Short Policy Survey

This is a short survey designed to determine your position on the political spectrum based on how you answer to a series of questions. You may answer Yes or No and if you want to provide reasoning for your response, though full explanation is not required. Using super advanced technology and methodology (aka my degree lmao) both your position on the spectrum as well as what major party of your home country you would most align with will be determined.




1. Do you believe everyone should have access to healthcare or that it is a right for all?

2. Do you believe education is a right for all?

3. Do you believe immigration enriches or is healthy for a country?

4. Do you believe the government has a right or responsibility to interfere in people's private, personal lives?

5. Do you believe the government has a responsibility to protect the environment even if it means regulating businesses?

6. Do you believe access to food is a right for all?

6a. Do you believe changes need to be made to your country's food system, including but not limited to breaking up monopolies and oligopolies, enhancing the sustainability of the food system, and government aid/relief to farmers?

7. Do you believe in a "living" minimum wage, in which employers must pay employees enough money to cover cost of living and basic expenses?

8. Do you believe the government has a responsibility or should interfere in humanitarian crises such as hunger, genocide, and disease even in places outside your country's borders?

9. Do you believe religion has a place in legislation or law enforcement?

10. Do you believe in government-led veteran and homeless care?

Bonus Question: Knowing all we do now, do you agree with torture being used on captured enemy combatants, suspected enemies, or individuals who may have information about either?

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Yes. Whilst I understand the arguement as of national security and such, Australia is an example of multiculturalism that works well in my opinion. Albeit our treatment of refugees is abhorrent, legal immigration and differing cultures has made Australia diverse.

4. No.

5. Yes. Without a doubt. One of the most important things a government should do.

6. Yes

7. Yes.

8. Yes. Assuming we are capable of balancing our own, we should be able to help those less fortunate or suffering.

9. No. Religion should be taken out of the equation entirely.

10. Assuming it works, yes.

Bonus: No.

@[THEFROST] According to your Yes/No answers you would be a leftist/liberal, though your worded responses indicate you are left-to-moderate specifically your answer to the bonus question as torture is supported much more greatly by conservatives than liberals. In my opinion you don't necessarily distrust the idea of government but you don't like military interventionism and prefer oversight on programs widely supported. You are libertarian when it comes to personal freedoms and collectivist in terms of the whole population supporting those who need assistance.

The major party you most align with is the Democratic Party while the minor party you most align with is the Working Families Party.

Extra: Of modern US presidents you are closest to Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.

@Teitoku According to both your Yes/No and written responses you would be far left on the political spectrum. Your beliefs in government support and aid for both your country's own citizens and people elsewhere, placement of importance on environment protections, and anti-torture stance all point to you being a highly liberal individual. You seem to support collective economics and are liberal on individuals standpoints as well. In both America and Australia you would be quite left from the middle of the spectrum.

Major Party: Australian Labor Party
Minor Party: Australian Greens

Extra: Of modern Australian Prime Ministers you are most similar to Kevin Rudd.

1. Yes

2. Yes.

3. In most cases, Yes.

4. No

5. Yes. There won't be business without a world.

6. Yes

6a. Generally yes. I believe that Monopolies/Oligopolies are dangerous, personally.

7. Yes

8. As long as we are able to take care of our own alongside others, yes.

9. No. I don't think religion is a factor that should exist in any facet of government.

10. Fuck yes.

Bonus: Despite popular belief, I think that in extreme cases of specific requirements, Torture is alright. Can elaborate if requested.

1. Do you believe everyone should have access to healthcare or that it is a right for all?
It should be a right for everyone.

2. Do you believe education is a right for all?
Yeah... Strongly believe that all education should be available for people and not have cost to it.

3. Do you believe immigration enriches or is healthy for a country?
Yes, but it has to be controlled. You should first make sure your own country is set up before taking on other countries people.... I mean c'mon you have veterans and common people homeless in Australia and yet you are able to support another countries people!?

4. Do you believe the government has a right or responsibility to interfere in people's private, personal lives?
If it might pertain to National Security.

