to the government/taxpayers and possibly be tried for fraud. i don't think we have a solid enough system in place to ensure this.

Re: hmmm

[frog-lady.livejournal.com]

Ah. Okay. I got confused in part by your use of the present tense rather than conditional, I think.

What makes you say that's a conservative position, then? The notion of having contractors rather than government employees doing the work?

Re: hmmm

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

yup.
the traditional conservative view is that private organizations are better at getting things done than the govt. so generally they are also in favor of putting in place the systems that will allow that to happen.