nurture over nature.

I graduated from HS as a typical southern conservative. I graduated from college as a liberal, even though I was a marketing major. I don't think my career in business turned me into a conservative, it made me ruthlessly pragmatic.

AS for me, I am not driven by dogma. e.g.,I have said many times that I would love to see a workable universal health plan. I just have not seen one yet that is suitable for the US. I am not impressed with baby step options and the something is better than nothing philosophy.

If I have been influenced in any way it is to believe that corporations and business in general in not evil and they often have the ability to get things done better than government.

Personally, I dislike all government because it is, in my opinion, inefficient, dull witted and far more corrupt than the private sector. I tend to resent any authority that is illogical and unlikely to succeed.