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What, no conservatives want to talk about this? You guys can't talk about your political ideologies with a liberal?
You bunch of elitists!
There you go with the name calling thing that is so much a part of the "lefty liberal mentality. I'm in the waiting room of my family practice doctor waiting while my wife gets her annual physical exam. I'm on the public computer in his waiting room. If I have the time tonight when I get home I would like to address this post. This is a pretty good post coming from you. It deserves some honest attention. I don't have a lot of time now to explain my stand on the issues you listed but maybe so tonight. I'm a conservative - used to be a Republican but have of late turned towards being an Independent because the Republican Party is in the trash right now. I agree with a lot of what you described but certainly not all of it. I'll try to be more specific tonight.
As distasteful as it might sound to you, I strongly recommend you reading Glenn Beck's book, "Common Sense". Politics today is not necessarily geared towards Dems vs Repubs. That is what the Progressives would like for you to believe because it keeps everything in turmoil. Beck explains it all very well and if you read the book it will open your eyes to a lot of things you took for granted before in your life. Well worth the read if you can read it with an open mind. It's less than $9.00 at Walmart.
Pot meet Kettle.
Accusing the OP of oversimplifying when you yourself are guilty in the same post makes you a laughing stock.
Fiscal Conservatism:
Fiscal conservatives think that the federal government and state governments generally overstep their bounds fiscally.
Fiscal conservatives think that income tax isn't supported by the Constitution.
Fiscal conservatives believe in a flat tax.
Fiscal conservative believe capitalism is generally the best economic system for all peoples and cultures.
It is a fact that the market will regulate itself. It is also a fact that the market will do that when the market is ready to and not before.Fiscal conservatives think there is too much governmental meddling in business and that capitalism works better when its completely unregulated. The market will regulate itself.
100% incorrect. This would be a corporatist position, not a conservative one.Fiscal conservatives think that large corporations run the American economy with good reason: these are the companies which have succeeded and therefore have a right to do whatever they can to increase the bottom line, as long as it doesn't hurt US citizens.
Fiscal conservatives want to privatize Social Security or do away with it altogether.
This is a question about how we pay for medical care in the US. The fiscal conservatives do not believe that health care is a right. There is no foundation in American Political Thought for the position that health care is a right anymore than the position that food and shelter is a right. It's a convenient rallying cry of the leftist.Fiscal conservatives want to privatize Medicare/Medicaid or do away with it altogether.
Do Fiscal conservatives not want health care reform in any form?
Fiscal conservatives think there shouldn't be a minimum wage: let the market settle on what the minimum wage should be.
Fiscal conservatives think that the economy should be more of a priority than the environment.
Fiscal conservatives think welfare should be discontinued.
I've never even heard that before. See above for the general theory.Fiscal conservative think that unemployment insurance should be discontiued.
Do fiscal conservatives think all social program spending should be discontinued on the Federal level and that states should handle it i.e. food stamps, welfare, unemployment insurance, etc., or do fiscal conservatives think that all social programs should be discontinued and let non-profits handle those programs with charitable donations?
Fiscal conservatives want to get rid of Affirmative Action because institutional racism and sexism are things of the past and no longer issues in American business.
Fiscal conservatives think we should stop our dependence on foreign oil by drilling here instead.
" as you are educating this card carrying commie pinko liberal.
Hey Tech Esquire,
Who the hell do you think you are, Editec?
Tech_Esq:
I'm a little surprised you responded to the social conservative part of this thread because I was under the assumption that you were more of a fiscal conservative and less a social one. Nevertheless, your answers helped to shed a lot of light on these subjects from a conservative stand-point. I really hope you tackle the fiscal side for me as I think you probably have some valuable things to say there.
A couple of your answers have caused me to have more questions. Just a couple! I'll keep it short:
I meant Christian values when I wrote "Social conservatives think that the government should be better aligned with Christian ideals."
I didn't quite understand your reply to the "Official" language comment. Did you mean that it makes sense to have English as the official language in a fiscal sense?
You're a pagan but you think the founding fathers used Judeo-Christian values as a foundation for the ideals they used to structure the nation? Do you think they meant that as in a "Christian nation" sense or does that just reflect their own values which aligned with Christian values? How does that align with the fact that this country was, supposedly, founded for religious freedoms?
Why do you think so many college professors and administrative staff are liberal?
So neo-cons are not conservatives? I just thought they were like the Gen X of conservatives.
Pot meet Kettle.
Accusing the OP of oversimplifying when you yourself are guilty in the same post makes you a laughing stock.
