I sort of agree with Aristocrat.
Moreover I just don't see a distinct left or right in today's politics or politicians?
Just an up or down, or good policy versus bad policy.
We talk about carbon reduction, while illogically irrationally locking away our lowest carbon producing resources and instead, importing twice refined products, that collectively produce four times more carbon that that which we've locked away; ostensibly, to save the planet!
We wring our hands over people that are living in survival camps, while routinely ignoring the third world conditions that are the everyday reality for many of our indigenous citizens, or the thousands made homeless right here, I believe, by the rampant serial stupidity of mantra muttering political parties/incompetent govt/empire building bureaucrats?
Or, enormous never ever satisfied insatiable greed; of a few quite massively/undeservedly privileged individuals, or around 1% of our population?
If there is a left or right, then surely it is only ever seen at the extreme ends of the current political spectrum, with each side being insulated from; or selectively deaf, dumb or blind to the inevitable negative consequences, of their often entirely irrelevant or irrational decision making processes?
Lenin and the greens on the one side and exceptionally over rewarded corporate cowboys or psychotics on the other?
[Improving the rewards for the latter never ever translating to improved employment or growth outcomes, aside from the growth of economic waistlines or insatiable appetites of the already over rewarded/privileged?]
And never the twain shall meet or ever agree on so much as a single item?
Sadly, only something as severe as a world wide Great depression is ever likely to allow the genuine pragmatist to once again emerge and institute the art of the possible?
Rather than the eternally opposing evocations of the opposite political poles of the eternally warring propagandists/confidence tricksters and the harm they do or cause, unintentionally or otherwise?
Rhrosty.

Right wing people have a strong inner-parent, left wing people a strong inner-child.

Adults create a balance between right and left wing views.

The right tend to think that market forces can act without government. They ignore the fact that companies, including the banking system, are artificial constructs of government and the laws politicians have introduced.

Without adequate government laws and regulation the Gresham phenomena gains traction and only the rogues succeed. That is how Wall Street brought on the GFC. The rogues will bring on the same problem again because no one has been willing to reintroduce adequate regulation.

Romney and his 1% mates want smaller government yet in the USA government is only 20% of GDP whereas France runs a successful economy with Government share at near 50%.

Many large companies are run much less competently that much of government. John Ralston Saul has made some excellent comments on just that subject.

I have little objection to migration and refugees provided they don't bring with them the philosophies and customs that caused the problems they wish to leave behind.

The Right v Left issue assessed (brilliantly) by a black Conservative Economist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHdhrNhh88&feature=related

The best way to help poor people is to pay them less.
Yeah, that'll work.

Well done Roses, but do take care. You'll pull a muscle with all that reaching around to pat yourself on the back. Then as a lefty you'll expect my taxes to pay your doctor for you.

And there we have it all. Lefties are very good at spending other peoples money in their chosen area, where the right are much better at saving their money, & paying their own way.

You only have to look at this fool Julia & her mob. They have broken the bank, knocked a hole in the money pipe line, but continue promising to spend money they, & their replacement government will never have.

Our bleeding hearts can bleed all over some often undeserving mob, but have not a single thought of what their actions will consign our kids to in the future. They do not even seem to care about their own kids future, as long as they can admire themselves.

Truth be known, we should be locking them up for the potential child abuse they are causing.