5. Do you believe the government has a responsibility to protect the environment even if it means regulating businesses?
That would be a strong yes. I like to think long term with countries, not whether this vote will give me more money this year but who cares what happens in the years after.

6. Do you believe access to food is a right for all?
Yep. Food, Water, Shelter are basic human rights.

6a. Do you believe changes need to be made to your country's food system, including but not limited to breaking up monopolies and oligopolies, enhancing the sustainability of the food system, and government aid/relief to farmers?
Maybe. I am not really able to go into this question.

7. Do you believe in a "living" minimum wage, in which employers must pay employees enough money to cover cost of living and basic expenses?
Yes, and if not then the government should be able to support it's own populace. We clearly have the capability too anyway, but that's for the refugees to have

8. Do you believe the government has a responsibility or should interfere in humanitarian crises such as hunger, genocide, and disease even in places outside your country's borders?
Dependent on the situation, we shouldn't need to fight wars for them. As the past has shown that unless you have a system to replace the old one then it just causes more trouble and anarchy but I think this is a maybe.

9. Do you believe religion has a place in legislation or law enforcement?
Absolutely not. A law should be made on fact and logic, I don't believe religion should have any place in a government.

10. Do you believe in government-led veteran and homeless care?
I think Veterans should receive a bit more than a homeless citizen, they did give up quite a lot for their country and so they should receive more. Equivalent exchange for me here.

Bonus Question: Knowing all we do now, do you agree with torture being used on captured enemy combatants, suspected enemies, or individuals who may have information about either?
..... I better not be judged for saying yes on this.

1. Do you believe everyone should have access to healthcare or that it is a right for all?

There's a difference between having the access to buy health care and actually being able to have health care. I have the access to buy a 2016 V8 Supe Mustang but that would place me in an extreme amount of debt, I believe we need afforable health care everyone has the right to purchase or not to at their discretion but no one shouldn't be penalized for having it or not, nor should it be priced at a rate lower income families cannot afford.

2. Do you believe education is a right for all?

Absolutely yes, however there is a point where higher education imo is not. If you wish to attend higher institutions for learning their should be a way for the to do so at a fair cost or government sponsored, but effort must be shown and made somehow.

3. Do you believe immigration enriches or is healthy for a country?

If done properly and legally, yes of course. But there are limits needed based on the needs and demands of the union at large.

4. Do you believe the government has a right or responsibility to interfere in people's private, personal lives?


Only in matters pertaining to the safety of the general public or national union stability.

5. Do you believe the government has a responsibility to protect the environment even if it means regulating businesses?


Yes. Absolutely.

6. Do you believe access to food is a right for all?


Yes, for those who work for it. You are not just going to sit on the couch and make no valid effort to contribute to society. I don't care if you are a artist, a construction worker, or a chemist so long as you are making strides to attempt to help society.

6a. Do you believe changes need to be made to your country's food system, including but not limited to breaking up monopolies and oligopolies, enhancing the sustainability of the food system, and government aid/relief to farmers?


Minimally, small businesses should be able to sustain themselves and self employed businesses with the right model.

7. Do you believe in a "living" minimum wage, in which employers must pay employees enough money to cover cost of living and basic expenses?


Only for workers who are important to their family income and if it is someone under the age of 18-20 that they be considered for a 'living' wage only if they are sufficiently important to their family income if not they can have a lower wage that is fair enough to be a decent amount earned.

8. Do you believe the government has a responsibility or should interfere in humanitarian crises such as hunger, genocide, and disease even in places outside your country's borders?


Absolutely. As much as people don't want to admit it we are they only global super power that has enough stability and power to enforce something of that magnitude, I do believe however we should limit ourselves and be ready to have some sort of plan or stability set up in the transitioning period.

9. Do you believe religion has a place in legislation or law enforcement?

No.

10. Do you believe in government-led veteran and homeless care?


You already know I'mma say yes with veterans getting major priority.

