Labels don’t facilitate understanding, they obfuscate understanding.
You should go for the content and not get stuck at the label.
Today’s version of liberal (or, as Hillary prefers, “progressive”) argues that big and bigger government is the key to enlightened, fair and balanced society.
Today’s version of conservative thinks smaller government, free enterprise, individual initiative and personal responsibility are the keys to a happy and fruitful human condition.
(this has not always been the case, since each of these terms, historically, has meant the opposite of what it stands for today)
Today’s liberals, generally, seem to favor the nanny state as a replacement for structure and caring in their lives. Would be liberal/progressive “leaders” are happy to oblige in the name of their own personal grasp for power.
Today’s conservatives are far more in keeping with the original intent of limited federal government which so preoccupied (nay, obsessed) the minds of those who conceived this American experiment.
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
~Thomas Jefferson
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
~Winston Churchill
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~P.J. O’Rourke,
