Originally Posted by sjh

Progressive programs have their own litany of travesties and horrors that they visit upon us.

Many folks like to see their side as virtuous and their opponents as demonic.

Your story about socks describes how you went about making your market decision. My criteria differs.

I'm pretty sure that a reasoned, non-passionate analysis would show that both of our perspectives have strengths and weaknesses.

Big businesses (who I dislike because of their arrogance), big government, big unions, big educational agendas, big media, etc.

I dislike all of it. May be necessary but to sum it up as liberal=good and right-wing=bad. I don't think it works that way.

PS - Compassion is a very popular 'buzz word'. Personally I'd like to provide the means whereby people have the opportunity to improve if they wish to. That's why I pursue 'wealth-creation.' This concept is profoundly foreign to progressives. I'm not going to argue that republicans are much better but I'm not looking to either for what I want.

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