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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Most people are "liberal republicans" (less govt/taxes + as much social freedom as possible).
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Or: Libertarians. There is already a party for you, too.
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The real crux of the difference between the Right and Left in this country is that the Right wants to regulate people's social lives and the Left wants to regulate their pocketbooks. I lean left a lot more these days because I can always ,make more money if the Left's in charge, but I don't know how to go about creating liberties once they're taken away from me.
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Not to be entirely cynical (or flippant), but you can usually buy them (or buy your way free of restrictions) if you have money. What, you didn't know there are effectively different social freedoms/rights for the rich and the poor? See: abortion. The debate is, as a practical matter, irrelevant to anyone with the means to hie themselves across the state border (or to Canada in the event of fed. regulation). See, also: voting. Voting is a much less effective way to cause your gov't to represent your opinions than gaining access to and incurring obligation from your representatives by judicious use of funds. See, also: 4th A/5th A/criminal rights. OJ.
BR(I vote we adjust our terms to "progressive" and "conservative," which shall not be confused with "Democrat" or "Republican", which are political parties each of which espouse some progressive and some conservative causes, or "liberal" which is what Adam Smith, the Institute for Justice and I are)C
