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Originally posted by Sun Tzu
I don’t subscribe to any political party. There are some points someone may clear up for, since I make no claim to be an expert on politics.
The following is what I "think" I know-- not claiming it "to be"
The conservative mindset does benefit the wealthy through tax adjustments, but the way I see it set up is the heart of free enterprise. They encourage entrepreneurship thus encouraging competition. I believe anyone in America has the ability to create whatever their own intent will pave, because of this I agree with the conservative mindset in this area.
The democrats seem to discourage entrepreneurship. They want an environment where the government provides and takes care of many issues (ie-medicine vs. a doctor starting a clinic for private profits) basically a bigger government that sounds as though it borders socialism.
Here’s where it gets foggy for me: Conservatives seem to be from more of a free enterprise mindset with a smaller government (911 changed allot of things though)
Liberal mindset calls for more intervention by the government, so why does it seem backwards on the abortion issue. It would seem to me that it would be reversed. If I’m way off here I'll apologize ahead I’m not attempting to insult anyone or their beliefs, any clarification is invited.
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The way it used to work was Republicans were economically liberal (ie less govt spending, less taxes) and socially conservative (abortion, death penalty, school prayer, creationism) and democrats were the reverse: more govt spending, more fiscal programs and pro-choice, anti-death penalty, etc on social issues.
In the last decade or so, thanks to Bill, we've seen a shift right on a lot of issues for the democrats, like less govt spending, targetted middle class tax cuts and so forth, and maintaining most of the social agenda, with the big exception of capital punishment.
A real eye-opener though is the stereotyping of democrats in the last 30 years or so as big government spenders who want to 'take all your money', when in fact, the only two presidents to balance the budget in that time were Carter and Clinton.
Another stereotype is republicans as being fiscally conservative. This is clearly not the case, as the last 3 republican presidents are responsible for some of the biggest deficit spending in history, measuring either by percent GDP, or total (in our current presidents' case).
-Independent, by the way