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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (754788)	11/21/2006 5:12:42 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

"Of course I can define it" Excellent! Like to hear how YOU define 'liberal' and 'conservative' then.... (So I'll be able to know what the heck you mean when you use those words.) Me? I'm a 'fiscal conservative' --- so I favor small government, balanced budgets, low and 'fair' taxes.... And I'm a 'Libertarian' --- so I favor a small government that keeps it's nose out of everyone's private business, and doesn't try to intrude in private lives, or act as a 'Big Nanny' or a 'Big Daddy' government. And, (Libertarian being the opposite of Authoritarian), I'm not fond of Kings or Dictators, or any who would seek excess power over others, so I respect Democracy as the most freedom-loving system of government yet devised. And, I believe in the superiority of Capitalism, in a modern mixed economy... so I'm a fan of free markets. (Which, by the way, is what's called a 'Liberal' in Europe... someone who favors Capitalist, not Socialist, economic solutions.) One thing I'm not is a 'religious conservative', which, in it's present day configuration (though it wasn't always thus), seems to be a philosophy that requires the power of an expanded federal government, as a 'big stick', to ensure that it's preferred dictates regarding behaviors are enforced on the general population.... (Though, I'll will ever DEFEND the rights of individuals to be free to worship as they wish, be they 'religious conservatives' or 'religious liberals', regardless... I will ever oppose any goal to impose one sect's particular views upon a broader public.)