The liberal mind - Redistribution and Socialism (military, ideology, companies)

[petch751]

we’ve focused on the idea that economic growth and entitlement reform are the keys to deficit reduction. We know that our definition of “fair” is different than liberals’ definition of “fair,”. We will never be able to convince liberals that higher taxation is not fair especially when it benefits the liberal financially. At this time we are in a world dominated by liberal influences in the media, academy and culture, also called redistributionist, socialist, fabian socialism.

As long as he is allowed to keep what he has earned, the conservative thinks he has been treated fairly, even if others have more than he has. The conservative believe that taxation at a "fair" rate must exist and they do believe in safety nets for people who are not able to provide for themselves through disabilities or age.

The liberal has a completely different definition of fairness. Liberals think we have a right to the same fruits no matter what our labor. They believe that they should not have to work for their welfare. Therefore believe in redistribution regardless of abilities and labor.

Unbeknownst to the liberal, we will always need capitalism

[Mach50]

Military is a form of socialism.

At this point defense and military government spending (tax $$$) is about jobs, not about defense..

Do you support government defense and military spending cuts?

[walidm]

Only a conservative would defy the Law and insist the Pyramid is built from the top down.

[carterstamp]

Yawwwnnnn...Liberals labeled as socialists. What an original idea.

[TempesT68]

[gomexico]

Actually, it's the GOP - and Romney/Ryan - who've been proponents of wealth redistribution ... and those attempts, successful as they've been ... are documented in their proposals and statements. Also, too, President "W" Bush and the GOP during his 8 years accomplished a lot of that. And let's remember Romney and what he did at Baird ... he took from the companies and workers and gave to himself and his partners ... for the most part. Let's follow the bouncing ball, and keep the record correct.

[squarian]

Originally Posted by petch751

liberal..., also called redistributionist, socialist, fabian socialism.

Two questions:

a) Is the source for your understanding of modern political ideology longer than twelve pages?

b) Does it consist primarily of pictures?

[petch751]

Originally Posted by walidm

Only a conservative would defy the Law and insist the Pyramid is built from the top down.

Ok, so where does the money flow from?

Middle class - where do they get their money?
Poor (we know where they get their money)
Government - Where does the government get their money?

Only a liberal would defy the law of gravity and insist that anything that flows from the bottom up.

[urbanlife78]

Is there even a country in the world that functions solely on capitalism and nothing else?

[squarian]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Is there even a country in the world that functions solely on capitalism and nothing else?

Sure - Hayekland, a small central European country formerly known as Kakania. It would appear that a great many posters in this forum are citizens of Hayekland.