Bonus Question: Knowing all we do now, do you agree with torture being used on captured enemy combatants, suspected enemies, or individuals who may have information about either?


No. Torture has been proven to be ineffective and producing results and using it sets an example that it is ok to do such to our soldiers. I do believe mental games such as getting in their head and becoming their 'friend' or otherwise emotionally betraying their trust and lying to them is fine. But as for physical torture and anything along the lines (See Rectal Re-hydration, food deprivation, sleep deprivation, etc.)

1. Do you believe everyone should have access to healthcare or that it is a right for all?

Healthcare is a right, it isn't something people should be excluded from. As someone who cares for the well-being of his fellow man and country, I firmly believe all-for-one applies here without question. From a moral standpoint everyone deserves to live no matter their financial situation.

From an economic standpoint, health care costs in America continue to rise at an incredible rate (far faster than the GDP). Massive health care costs coupled with inflated ER bills which are paid through taxes already anyway point toward a deficient program. The U.S. fares poorly when it comes to managing administrative hassles for both doctors and patients, avoiding emergency room use, and reducing duplicative medical testing. In places like Canada and the UK the federal government is able to reduce drug costs due to directly hassling with pharmaceutical companies/suppliers. According to the Commonweath Fund, a compare/contrast of the US and Canadian healthcare systems states infant mortality, spending, and the number of uninsured citizens would all decrease dramatically if America's healthcare performed at the level of Canada's (a single payer, universal healthcare system).

Overall the US not having had universal healthcare at any point in our history is a cause for our expensive, inefficient, incomprehensive healthcare system we experience today. While the Affordable Care Act helped provide insurance for over 20 million previously uninsured Americans, prevented healthcare companies from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions, set requirements for insurance companies so they could no longer provide bare-bones plans, and increases competition between companies by setting up a visible marketplace it is clear switching to a universal healthcare plan suits the well-being of the general population far better than the current in-place system.

2. Do you believe education is a right for all?

Many great American thinkers and activists have emphasized the importance of education.

Nelson Mandela: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Benjamin Franklin: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
Malcolm X: "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
John Dewey: "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
Kofi Annan: "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."

I could go on and on. The point is education is a right for everyone. Restricting access, quality, or level of education restricts the growth and advancement of the nation as a whole. This is why free education of all forms is the best possible system, including collectivist secondary education. Education costs have skyrocketed over the past 40 years in America far faster than income rates and other costs. Along with this, more and more frequently professions and jobs of all kinds require college degrees (usually no matter the major). The biggest danger to American production jobs in the future is the automation of US factories, etc. What this means is there are hundreds of thousands, if not more, of jobs that will disappear as robotics and automation take over. Without college degrees the general population will not have sustainable income or job prospects in the future (or even now in many cases).

It is important to note free and private secondary education are not mutually exclusive. While state and federal college programs such as SUNY in New York would exist, private schools could still remain competitive by offering higher levels of education geared towards the top students in the country such as Ivy-league universities.

3. Do you believe immigration enriches or is healthy for a country?

A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is a must-have for America. Allowing companies and corporations to take advantage of illegal workers with disgustingly low pay and workplace safety standards is shameful. Along with this, restricting immigration based on region, religion, race, or creed is bigoted by definition.

A system with a path to citizenship for illegals (which increases revenue for the country through taxation) and unbiased welcoming of new immigrants no matter their race or creed is one that promotes growth and enriches American culture. A few benefits of immigration:

• Immigrants start businesses
  
• Immigrant-owned businesses create jobs for American workers
  
• Immigration boosts earnings for American workers
  
• Comprehensive immigration reform would create jobs
  
• Immigration Improves The Economy As A Whole
  
• Mass Deportation Would Be Extremely Costly

http://www.ibtimes.com/does-immigration-help-economy-five-facts-about-undocumented-workers-us-2446964
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/07/12/ten-ways-immigrants-help-build-and-strengthen-our-economy


4. Do you believe the government has a right or responsibility to interfere in people's private, personal lives?

As far as relationships go, no. Spying without cause, also no. Abortion laws? Again, no. The Patriot Act is one of the greatest mistakes of Modern America.

