[Superman]

Y'know, I think that Len's question has more to do with the very effective liberal stereotyping marketing political strategy effects than any actual difference in ideologies. If I may, Len's post seems to assume that what liberals want to do is hand out free stuff and that's it. As if liberals have no concept of sustainable "help."

I know this is going to come as a complete surprize to all of you, but Superman is a bit if a liberal thinker, and he doesn't believe that. We liberals would LOVE to effect more of a CURE for poverty, rather than just putting these admittedly counter-productive band-aids on the problem. So, we actually agree with Len (until you check with Karl or Rush).

What's bothering Len has also bothered me for a couple of decades now. And from my perspective, it has always looked like the mistake we make is to pretend that servicing this problem is very different from servicing a car. When front tires wear too quickly on one edge, you have two choices. You can just keep putting used tires on to replace the ones that are wearing out quickly, and perhaps spend less money. Maybe. Used tires can be found for $20. Or you can actually FIX the problem by getting the car aligned, and putting decent tires on it. The older we get, the more we learn that it's best to actually FIX the problem. Unfortunately, it's not as cheap as not fixing the problem.

There is just enough money in entitlement programs to feed some folks. If we really wanted to FIX the problem, we'd quit blaming and finding excuses to cut funding, and we'd design and fund some actual FIX programs. And there is the rub. The conservative party will do ANYTHING to avoid funding these social issues. That party's Daddy, "Big Business," wants to keep those people in the unfortunate situation they're in. They're a labor pool, and a lesson for the rest of us. The fearfulness and lack of hope are commercial tools.