Great Answers!!
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:59:40 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's my take:
>
> >1.) Believes that competition is unfair.
>
> We have courts and lawyers to sort out anti-competitive behavior. Our
> ruthlessness in business is part of what makes us the biggest, most
> innovative country in the history of the world.
>
> >2.) Believes that government is the best solution to most social problems.
>
> Larry's point abot the Civil Rights movement is key. Government should always
> be the servant of the people, never the master. When politicians start
> thinking they know best, that's when things get messy. Not to devolve into a
> subject that has already been flogged to death, but the Schiavo case is a
> weird example of conservatives trying to impose their sense of morality on a
> situation where courts have all refused to step in.
>
> >3.) Believes that people's fiscal mistakes or poor choices should be
> >subsidized by government.
>
> Sad. To borrow from the adage, the government should teach people how to
> fish, but it should not be responsible for people who choose to sit around
> getting high instead of going down to the river to catch fish.
>
> >I've skipped over environmentalism since it's a truly conservative
> >issue despite what everyone thinks ("Every good capitalist knows waste
> >impoverishes us all." -- Adam Smith)
>
> Ironical, ain't it?
>
> >Does anyone believe those things anymore? I can't imagine they do if
> >they work for a living.
>
>
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