"Socially progressive?" "I believe people are responsible enough to decide if they want to smoke marijuana, but I don't think people are responsible enough to decide what foods their kids should eat."
I too believe people have the right to smoke what they want as long as it doesnt kill the person standing next to them, I believe that the poor do need a helping hand and like Social security for what it is...a means to prevent the old and sick from being a burden on society...
The word progressive has become a dirty word in the new media world and I encourage you to stop filtering the world by those rose tinted glasses...
BTW I do believe the second amendment gives us the right to bear arms, so I went to the forest and tore them off a grizzly...
You are entitled to your opinions and free to believe what you want. This is one of the many things I love about this country. I grew up in South America in the early 70s when people were disappearing in the night and dissenting voices were afraid to speak out for fear of what may happen to their families. I have seen true poverty and how it affects children. I have experienced enough in my lifetime to believe that the US is the place where I want my children to grow up and where I call my home..
My experiences much like yours shape who I am and what I believe in...so I believe in a robust safety net for the poor and the means for them to raise themselves by their bootstraps and truly live the American dream... Is the American dream easier or harder to achieve now than it was 20 years ago?
So bam according to your beliefs do you think the GI bill after WW2 was socialist? How about the VA system? Its easy to cherry pick positions and hold them as a litmus test against some greater philosophy but the real world where the rest of us live is not that simple. If you believe it is that is your prerogative but its mine to point out its fallacies as well...
yes I thought removing toys from from fat and calorie laden food was a good idea....funny how people are allowed to believe what they want..