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DC isn't really a state; it's a city with the attendant urban issues.
Cause I am too lazy to list all of the states. It is not an electronic source that I can copy and paste. I gave the source, you can go and look at it.
I also didn't include 18-19. because some people believe that is an acceptable age to get kids. Hence, I looked at 15-17, but if you want to know 15-19 the data is in my source. I have feeling it is not very different.
Cause I am too lazy to list all of the states. It is not an electronic source that I can copy and paste. I gave the source, you can go and look at it.
I also didn't include 18-19. because some people believe that is an acceptable age to get kids. Hence, I looked at 15-17, but if you want to know 15-19 the data is in my source. I have feeling it is not very different.
I asked only because the phrase was "teenage" which would be 15-19 for demographers, although in reality it probably should be 13-19.
I started to type the data into excel but I got bored. the rankings are all over the map. It's also unclear to me how to assign each state a category of red or blue--there are some obvious ones but there are a lot of borderline ones as well (Iowa, for example, or Ohio).
Premise 1: Conservatism is defined as the relative support of tradition, of the status quo and opposition to change, while liberalism is opposition to the status quo and support of change.
Premise 2: Democrats were not always liberals, and Republicans were not always conservatives.
The silliest threads by the leftist fanatics, always start with lies about the most basic things.
This one is clearly no exception.
Conservative means less government control. Things get redefined. "Cautiously moderate or purposefully low." Raising the budget and government intervention in foreign wars, like Romney and Ryan want, are not conservative principles imo.
You realize of course, that the OP's original post, was an excellent work of fiction.
There are different types of conservatives, as well as different types of liberals, though you make no mention of this and simply lump each group in a single mold.
If you truly believe what you said about the Civil war, then your knowledge of history is severely lacking. Did you know that One of the Articles of the Confederacy outlawed the importation of slaves?
Not sure where you got all the tripe you posted, but it was good fiction, thank you.
"This bill demonstrates for all time our nation's ironclad commitment to Social Security. It assures the elderly that America will always keep the promises made in troubled times a half a century ago. It assures those who are still working that they, too, have a pact with the future. From this day forward, they have one pledge that they will get their fair share of benefits when they retire."
Presidents always "flip" based on who's paying their checks. Reagan was against it when he worked for the people against it, and flipped with republicans.
His speech is drivel of course. Nice to see that what we are seeing today is exactly the same clap trap doomsday crap being used since the '60s.
of course, he was technically correct. Social Security and Medicare are complete wastes and will bankrupt us. But hell - he was lucky right. He had no idea why they were a bad idea.
I will continue to argue that what you need is a pretty good blend of both conservative and liberal to move forward. Conservative evidence, quanatative, facts not hope. . .with liberal ideas. Like Qualative and quanative research.
Because, some unconstrained/liberal ideas aren't always so nice. I would definitely argue that third Reich policies on race and creating a perfect race were technically progressive/liberal.
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Originally Posted by Green Onions
Conservatives are simply liberals ... a half-century behind the times.
They eventually come around ... long after everyone else has. This is typified by Ronald Reagan's LP rant in 1961 against Social Security (which he labelled 'socialized medicine'):
I don't need people to define what they want conservatism to be.
What it means these days is smaller government with a lot less government employees. Only long term support for the elderly and disabled. In other words, fiscal conservatism.
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