People That Do and People That Don't

I watch a lot political programming and consider myself a conservative independent. Unfortunately, I get lopped in with republicans whether they are "Tea Party Republicans" or a "Right-wing Bible Thumpers".  This is not fair because I an neither.   I was recently talking to several persons with a more liberal philosophy and they couldn't believe that I didn't think the planet was only 6,000 years old.  Come on!.    

As a result of the constant mis-classification, of which I am also guilty, I have created a new philosophy of sizing up other person's political philosophy.  I have cast aside Republican vs. Democrat or conservative vs. liberal and am now going with "People that do and people that don't".  It's a lot easier to differentiate between people that believe in personal responsibility and accomplishment versus those that float through life getting by with as little effort as possible and expecting those that have some achievement to make up the difference. 

This concept may be a little more interesting once you give it some thought.  Achievement cuts through both conservative and liberal philosophies and cannot just be claimed by conservatives.  That's the fun part.  Given these parameters, I no longer really care if a person is conservative or liberal but whether they believe in self responsibility and achievement.  I need to point out that actual achievement is necessary, just the belief in personal responsibility.