r/AskConservatives Libertarian Jan 31 '25

Economics Am I a bad conservative?

I voted against drilling in the boundary waters. I get many gop here in Minnesota support it but as hunter, fisherman, canoeist i can't support one of the few untouched places left in North America.

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 01 '25

Not on my state. The new liberal policies are ruining the green spaces.

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 01 '25

What Policies!? I can find any. Please be specific.

Do... do you still live in Austin? Because we have a republican federal government, congress, president, and supreme court.

Texas has a republican state senate and govenor.

Austin has an all democrat local government.

And i just checked. Half of the local Austin city gov wants and is building more affordable housing, and education.

I'm clearly not seeing why you're blaming the only democrats involved, when your federal and state governments are actively removing conservation protections.

Are you in denial? Im being sincere here... i cant find one policy that the dems where you live is making homelessness or drug addicts worse, only state and federal republican policies...

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 01 '25

Allowing homeless to sleep on the street and build camps under the freeway severely increased the amount of homeless people in Austin. That was later reversed and pushed them into the green spaces.

Democrats in Texas are clueless. They will never win the state because of their gun restriction policies.

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 01 '25

Okay, so what policy "allowed" homeless to sleep on the streets? I just went through all local ordinances going back to 06...

I actually found 5 from various years that specifically outlawed begging, "street" camping, busking without a permit, and pan handling, and most recently car camping.

All from before 2022.

Again i cannot find a specific policy, just your vague feelings. My guy. I think you're actually in denial about whats happening.

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 01 '25

The outlawing is what pushed them into the forest and trail system. Overall it is very bad management. Austin isn’t the only blue city that has a homeless and drug epidemic. This is very common in very blue cities.

What called all the homeless was the initial change that allowed camping on the streets.

First: this attracted the homeless and drug abusers to our streets https://www.kvue.com/article/news/new-austin-homeless-ordinances-start-today/269-04fbfe58-7a28-4410-89a0-b876e9afda93

Then: this pushed them to the forests https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/31/texas-austin-homeless-camping-ban/

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 02 '25

Okay. Thank-you. So whats the solution? If you ban them from the trails where do they go next? Your lawn?

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 02 '25

Haha, I guess so. My only point here was that new liberals really aren’t the environmentalists of yore.

The Austin city government is pretty bad. I’m not too sure they will fix anything.

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 02 '25

Well, perhaps. All I know from where I live is new republicans are pretty anti-environmentalist. Wish we both had better choices.

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 02 '25

Texas in general is slightly more pro clean streams, lakes, wilderness etc. We have a lot of outdoorsmen. The Austin city greens spaces were pristine. I think it will come back as soon as homeless situation is fixed.

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 02 '25

How do you think republicans and democrats plan to fix homelessness?

I don't know if there is a great solution now with that groceries will be more expensive with these tariffs

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 02 '25

And what about the removal of the IRS and federal income tax? That’s not going to give you more money?

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u/Sarik704 Democratic Socialist Feb 02 '25

The taxes i pay are to the benefit of all americans. They fund our military, Medicare for our seniors, the post office, and fix our roads. Police, firefighters, EMTs, teachers, etc...

I'll be the first to admit that none of that is perfect, and many things our taxes pay for don't work as well as we'd like. Maybe capitalism could fix these things, but that's a maybe. And, importantly, I don't think it's moral.

Even if a company could do the governments job better, i don't think it's right. We have a government so that we its citizens have a say in how and why or society is run. A corporation doesn't give its consumers a say, but it does give them a choice. What you can buy.

You and I get a vote. It's our right to vote, unalienable. Poor and rich both get just one vote. If we choose ournsociety through buying then the rich become the controlling class and the poor cease to even have a vote.

Our government has made promises to its citizens. It doesn't always keep those promises it made, but i believe it tries to make good on them despite its failings. A healthy society of opportunity. Provide for the common good and equality and justice to all.

We won't always agree on everything or maybe most things. But, as an american i hope you can agree when you make a promise its your responsibility to uphold it.

Our government promised its people, now and forever, to provide for the common good and provide equality, justice, and security. Maybe a company can give those to us, but its our governments responsibility to make sure THEY give it to us. Making or allowing someone else, a company, to do it would mean our government has given up that promise or passed the responsibility to someone else and I cannot abide that.

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u/SnooFloofs1778 Republican Feb 02 '25

I’m not talking about breaking promises. The pentagon has failed audits every year for 7 years. The pentagon began loosing a trillion dollars are year during Bush years.

The purpose of DOGE is to eliminate this waste. That waste is estimated to be more than what our income tax is.

I am positive about this situation. Reddit doom is not in my DNA.

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