Can someone give me all positive points of liberalism AND conservatism?Anyone?

Answer 1

Liberals - Want the government to serve the people
Want the government to keep wealth and power from being predatory on the poor and helpless
Want to protect the freedoms of the public
Don't mind paying for government services

Conservatives - Want less government
Want the wealthy and powerful to be able to decide how to deal with poor and helpless themselves, after all, they are intelligent enough to be wealthy and powerful.
Want to pay less for government.
Want to protect the wealth and powerful from insult by the poor and helpless.

Answer 2

Classical liberalism sees our country, our people and our culture as a work in progress.

Classical conservatism says "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Neither view can dominate today to the total exclusion of the other. I call myself a conservative because I believe many of the views of the right and generally favor Republicans when I vote. But I question some of what conservatives believe... and a lot of what liberals believe.

I will admit I'm much more tolerant of liberals when I look back at meaningful changes that arose from past liberal political points of view (and were opposed at the time by many on the right). Civil rights would be a good example (although a Republican freed the slaves).

But I still can't agree with today's classical liberal support of many things I oppose, like unfettered access to abortion, abandonment of traditional marriage, centralized government healthcare, confiscatory taxes and some of the proposed anti-business regulatory policies.

Most of all, it bothers me how liberals (and power hungry Democratic politicians) are obsessed with tearing down, criticizing and bad-mouthing American policy and the state of our country today. They're outwardly derisive of anyone with a knee-jerk support America attitude (why is that less erudite than a knee-jerk tear down America attitude?).

I love America. And I love a STRONG America. I want terrorists (and especially the regimes that foment and support terror) to be genuinely AFRAID to export their vile hate and destruction to America.

I'm a can-do guy. I believe in our citizens' passion and drive to succeed and improve their lives. I believe that telling someone that they're a victim and they need big brother to regulate or legislate or confiscate so as to redistribute wealth and good fortune is tantamount to getting them hooked on drugs.

So I'm a conservative who says that although some of what the liberals believe may likely turn out to be correct, that's not good enough reason to implement ALL of what they believe before we've run their ideas through the gauntlet once or twice.

Thank God for America, a country that cherishes the right of its citizens to have these debates and fearlessly criticize their government. God knows, if Hillary or someone of her ilk becomes president, I’ll be exercising my right to dissent…with gusto!

Answer 3

Being a liberal is being a constitutionalists. It is that simple.

We believe in freedom of speech, separation of church and state, a person's right to bear arms, etc...

We believe in the Bill of Rights making all ppl equal and we believe that minorities should not be discriminated against.

We do NOT believe in majority rule or changing the constitution just because the majority says so.

We believe this country CORE value is the right of the ONE!

In more detail, here is why I am a 'liberal' democrat:

- I believe in war as a last resort or unless we or an ally have been attacked. IEs, Gulf War and Pearl Harbor
- I believe in UN support and if the UN is corrupt, instead of bailing on them, fix it.
- I believe we have a duty to pay our elderly social security because they paid those funds when they were working. That is like robbing them if we do not pay it back.
- I do not believe trickle down economics of Reagan, Bush Sr, and Bush Jr works. It never works. I believe in Clinton's economic system that is commonly referred to as Pay-As-You-Go.
- I believe in FDR's New Deal that the republican party has been trying to destroy piece by piece.
- I believe our social programs that keep families from living under bridges prevent us from becoming a 3rd world country.
- I believe in welfare but I also believe in Clinton's welfare reform where it is limited to 2 to 3 years in a lifetime. This prevents ppl from living on it their entire life; thereby, prevents welfare abuse.
- I believe in universal healthcare because a healthy nation is a powerful nation and also the pharmcy/insurance companies are corrupt.
- I believe in government regulation of monopolies such as power/energy, cable and telephone companies. Everytime the government deregulates these industries, they promise the price will go down but it never does... it always increases thereby increases the cost of living.
- I do not believe in making laws that violate constiutional rights... such as the Patriot Act or even seatbelt laws.
- I do not believe in making new laws everytime a problem arises; but rather, to fix the problem.
- I believe in gay marriage because gay ppl pay taxes too and heteorsexual couples should not be given special rights by the states just because they are straight. Otherwise take away those special rights and don't allow the state to recognize anyone's marriage.
- I believe in a woman's right to choose because just as the Supreme Court has ruled, a woman has a constitutional right to privacy over what happens to her body.
- I believe in the right to own a gun because it is a constitutional right.
- I believe in the constitution 110% and the liberties it allows each citizen.
- I am anti-illegal immigration because simply, they break the law by entering illegally.
- I believe in complete separation of church and state per the constitution and as interpreted by Thomas Jefferson who stated, "thus building a wall of separation between Church and State"
- I believe in SMALL GOVERNMENT in terms of big brother staying the hell out of my business. I've never participated in a census and refuse to. I am a LIBERAL and believe government has NO RIGHT to stick its nose in my business.

Answer 4

please do not disturb the liberal socialists today.
they are all in a meeting of the "Neville Chamberlain Society"
for presentation of the "Jane Fonda Award for Acts of Treason
or Anti-American Rhetoric".
the nominated indiviuals this year include:
John Mirtha
Jane Fonda
Barbara Steisand
Harry Reid
Hillary Clinton
Ted kennedy
Chuck Shumer
Jimmy Carter
Carl Levin
and a few others.