UserWiki:Mayflower76

Aspirations
For the past 3 or so years now, I have planned to join the U.S Military. I'm a fit guy, I love my country and I think I'd be up to the challenge. I plan on joining the Marine Infantry when I turn 18. I don't really have plans for after my 4 Years of Service, but maybe I'll go to college, albeit I don't like the idea of studying an extra 4 years.

Religion
I'm a devout Christian. Both of my parents are Christians, and their parents were Christians as well. We go to a small-enough congregation every Sunday, our congregation is part of the Southern Baptists. Both my church and my family are Five-Point Calvinists or Reformed.

Trade Policy
While I like Markets and agree that a Free Market Economy helps all parties involved, I feel that in today's environment, America would benefit from a more protectionist policy. American Manufacturing Industry has been declining at a rapidly fast rate for the past 20 or so years, mostly due to our jobs being shipped out to countries like China and Mexico. America went from the Manufacturing Powerhouse of the World to that in decline.

Today only around 10% of American Jobs are in Agriculture (and only a 5th of those are actual Farmers), less than 9% of American Jobs are in Manufacturing, while over 78% of jobs have become Service-Based Jobs. While I recognize that Free Markets are important, and I realize that not everything can be Made In America, I believe that through Protectionist Policies, America could once again become an Economic Powerhouse.

Domestic Regulation Policy
While I recognize that Markets are imperfect and are in necessity of regulation, I would prefer a system where business regulations remained low. We look at the huge monopolies of today, and many would say that by putting regulations on these businesses we would be able to encourage smaller businesses to spring up and stand a chance, but it has been proven time and time again that this is false. The majority of regulations and taxes put on businesses do nothing more than hurt smaller businesses by making them pay more to governments whose representatives probably own shares in those big businesses.

As for minimum wage, while I'm fine with the existence of a reasonable minimum wage, I am of the belief that Minimum Wage Jobs are supposed to be more for Job Training than an actual living wage.

In the discussion of Safety Regulation, I recognize that there must be a basic level of Safety Regulations to avoid workplace casualty, however, I don't believe they should interfere too much with businesses, as I believe a business that puts its employees in danger is a business who wouldn't have employees.

Welfare & Help Policies
I'm not blind to the fact that we need some level of safety net for our poorer citizens, I am still of the belief that our citizens should learn to remain self-sufficient and work hard. I see extremely large welfare states as fostering laziness in their citizens. America didn't become the Richest Nation in the History of the World through large safety nets but through hard work and sweat. Again, I am fine with smaller levels of help networks, things like food stamps, paid-for school lunches, and the such are perfectly normal levels of help, however, a state which breeds laziness and reliance is a state which can never move forward.

Social Beliefs
W.I.P

Comments
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