Are you fiscally liberal or conservative?

[Patranus]

Like Wolfe, Government Size does not matter. It's all about Government doing what it can do better than the Private Sector. Even including Healthcare.

Time and time again government has proven that it CANNOT improve the private sector.
The private sector flourishes DESPITE government.

 

[MJinZ]

Time and time again government has proven that it CANNOT improve the private sector.
The private sector flourishes DESPITE government.

Depends on which private sector you care about I guess. Microsoft? Intel? :sneaky:

 

[sandorski]

Time and time again government has proven that it CANNOT improve the private sector.
The private sector flourishes DESPITE government.

Negative and that wasn't my point either.

 

[Atreus21]

Yes, Marriage is a union between a man and a woman.

And Blacks used to be slaves.

You are clearly conservative.

That, everyone is what a conservative is. Someone who wishes to keep the tradition and unwilling to progress.

And, everyone, the definition of a liberal is one who begins from a position of political arrogance: All the ideas we have now are better than those that preceded us. It seems to me that a modern liberal throws aside common sense and conventional wisdom for no other reason then that they are common and conventional.

Or maybe, just maybe, you're over-generalizing, and over-stereotyping.

 

[soulcougher73]

Your definitions are not unfair. They are relatively common definitions. I can't answer the poll, however, because my definition of fiscally conservative means advocating a balanced budget. On small vs. big government, I'm not for either. I want effective government without waste, and no deficits.

- wolf

Pretty much this for me. I dont want gov spending money on stupid shit, but i do want them to regulate markets that can easily be manipulated by wall street.

 

[MJinZ]

And, everyone, the definition of a liberal is one who begins from a position of political arrogance: All the ideas we have now are better than those that preceded us.

Or maybe, just maybe, you're over-generalizing, and over-stereotyping.

Selectively, the ideas we have now ARE better than the ones that preceded us.

Gay marriage, for example, increasingly restores dignity to a group of socially labelled second class citizens.

Are they better for people who stand to gain only from keeping it the way it used to be? No. I'm sure lots of people would still prefer to have a large Church influence and own a bunch of slaves.

Reality and ethics. It's a bitch.