Why I’m Right and They’re Wrong I would consider myself to be a conservative, although I do share a few liberal beliefs. I am avery firm believer in a free market economy. Where the invisible hand of competition keepsbusiness in check. I believe that this type of business benefits the consumer by keeping prices lowand quality high. I also think that some monopolies are beneficial to us. Microsoft for example,has a superior product in which consumers have chosen make it a monopoly. The governmentshould not be able to break up this company, unless it is proven that they are mistreating theconsumer. Although the government should keep a watchful eye on big businesses to make surethey are not misusing their position. I do not believe in affirmative action even though I am considered a minority. When asked, Ido claim my minority race. I also claim veterans preference. Do I think its fair if I get a job orgovernment money because of my skin color or veteran status? No. But as long as certaingovernment programs are in effect I will use them to my fullest advantage. Even though I dobenefit from some of these programs, if it were up to me, I would get rid of affirmative action. We should all start at the same place, if some of us are more prepared than others, then that’sfine, but no one should get a head start. Our country needs a large military. Our best defense is never to fight. If we continue todownsize our military, and spend less money on training our troops, other countries may see us asweak. They may interpret this weakness as an opportunity and attack. The cold war may be overbut communism is not dead. As a veteran I know first hand our military is using outdatedequipment and is not trained well enough. About one tenth of my time in the military was spenttraining for war. Why didn’t we spend more time training? Training cost money and our unit did not have enough money to t...