No, it makes you look like a moron because you can't see that what I've done is exposed the OP for the over-simplification that it is. You can only see the truth from your own shoes.
Anyway, you will find conservatives all over the spectrum on all those issues. Are Libertarians conservatives? Maybe, maybe not. Religious fundamentalists? Maybe, maybe not. Reagan-type conservatives? Maybe maybe not. But each issue demands its own examination of the views and the underlying philosophy supporting them.
Pot meet Kettle.
Accusing the OP of oversimplifying when you yourself are guilty in the same post makes you a laughing stock.
No, it makes you look like a moron because you can't see that what I've done is exposed the OP for the over-simplification that it is. You can only see the truth from your own shoes.
Anyway, you will find conservatives all over the spectrum on all those issues. Are Libertarians conservatives? Maybe, maybe not. Religious fundamentalists? Maybe, maybe not. Reagan-type conservatives? Maybe maybe not. But each issue demands its own examination of the views and the underlying philosophy supporting them.
Was your post on Liberal Values sarcasm or not?
If that was a serious post, then yes, you are guilty of the exact crime you accuse the OP of. If anything you are more guilty as the OP seems to be trying to have an honest debate while your list is nothing but right-think tripe.
Pot meet Kettle.
Accusing the OP of oversimplifying when you yourself are guilty in the same post makes you a laughing stock.
No, it makes you look like a moron because you can't see that what I've done is exposed the OP for the over-simplification that it is. You can only see the truth from your own shoes.
Anyway, you will find conservatives all over the spectrum on all those issues. Are Libertarians conservatives? Maybe, maybe not. Religious fundamentalists? Maybe, maybe not. Reagan-type conservatives? Maybe maybe not. But each issue demands its own examination of the views and the underlying philosophy supporting them.
Was your post on Liberal Values sarcasm or not?
If that was a serious post, then yes, you are guilty of the exact crime you accuse the OP of. If anything you are more guilty as the OP seems to be trying to have an honest debate while your list is nothing but right-think tripe.
C-man, IMHO this is too much for one thread.
Well, I guess I can see that. But I didn't know how else to do it. Start fifty threads - one thread for each point?
That's all there are? Two?the two ends of the political spectrum
What, no conservatives want to talk about this? You guys can't talk about your political ideologies with a liberal?
You bunch of elitists!
There you go with the name calling thing that is so much a part of the "lefty liberal mentality. I'm in the waiting room of my family practice doctor waiting while my wife gets her annual physical exam. I'm on the public computer in his waiting room. If I have the time tonight when I get home I would like to address this post. This is a pretty good post coming from you. It deserves some honest attention. I don't have a lot of time now to explain my stand on the issues you listed but maybe so tonight. I'm a conservative - used to be a Republican but have of late turned towards being an Independent because the Republican Party is in the trash right now. I agree with a lot of what you described but certainly not all of it. I'll try to be more specific tonight.
As distasteful as it might sound to you, I strongly recommend you reading Glenn Beck's book, "Common Sense". Politics today is not necessarily geared towards Dems vs Repubs. That is what the Progressives would like for you to believe because it keeps everything in turmoil. Beck explains it all very well and if you read the book it will open your eyes to a lot of things you took for granted before in your life. Well worth the read if you can read it with an open mind. It's less than $9.00 at Walmart.
C-man, IMHO this is too much for one thread.
Well, I guess I can see that. But I didn't know how else to do it. Start fifty threads - one thread for each point?
Maybe try them one at a time, starting with the one you are most interested in.
I would consider myself a social conservative, so we could start with my feelings on abortion, but those threads seem to go downhill fast.
I think a good place to start is that many people on both sides have bad intentions.
No, it makes you look like a moron because you can't see that what I've done is exposed the OP for the over-simplification that it is. You can only see the truth from your own shoes.
Anyway, you will find conservatives all over the spectrum on all those issues. Are Libertarians conservatives? Maybe, maybe not. Religious fundamentalists? Maybe, maybe not. Reagan-type conservatives? Maybe maybe not. But each issue demands its own examination of the views and the underlying philosophy supporting them.
Was your post on Liberal Values sarcasm or not?
If that was a serious post, then yes, you are guilty of the exact crime you accuse the OP of. If anything you are more guilty as the OP seems to be trying to have an honest debate while your list is nothing but right-think tripe.
If you don't know the answer then you probably shouldn't be posting.
The OP laid out some pretty tendentious statements that would take pages to unravel.