Ragnar at the Jawa Report:
The conservatives at least pay lip service to individual liberty and free markets. On the chance occasion, they even do something to promote these ideas. Except as regards abortion and gay rights, I see almost no concern for individual liberty on the left. When was the last time you heard a Democrat invoke Milton Friedman? I’m not sure I ever have. The way I see it, conservatives are wary of individual liberty, but left-wingers are pretty much just opposed to it. Sure, the left-wingers are willing to look the other way while you experiment with creative new ways to use your private parts for fun and profit, but every other area of your life is fair game for taxation, regulation, compulsion, prohibition, etc.
That’s a pretty fair assessment.
Darren says:
From your keyboard to God’s ears.
February 6, 2007, 1:48 pm