[Hugh R]

From your conservative perspective There is too much government regulation over personal behavior.

I think the gubmit sticks their nose too much in my business, drugs, abortion.

Entitlements should be cut or abolished. The poor are mostly poor because they choose to be so, and it is not societies responsibility to take care of them indefinitely. Not abolished, but for example, I've read about people who have been on Section 8 housing vouchers for 50 years! Exactly when in your life do you actually go out and try and better yourself so that you can support yourself. I mean 50 years, come on! And yes, I actually read that in an article about Federal housing in Chicago. Let's see... what have I done in 50 years, well, I was born, went to school, went in the military, put myself through college while working, got an MBA at night while working full time, raised a family, took continuing education classes, etc.

From your liberal post:

Want laws governing certain personal behaviors. Like what? Personally, I think what you do to yourself/in your bedroom is your own damn business, and the gubmit should keep their noses out. You want to ride a motorcycle without a helmet fine, kill yourself, but you should be required to wear goggles cause crap getting in your eyes impairs your ability to ride safely and affects my safety. The liberals in congress [read Democrats] seem to want to reward personal bad behavior, like bailing out homeowners who "qualified" for "Stated Income" home loans and are now bailing on said loans. Instead of blaming the homeowners, they use words like "victimized" by the mortgage companies.


Entitlements are needed to equalize the playing field. You deserve it even if you didn't earn it. A little extreme, but rather the liberals rationalize that people can't help themselves and need supports.

conservatives are mean soulless jerks
liberals are wimpy well-meaning idiots

I think liberals measure their compassion by how many people they get ON welfare; conservatives measure their compassion by how many people they get OFF welfare.