[Superman]

There's lots of bait here for me but that's not why I created this thread. You guys just don't have the spirit. Yet, anyway. I was hoping that, in this thread, we would find the "common ground" we all know is there. Even better, this is an opportunity for the conservatives, who have so far left the rest of us with the impression that they do not understand what's going on (forgive me for that), to impress us with their broad knowledge of the issues by presenting some liberal tenet that they actually respect and recognize. And vise versa.

Keep trying. Perhaps I did a poor job of illustrating. Let me try again: The Economy. Truly, it is ideal for our nation if the economy can be restored to its robust recent past, like during the mid to late '90s (forgive me for that, too). A rising tide lifts all boats, and if jobs and sales were sufficiently plentiful then revenues to public coffers would increase and demands for public assistance would decrease. I could afford the 9x16 Fuchs I need and life would be wonderful. Our capitalist economic machine has its own automatic price/quantity adjusters that work quite well, and business knows how to go after a sales opportunity. R&D, and other important and necessary functions can increase efficiencies, and so to the degree that we can place companies into a position to be able to afford and invest in these market-exploring activities, we can use our free markets to "...promote the general welfare...."

Brownie points for any known conservative who can tell me where that last quote comes from.