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copperline
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Copperline
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12/30/2012 11:21:12 AM
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i do hear what you are saying, govt actions can & do change the amount of money available for use in the private sector. The economics of all this are very complicated, and reasonable people might disagree. it's not called the Dismal Science for nothing.
Here’s
a piece of irony i often think about.
Liberals in my day were very concerned about government intrusion into
their lives, angry and shocked at the way government seemed to be using it’s
vast powers to undermine us. We
believed the government was beyond our control, had an agenda controlled by a
minority of wealthy Capitalists, and was bent on restraining the popular will
of the people. Liberals don’t so much
have a history of trusting the government as much as a belief that many huge
social problems have to be addressed on a scale that only the government can
achieve. That said, i’m very wary of
the government. i don’t like secret
prisons, torture, renditions, wars based on dubious intelligence reports, and
the fact that government has so many ways to snoop into my life. i don’t like secret government programs
that aren’t accountable to public scrutiny, sanctioned assassinations and the
like. Based on some of that, you could say that
i have something in common with some Tea Party views.
Fundamentally
though, as much as i am wary of big government… As a whole i trust profit-driven
corporations even less, and i disagree with a conservative approach that would
give more control to corporations and trust that the free market will create an
acceptable solution for every social problem we need to address.
it
would be cool if we could make a list of the major areas of disagreement we
have, and rather than argue about our differences try to find what common
ground there is between the Liberal and Conservative view in each category. As an exercise, it might be a good place to
begin 2013’s discussion on the Forum.
Contribute topics to the list but refrain from phrasing them in
ways intended to slight the other side, and identify (for now… we can always
debate later) where our thinking is the same… and or maybe not so different
from each other.
Differences
from Right to Left
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Welfare & the Social Safety Net
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Healthcare
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Wars and Foreign Affairs
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Regulation of industry
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The role of Religion in Governing the country
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Civil Rights & expanding civil rights to minorities like Gays &
Lesbians
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Crime & Punishment
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Poverty
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What are the limits & role of government in society? What is the role of Corporations?
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