[leadslinger]

Good discussion folks. I am curious though. Where are all of our liberal friends? Surely they are here? Why not put there two cents in?

Ok I'll bite! I view my social aspects as liberal, but fiscally conservative; yeah go figure.

I despise the welfare system as it stands currently. I used to live in an area (not by choice, feds said go or lose my job) which was very much plagued by welfare abuse. The apartment complex I lived was adjacent to Section 8 housing, you would hardly ever see cars leaving in the AM, but come 10PM cars would constantly be coming and going and lord don't get me started on the music at 1 AM...

The welfare system was created to be temporary, but like most things people dig their claws in and never let go. 1996 President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families was to switch some of the welfare programs out of federal power to the states, in which the states were to support the welfare recipients by helping them move into the workforce.

On the other hand, I'm all for unemployment insurance benefits. After all you do pay for it.

Wildman, don't paint all us liberals with such a broad brush all the time, most of us are not as bad as Rush says, likewise I know all conservatives are not as bad as Chris Matthews says.

 

[leadslinger]

Liberalism did not come about by any mistake, as a philosophy it was around before Columbus made his journey to find this continent.. I think you have been taught the conservatives ideology of what liberalism is. Liberalism holds at its core the very same principle this country was founded on, individual liberty. Those on the right present liberals as social liberals, which perverts the whole argument down to an very small point; ie "tax and spend."

Instead of typing some long winded response and sucking up space here, I'll link you to this article covering what liberalism is. Yeah it's wiki, but I think we can all agree it is an acceptable source of vetted information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism