One Key Distinction between the average conservative and liberal.... [View all]
I've been doing some thinking about the core beliefs that differ between Conservatives and Liberals.
I think I've figured out one core difference and I want to see what others think.
Liberals
1. As a general rule, liberals believe that all Americans would love to have the opportunity to be a hard working taxpayer and be able to support themselves and their family it just so happens that our economy does not provide that for everyone.
Conservatives
2. As a general, conservatives do not believe that all Americans want to be hard working tax payers but instead that a large amount of Americans are happy not to support themselves but "live off the government" instead and that these people should "stop being lazy" and "go get a job" with the underlying idea that there are all these jobs to be had out there but people are too lazy to take them.
I think this is close to one of the fundamental differences between us. What does DU think?
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