Question Weights & Effects

Higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy are necessary to reduce inequality.

Reducing overall taxes is the most effective way to encourage investment and create widespread economic prosperity.

Inheritance tax should be significantly increased to reduce generational wealth disparities.

Government regulations on businesses are vital to protect workers, consumers, and the environment.

The free market operates most efficiently with minimal government interference.

The government should be allowed to nationalize key industries (like energy or transportation) if it is deemed to be in the public interest.

Private property should be converted into social ownership, and housing allocated based on need.

A capital gains tax on property sales is an effective way to ensure housing affordability.

Able-bodied adults receiving government welfare benefits should be required to work or seek employment.

The spirit of entrepreneurship is essential for a country's prosperity.

Empowering labor unions through favorable laws is essential for ensuring fair wages and working conditions.

Promoting free trade agreements with other countries ultimately benefits our economy through lower prices and increased efficiency.

Protecting domestic industries and jobs through tariffs or other barriers is often necessary, even if it raises prices.

Global economic integration generally benefits wealthy nations at the expense of poorer ones.

Government bureaucracy and red tape are one of the biggest obstacles to progress.

Large corporations and/or monopolies should be broken up if they dominate their markets, even if they operate efficiently.

Our country's traditional values are the bedrock of our society and must be actively preserved.

National identity is less important than our shared identity as human beings; borders should be more open.

There is no point of being proud of my country, as I did not decide my country at birth.

Our country must strictly limit immigration to maintain its cultural identity.

Our government has a moral obligation to implement policies, like affirmative action, to correct historical injustices against minority groups.

Individuals succeed or fail primarily based on their own efforts and choices, not because of systemic advantages or disadvantages.

Public education must include comprehensive discussions of topics like systemic racism, gender identity, and diverse sexual orientations.

Parents must have the final say on whether their children are exposed to controversial topics or materials in school.

Parents should be able to use public education funds for the school of their choice, including private or religious schools.

The national voting age should be lowered to 16.

Maintaining order requires strict laws, harsh penalties, and broad powers for law enforcement agencies.

Police departments require strong civilian oversight boards with real power to ensure accountability.

Sentencing for non-violent crimes should be drastically reduced or eliminated.

The death penalty is a just and necessary punishment for certain heinous crimes.

The primary goal of the prison system should be rehabilitation, not punishment.

Police should be able to use tactics like 'stop and frisk' in high-crime areas, even if it means stopping innocent people.

Mandatory minimum sentencing laws for certain crimes are a bad policy because they remove a judge's discretion.

Our government should increase military spending to enhance national security.

A powerful, centralized state is necessary to manage complex societies effectively.

The role and power of the government should be drastically limited to only the most essential functions.

Decentralizing power away from the national government to regional or local levels is desirable.

The government is justified in keeping some information secret from the public in the name of national security.

National service (military or civilian) should be mandatory for young adults.

The government should not interfere with an individual's right to make decisions about their own body, including abortion.

Personal recreational use of marijuana should not be criminalised.

All drugs should be decriminalized.

Addiction should be treated as a public health issue, not a criminal one.

Government agencies must have the ability to monitor communications and collect data without warrants to prevent terrorism.

Individual privacy from government surveillance is an absolute right that should never be compromised.

Corporations collecting vast amounts of user data pose as much of a threat to privacy as government surveillance.

Free speech protections must extend to all forms of expression, no matter how offensive or unpopular.

Individuals should have the absolute right to own firearms without significant government restriction.

The government should not be able to seize private land for public projects, even if it provides fair compensation.

A private business owner should be free to refuse service to any customer.

Government licensing requirements for many professions are an unnecessary barrier to entry and should be reduced.

Addressing climate change requires immediate, large-scale government action, even if it negatively impacts economic growth.

The seriousness of climate change is often overstated, and proposed solutions would cause more harm than good.

If technology allows for it, genetic engineering to enhance human capabilities should be embraced.

Environmental regulations generally place an unfair and unnecessary burden on businesses.

The government has a fundamental responsibility to ensure all citizens have access to quality healthcare.

If they can afford it, people should be able to purchase better healthcare than what is available to everyone else.

Individuals should primarily rely on themselves, their families, and private charity for healthcare and financial security, not government programs.

Compulsory vaccination during a public health crisis is a justifiable infringement on individual liberty.

Governments should heavily subsidize renewable energy sources to speed the transition away from fossil fuels.

Marriage should be defined solely as a union between one man and one woman.

Adoption by same-sex couples should be allowed.

It is impossible to feel naturally homosexual.

A person's gender is determined by their biological sex at birth and cannot be changed.

Religious values should have a prominent role in shaping laws and public policy.

The state has a right to censor art or media that it deems morally obscene or dangerous to societal values.

Terminally ill patients should have the legal right to end their own lives with medical assistance.

Gambling and casinos should be severely regulated or banned entirely.

The private, consensual activities of adults, including pornography, should not be a matter for state intervention.

The state should promote certain moral values to maintain social cohesion, even if this limits some personal freedoms.