5. Do you believe the government has a responsibility to protect the environment even if it means regulating businesses?

Yes. According to both the Pentagan and the US Navy, climate change is the greatest danger the world currently and will face. Reducing carbon emissions throughout the entire globe MUST be priority number 1 for people, governments, and corporations. For the sake of our lives and future generations EVERYONE must be on the same page and willing to make changes to renewable, green energy. On the plus side, green energy is growing far more quickly than dirty energy in size and scope. Algae provides half of the world's oxygen and is currently at risk of mass death due to increasing ocean temperatures and toxicity. There is no argument against climate change, human emissions, and what needs to be done to curb both.

6. Do you believe access to food is a right for all?

Obviously yes. Right to food is the same as right to live.

6a. Do you believe changes need to be made to your country's food system, including but not limited to breaking up monopolies and oligopolies, enhancing the sustainability of the food system, and government aid/relief to farmers?

The current food system in America is inefficient, uncompetitive, and most of all destructive and unhealthy. All of the changes included in the question need to be made. Corporations controlling food production instead of farmers leading to a nation-wise food centered system instead of communal. Along with this, the sheer amount of pollution that comes from large corporate industrial agriculture farms, where machines have replaced farmers, where monocultures have replaced biodiversity, where corporate agribusiness has replaced family farms is insanity: 675 million metric tons annually at the most recent tally (in 2014).
http://grist.org/food/this-is-what-a-more-sustainable-american-food-system-looks-like/
http://www.alternet.org/story/64095/the_united_states'_failing_food_system

7. Do you believe in a "living" minimum wage, in which employers must pay employees enough money to cover cost of living and basic expenses?

As the wealth gap in America steadily increases more and more people are forced to try to provide for themselves and their children on meager earnings due to a minimum wage that doesn't account for cost of living or inflation. Stagnant wages drive down the economy as less money is spent by the majority of people. The economy and general happiness of the population both grow when more people have more money to spend, period. Restricting higher wages based on job is also ridiculous as the restaurant/food service industry is the single biggest employer of near-minimum-wage workers and shafting tens of millions of people because some believe their job "isn't important" is ridiculous. Not only ridiculous, inflammatory. Everyone deserves to be able to live their lives without being in constant fear of of having to choose between putting food on their table or paying for basic services like heat and electricity.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/04/5-facts-about-the-minimum-wage/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-pacitti/its-time-to-make-the-mini_b_9021136.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/living-wage-calculator-interactive-minimum-wage/404569/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-living-wage-is-minimum-wage/

8. Do you believe the government has a responsibility or should interfere in humanitarian crises such as hunger, genocide, and disease even in places outside your country's borders?

Yes, and I won't go too far into this because bias based on invisible borders is outrageous. If our fellow man needs help, we have a duty as human beings to help.

9. Do you believe religion has a place in legislation or law enforcement?

No.

10. Do you believe in government-led veteran and homeless care?

Yes. Both veterans and homeless people are perhaps the most overlooked and mistreated individuals in the entire country. The sad truth is while homeless veteran numbers have decreased under president Obama, many are still forced to live on the streets. Almost half of all homeless veterans suffer from mental illness, much of which is a result of the war they were sent to fight in the first place. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that 39,471 veterans are homeless on any given night.

"About 1.56 million people, or about 0.5% of the U.S. population, used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009. Around 44% of homeless people were employed." These facts should cause us all to be ashamed of our country and those in charge of taking care of these people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/veterans.html
http://nchv.org/index.php/news/media/background_and_statistics/

Bonus Question: Knowing all we do now, do you agree with torture being used on captured enemy combatants, suspected enemies, or individuals who may have information about either?

No, torture doesn't work in any cases. Generals, torturers, and scientists have all stated this as fact.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/scientists-trump-torture-doesn-t-work
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/20/science-shows-torture-doesnt-work-456854.html
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jan/27/even-torturers-admit-that-torture-doesnt-work