Jay,

You seem to confuse being a liberal with being a socialist. I am a life long
liberal - I believe that government and industry has a responsibility to
help those in need, that the environment needs extensive protecting, that
most social programs do enough good to outweigh the inherent waste and
transfer costs...

I am also a confirmed capitalist. I built a company with over 300 employees
over a 15 year period. I sold it for enough money to enjoy a comfortable
retirement in my mid 40's, and started another company last year when I
found retirement boring. I've paid pretty extensive taxes - well worth it
for the privilege of living in the USA.

For some reason conservatives have stereotyped liberals as anti-business and
anti-patriotic. Neither is the case.

Michael


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Nah, only liberals stick with what they believed in their youth...

um... does that make me a liberal?

Well, I dunno. I've never met a life-long Republican before.

Many (most?) of us started out all starry-eyed, believing that everyone
was
equal, and that the only reason some folks were paid more than others was
because of some amorphous "evil" in the world that held back "the people."
"From each, according to his abilities, to each, according to his needs"
wasn't just a Communist slogan -- many of us really believed it, and hoped
to make it a reality.

Those of us who obtained a liberal arts degree in college were REALLY fed
this line, and most of us swallowed it, hook, line and sinker.

It usually seems to take some true, harsh life experiences before one
realizes what a crock of sh*t all that really is.

What's that old saying? "A Conservative is a Liberal who has been
mugged."
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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