Debate: What would be ideal for society?
Side: From the Left's perspective

There isn't a moderate column but since you conservatives declare me to be liberal anyway I'll comment over here...All of life is a balance. All in or all out on most any topic usually does more harm than good. So with that said:Domestically:1) We need a balanced budget. And those few times in history we face extraordinary circumstances, like paying for a natural disaster clean up or paying for a war to protect ourselves, we should follow in the years later with the types of budget corrections to gradually pay those debts down and get back to balanced budget.2) We need legislators who serve the voting public instead of the lobbying corporate interests. And when they don't work that way we need to vote them out.3) We need respect for constitutionally protected civil rights, and for whatever the current final verdict from the Supreme Court is on a matter.4) We need Presidents who stay within their Constitutionally provided powers and who don't essentially legislate by executive orders (and I'm not just talking Trump, I disagreed with Obama doing it too and I've said that on these debate websites)5) We need social services within the balanced budget.6) We need properly funded public education, and yes we do need to hold those schools and teachers accountable.7) We need a basic humanitarian level of health care for all, but by that I mean first aid and assistance with basic normal life tasks, like child birth or broken limbs. There is no automatic right for major surgery or gender reassignment.8) We need as much sustainable fair trade as we can get. 9) We need basic minimum protections in the workplace so the little guy doesn't get chewed up - meaning we need OSHA safety requirements, a minimum wage, fair opportunity, protection from harrassment and predation, etc. What those levels are is a fair debate to have, but to say throw them all out is lunacy.And 10) We need free press and freedom of speech.Foreign Policy:1) We need to stand by our allies, be trustworthy to not give secrets away, and be consistent in what we say and do.2) We need to stop giving millions and billions of dollars of aid all over the world while at the same time slashing at our own citizens and racking up unimaginable debt levels.3) We need to stop having giant military bases in foreign countries for half centuries or longer.4) We need to stop precision bombing from far away. If it matters enough militarily to go blow something up then go in with force and do it right. But if we're not ready to do that then you probably shouldn't be lobbing death from afar. And sooner or later our enemies are going to figure out how to do the same back to us and then you'll be looking at missiles somehow smashing into Macon GA.5) We can do all of the above without being isolationist. Being isolationist and just saying out of everywhere and America first is just the lazy layman's way of saying they don't understand the complexities of the world so just screw everyone else. But it's not that simple. Isolation just leaves you isolated.I'm sure I could think of more. But these are the principles by which I'd like to see things run around here.