On Jun 5, 11:25*pm, Doug Winterburn wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 5, 5:40 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Curious Man wrote:
There seems to be a stereotype that "liberals" are the lazy sorts of
people who interrupt TV viewing only to go to soup lines, or smoke
harmful substances, whereas "conservatives" are hard working, self
reliant people who are very well off due to their own perseverance and
work ethic.
And yet, the few self proclaimed or suspected liberals and Obama
supporters of this newsgroup, seem to be very well off, accomplished
people, whereas many conservatives, while intelligent and interesting
people on many levels, are not exactly above that kind of level of
attainment.
If that is the case, is that perhaps the time to reconsider our
stereotypes?
Curious Man
Liberals tend to provide for the common welfare through the treasury;
Conservative tend to promote the general welfare through the economy.

Your observations have some merit. But the people who post here, who
genuinely want to help others, yet express "liberal" tendencies, are merely
proto-conservatives. As they age and accumulate wisdom, they'll change..

LOL...I used to be a conservative but as I get older I find myself
becoming much more liberal.

That liberalism comes from acquiring wisdom.

And if you haven't noticed, the Country just slapped the conservative
movement into the next decade after enjoying its "benefits" under
Bush.

As those voters who voted for Obama age, they will be liberal leaning
for decades.

TMT

As my dear old departed mum told me almost 50 years ago - "When you're
young, you're idealistic and liberal, then you got to work and start
paying taxes and become a conservative, then you get old and start
looking for help because you didn't plan ahead and you become liberal
again".

LOL...tell me...what will the millions of Americans do in the next few
years for retirement when their 401Ks are worth nothing, their houses
are worth much, much less and with millions living off what savings
they might have?

Or the damning fact that 60% of bankruptcies are medical related...and
you incur most of your medical costs after retirement.

And you do realize that this deep, deep recession has a long way to go
yet. Best estimates that the economy MAY bottom out late next year. So
how deep of pockets do you have..especially if government payments are
cut?

The truth in life is that you can do everything right and still arrive
at retirement penniless.

TMT