March 15, 2007 Archives
Thu Mar 15 11:54:25 CET 2007
[EN] The Conservative-Liberal Debate, by example
The Liberal Case:
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.
It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.
He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.
The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
The Conservative Case
No one is saying that any of that stuff you mentioned is bad. It is when these ideas are taken too far.
For instance Unions and liberals got their medical benefits and are now pushing for National Health Care. Because why pay the $10?
Joe's medicine is safe, thank you liberals, and thank you for regulating the industry so much so that the only way to afford medications is to have insurance or have the government buy it for you to further justify your own existence.
They got regulations against meat packing and the entire food industry. Now they want to regulate even stricter standards so they do not have to think for themselves when shopping.
They got the Public Transit and Sidewalks, but now we should have government-funded Internet access. Because everyone deserves to be a contributor.
Yes, his money is federally insured. But just where is the government getting the insurance money? Oh yeah higher taxes.
If poor Joe loses his job he will get unemployment benefits. But no that runs out, so to help Joe not have to work in Fast Food, we had to give him Food Stamps and Welfare. Soon Joe doesn't return to work at all.
His childhood home is financed by Farmers' Home Administration who would still gladly kick Joe's father out on his keester for missing a payment. Business is business and banks are banks no matter what you call them.
His Father lives on SSN# and has a pension drawing more money than he ever put into the system. So much so in fact some poor schlub will never see his benefits because Joe's father didn't die soon enough.
Let's not forget Joe's breath of fresh air provided solely by liberals and the Unions. Let's take a minute to thank them for driving industry to other nations and making this nation more dependent on foreign sources of oil.
One thing not mentioned is that the radio is free. Joe has a free form entertainment right there inside his union-provided safe car. Who made it free? Could it be capitalism? The free market saw a perfect form of advertisement. A form of which liberals and the unions are now trying to say can cause cancer because of the radio waves.
I hope Joe's day ends with him on his knees thanking liberals for setting him free. Thank them for removing his choices and stripping him of free will.
And never the twain shall meet ...
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.
It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.
He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.
The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
The Conservative Case
No one is saying that any of that stuff you mentioned is bad. It is when these ideas are taken too far.
For instance Unions and liberals got their medical benefits and are now pushing for National Health Care. Because why pay the $10?
Joe's medicine is safe, thank you liberals, and thank you for regulating the industry so much so that the only way to afford medications is to have insurance or have the government buy it for you to further justify your own existence.
They got regulations against meat packing and the entire food industry. Now they want to regulate even stricter standards so they do not have to think for themselves when shopping.
They got the Public Transit and Sidewalks, but now we should have government-funded Internet access. Because everyone deserves to be a contributor.
Yes, his money is federally insured. But just where is the government getting the insurance money? Oh yeah higher taxes.
If poor Joe loses his job he will get unemployment benefits. But no that runs out, so to help Joe not have to work in Fast Food, we had to give him Food Stamps and Welfare. Soon Joe doesn't return to work at all.
His childhood home is financed by Farmers' Home Administration who would still gladly kick Joe's father out on his keester for missing a payment. Business is business and banks are banks no matter what you call them.
His Father lives on SSN# and has a pension drawing more money than he ever put into the system. So much so in fact some poor schlub will never see his benefits because Joe's father didn't die soon enough.
Let's not forget Joe's breath of fresh air provided solely by liberals and the Unions. Let's take a minute to thank them for driving industry to other nations and making this nation more dependent on foreign sources of oil.
One thing not mentioned is that the radio is free. Joe has a free form entertainment right there inside his union-provided safe car. Who made it free? Could it be capitalism? The free market saw a perfect form of advertisement. A form of which liberals and the unions are now trying to say can cause cancer because of the radio waves.
I hope Joe's day ends with him on his knees thanking liberals for setting him free. Thank them for removing his choices and stripping him of free will.
And never the twain shall meet ...