Liberal vs. Conservative (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 19:33 (5312 days ago) @ xeno6696

My own background is of being brought up in a family that supported the Labour Party and the Cooperative Movement. This was the progressive party of Attlee that brought in the national health service, and gave independence to India. My impression is that Socialism in the US tends to be identified with Communism, and Anti-Americal Activities.
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> America and socialism: As a country founded on the principles of Adam Smith, and to this day upholds the Horatio Alger myth as a common theme, I think it would be better to say that the independent nature of Americans is split between helping and doing for yourself. "Before you feed the kids in Africa, feed yourself."-Matt is right on. 60-70% of all employment growth in America is in entrepeneurial small business growth. Socialistic central planning has been the reason European countries are so laggard in growth. And allowing in a bunch of foreign workers is leading to grave social conflicts. We have had a fairly good method for the 'melting pot' approach, until the increasing liberal government policies of allowing multiple languages and some recognition of foreign customs.We are not melting so well now. I'm all in favor of English only as the official language. My grandparents, all from Eastern Europe, came here and immediately immersed themselves in English, because they had to. Hispanic kids here have to translate for their parents.-And by the way, I think we need a legal guest-worker program here. What is going on now is nuts. Our economy is supported by the 15 million illegals. I would offer them a g-w program becasue we need them with a clearly defined path to citizenship, if desired.