Yup, you know how it works, when your young stupid and broke you vote democrat. Once you get a job and start working you become a republican.
In the real world, it works the opposite way. People tend to get more liberal as they get older. Real life does that.
I was a conservative when young, so I understand the attraction of conservatism, the way it tells you that nothing is ever your responsibility. That's why I'm here, to serve as a beacon of hope for lost conservatives. Remember, you are not doomed to a nightmare life of conservatism, followed by eternity in Hell. If I could turn away from selfishness, laziness and evil, then so can you.
So what planet are you on where conservatism tells you nothing is your responsibility? Conservatism is all about promoting personal responsibility. You have that confused with liberalism where every failure has an excuse.
Conservatism also does not mean telling people who are struggling to drop dead, it is not our responsibility. The Republican healthcare bill would have pitted low-income people against people with pre-existing conditions against older people. Ronald Reagan in his "Time for Choosing" speech said no one should be prevented from seeing a doctor because they cannot afford it. We need to acknowledge the nation's problems and find conservative solutions to it.
The mandate was created by the conservative Heritage Foundation. The reason for it was freeloaders. People who do not buy insurance when they are healthy but buy insurance when they get sick. Then when they are healthy they drop the insurance and leave others to pay the bill. Is that what you call personal responsibility? Apparently personal responsibility is important only when you want it to be.