it is liberals who believe in expansive governmental safety nets for all people,
Basically true (except for those people not yet born, who get no safety net at all, but we'll let that one slip by).
But whether expansive safety nets is a good thing or not is debatable. It didn't work in the Soviet Union. It isn't working very well in Germany and France, and even Sweden is having trouble with it. Sadly, human nature tends to be such that if you give someone 75% of their pay, housing, medical care, food, etc. for just sitting around watching TV, a number of people will choose to just sit around and watch TV, and soon or later those who are paying all the bills will say they're tired of this.
Socialism didn't work in Christianity (which if you follow the words of Christ is the most socialistic program ever proposed anywhere), and it isn't working for the long term in any country.
But I do agree, providing free Viagra to convicted sex offenders on Medicaid is, indeed, a classic example of the ultimate liberal agenda. (Okay, maybe that was a bit of an unfair poke. But not that much of one! The fact that Viagra is covered at all for anybody on Medicaid is indeed a result of the liberal agenda.) |
