Should There Be A Centrist?

As a person, I look as things from a different perspective than most people. I like solving problems, regardless where they come on a political scale. This shows how my governing philosophy is a centrist. A centrist is a person who holds moderate political views. A centrist puts their country first so they can get important things accomplished. There are no set rules when it comes to being a centrist. However, they do have guidelines that depict a centrist. Some things that could depict a centrist would be independent thinkers that like to work together to solve a problem then to have two opposing parties. When taking the quiz online, I predicted that my ideology would be a centrist. The results I got were exactly as I expected. The reason
In today's society, almost every American uses the Internet for many different reasons. When looking around at people in public, most people are glued to their phones, so what better way to get information than the Internet. The Internet is the main way I get information about government and politics. Everything that used to be on paper is now new and approved to be on the Internet. People get online to watch the news or read instead of reading it in black and white on paper. The Internet has greatly expanded Americans' access to news and information. Many Americans have access to the Internet in their home and at work. According to Thomas E. Patterson, the Internet is mostly liberal. Because of the Internet, people practice their first amendment right to freedom of press. When reading an Internet post or blog, many Americans have different opinions about different things, especially when it comes to politics. The reason the Internet is so liberal is because we as humans are willing to believe everything we see on the Internet. When someone expresses their opinion, we tend to look at it with an open mind and could possibly throw out our own traditional values to believe something different. The Internet has influenced politics greatly because it allows political activists to engage in organization and fundraising. They have hundreds of websites to access news on politics or contribute to fundraisers. Although the
Many ask the question, "should the government provide social welfare programs to the poor?" The government already provides benefits to people that fall below the poverty line. Should the government do more? No, the government already provides enough social welfare for people that are considered "poor". The social welfare provided fails to reduce poverty because the people that get the benefits do not work for what they get. They're living off of the government benefits. Michael Tanner says, "Social welfare programs are designed to fight poverty." So, if social welfare is supposed to fight poverty, then why has the poverty rate not gone down. Tanner states, "We are spending more than enough money to fight poverty but not spending it in ways that actually, reduce poverty". This shows how our government needs to regulate the money supply to go to things that help in certain