If you look to the original definition of liberal, meaning someone who wants liberty from the government insomuch as possible, and conservative, meaning someone who believes the government should be small and limited, they both should want the same thing. Yet neither party is doing anything to reduce the size of the government, in fact they are both trying to expand it.
Conservatives amped up Homeland Security and DOD, and now the liberals want to nationalize health care!
Don't people realize that the more power we give the government the less liberty we have?
2007-08-28 13:49:27 · 6 answers · asked by inTHEgaddadavida 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They're too busy trying to get votes from the people who want them to do other than what they claim to. Besides, both sides have lost sight of these definitions and now just use them as words only, to get the other votes. I would bet that either A) they can't tell you what liberal and conservative REALLY mean or B) they have memorized a dictionary definition just in case an intelligent person asks them just such a question.
Speaking of nationalized health care -- I have family in Europe watching IN HORROR as this country's politicians keep bringing it up.
#1REPUBLICAN does NOT speak for his title! Dems, please ignore him/her/it.
2007-08-28 13:59:26 · answer #1 · answered by herfinator 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both parties want to enslave the American people with socialism and it's huge tax load. There are very few conservatives in the government any more. And the liberals have forsaken liberty for huge government.
2007-08-28 21:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that the politicians have gotten themselves in between a rock and a hard place. Our bureaucracy is so humongous that the only way they could actually fix it is to start all over. Therefore, the simplest way for them to try to give things a seemingly quick fix is to have the government handle it. That way they don't offend their donors. Just throw everybody a cookie.
Politicians can promise anything and they may be perfectly sincere in their promises but remember, they have to get a whole lot of people to agree with them. That's the hard part.
2007-08-28 21:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just look at the type of trash, like the movie Superbad, that sells well to the American crowd. Is it a wonder what the liberal and conservative Senators know how to play the same tune to the same dumb lot of voters, and still get to win during elections?
2007-08-28 20:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by United_Peace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your definition of conservative is not entirely correct -- most conservatives in the past ALSO wanted small govt -- but that is not part of the conservative philosophy -- it was just an overlap.
Just as liberals don't want big govt -- but many who follow a liberal philosophy ALSO happen to believe in welfare-based socialism. It's an overlap -- not an inherent part of the liberal philosophy.
2007-08-28 20:54:03 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when you give a person a lot of power they see just how far
they can go with it. and after tearing things up they start pointing fingers at people who did it.
2007-08-28 21:00:18 · answer #6 · answered by mad_1240 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