Dan Kilo for Colorado Governor 2010

(blăk’ən-hwīt’, -wīt’) adj.

• Expressing, recognizing, or based on two mutually exclusive sets of ideas or values: black-and-white categories; a black-and-white point of view.

In our two party system voting has become more black & white than ever in the past.  It is called a two party system because all the power resides with the Democrats and the Republicans.  Under this two party system the power of government has been and continues to expand quickly.

For over 40 years libertarians have been passing around The World’s Smallest Political Quiz.  The quiz has ten questions on it that, when answered, are supposed to classify the quiz-taker as Libertarian, Left-Liberal, Centrist, Right-Conservative, or Statist.

In today’s political climate, having ten questions on the WORLD’S SMALLEST political quiz is overkill.  Here is a political quiz that is ten times smaller than the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz:

Do you want more government?  YES  or  NO

• For a YES answer give yourself 1 point
• For a NO answer give yourself 0 points

If you scored 1 or more points then you are a Democrat or a Republican.  If you scored 0 points then you are a Libertarian.

Here’s another political quiz that is ten times smaller than the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz:

Do you want more taxes?  YES  or  NO

• For a YES answer give yourself 1 point
• For a NO answer give yourself 0 points

If you scored 1 or more points then you are a Democrat or a Republican.  If you scored 0 points then you are a Libertarian.

Another:

Do you want less freedom?  YES  or  NO

• For a YES answer give yourself 1 point
• For a NO answer give yourself 0 points

If you scored 1 or more points then you are a Democrat or a Republican.  If you scored 0 points then you are a Libertarian.

And so on, and so on, for a wide range of issues.

Sure, there are some basic differences between the Democrat and Republican parties but generally speaking, relative to libertarians, the Democrats and Republicans are about the same.