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I think my political views are fairly libertarian in the area of what government should be doing in society - I want government to stay out of regulating or running things except when there is an actual benefit to having government do it over the private sector due to the incentives lining up the right way, like with the environment or with breaking up (but NOT regulating) monopolies.

In terms of economic equality I am fairly socialist in outlook and want progressive taxes. But I want to benefit the working class and don't favor the upper middle class over the rich. I think California's "progressive" income tax system is horrible, where it gets to 9% at 52k income and stays at 9% until past 250k. The effective total tax rate on someone making 52k is going to be much higher than someone making 250k, due to 1) payroll tax, 2) sales tax, and 3) flat fees like vehicle registration.

The centrist Democrats I see as basically the worst of both worlds - they want heavy handed government involvement in things where it will do no good, they are fairly intolerant of differing viewpoints from their own and willing to use economic and maybe government power to suppress dissent, and they consistently favor the upper middle class over the working class.
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