Yours truly is a voting centrist Democrat.  Formerly leftist.   Currently libertarian, but allowing for the corporate/government power base.   Limited, regulated free markets might be an objective.  

  It's been a mixed free market and social economy for a long time.  Tax exempt business trended all over creation, most especially as private sector corporate downsizing put executives out of work during the 1970s, 80s and 90s.   That's a lot of public cash flow.   So many people rely on the welfare state in one way or other.   This is a huge demographic, and though the individuals are penniless or poor, huge amounts of money is transfered from health care agencies and funders as poor people get and stay sick.   Sick oldsters are keeping the medical establishment wealthy.   

That's some blather.  I'l think up more dookie soon, and post here.