POLITICAL SPECTRUM

Step Two: listed below are the views of the left and right on various issues. Choose a few issues from each side and record your response to their general views on the issues you choose. In addition, explore the links provided before commenting on each issue. Do your responses reinforce or modify the analysis of your beliefs in Step One?

Left

• Taxes
• Support of the Worker
• Regulation of Business
• Political Rights
• Distribution of Wealth
• The Market
• Foreign Affairs
• Scope of the Government

Right

• Federalism
• Market System
• Scope of Government
• Taxes
• Profit
• Status Quo
• Regulation of Business
• Foreign Affairs

To go on to step three, answer this question: so far, do you lean to the Left or Right?