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I am a recovering Barackaholic
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by YankeeJim | July 2, 2010 at 06:40 am
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My skin is yellow with liberalism. I wanted that free healthcare, free education, free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I wanted to be more European, I thought.
So, we bought the farm and ran out of hay. We didn’t plant the fields. We didn’t weed the garden. Now, we are starv’n Marvins.
Give me that old time entrpreneurialism.
“Everyday Economics
Free Enterprise, the Economy and Monetary Policy
free (fre) adj. not controlled by or under the
power of another; at liberty; not bound or
constrained; able to move in any direction.enterprise (en´ter-priz) n. energy and initiative;
an undertaking, especially a big, bold or
difficult one; readiness for adventure or risk; a
business organization.Free enterprise is the freedom of individuals and businesses to operate and compete with a minimum of government interference or regulation. It enables individuals and businesses to create, produce, transform, develop, innovate and compete in the marketplace. As they are able and willing, enterprising people produce goods and services for profit, offer their labor for wages and own the resources needed to produce and sell goods and services. In this system, no one forces people to be creative, productive or enterprising. Instead, they pursue what they believe to be best for them. By producing the goods and services that society values most highly, a free enterprise system results in the greatest efficiency, or lowest costs, of any economic system. It is the system most compatible with individual freedom and political democracy.”
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YankeeJim
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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at 06:43 on July 2nd, 2010
Still a liberal
at 07:13 on July 2nd, 2010
YankeeJim
No part of liberalism is free. One must work to pay the taxation necessary to provide the socialized care you categorize as free. Though it is a common misconception, there is no free education, health care, or free old age pension.
There is no free lunch. The tax man calleth.
at 10:06 on July 2nd, 2010
classic liberalism in broad terms emphases free markets and civil libertyneo-liberalism in broad terms emphases greater role for the state controlling market and civil liberties for the last 400 years the argument continues in search of balance
at 14:51 on July 2nd, 2010
In the United States "Conservative" and "Liberal" are just two tags people can choose to label themselves. Just that, a label without any true meaning behind it.
In reality people who label themselves "liberals" in this day and age could not be further from from the actual definition. Same with "conservatives", the neocons of today are the 180 degree polar opposite of what Conservative meant in its hay day(ex: Barry Goldwater).
Just like Democrat and Republican are virtually meaningless titles.
What is the sense in labeling a set of ideas or principles with a name, if the ideas and principles are thrown out and replaced with new ones every year or two?
Every election the two party system throws out their old ideas, in favor of "new" ones.
For example just look at the foreign policy the Republican party ran on in 2000 and the foreign policy it endorsed just one year later.
They ran on a non-interventionist, "humble" foreign policy during the election, then supported endless wars around the world a year later.
How about the Democrats' rhetoric of pulling us out of the wars in the middle east, and then once in office not only continuing the Republicans policy, but expanding on it.
In this modern age, labels like "conservative" and "liberal" aren't about ideas or principles, they are about whether or not you tow the party line and believe in the ever changing definition of the party's "principles".
If the ideas behind the label change with the tides, then how can the label mean anything?
at 15:46 on July 2nd, 2010
Variations in behavior changes very little at the level of principles, I think. There are layers of behavior, however, and the deeper one goes the more variable it gets, IMO.
at 16:54 on July 2nd, 2010
Labels come with an assumption of values. Foe example look at YankeeJims posted definition of liberal and to what is implied to define conservative.
The word liberal means one thing but, political Liberals are not necessary by definition generous, or free from prejudice and narrow thinking, nor are political Conservatives narrow-minded, mean spirited and bigoted. Individual Liberals and Conservatives may be all or non of those things.
If you think about it, using such a definition makes Liberals out to be just that; narrow-minded, mean spirited and bigoted for white-washing an entire group in the negative.
Catch 22 of this PC emotive reactionary world in the absence of critical thinking. Critical thinking being the careful, deliberate determination of whether one should accept, reject, or suspend judgment about a claim and the degree of confidence with which one accepts or rejects it.
Labels are just sooo much easier!