My view of Libs.

Government in general is an interesting concept. The attempts of a small group of people to dictate laws, spend other peoples money and generally regulate many aspects of a larger group of peoples lives. I don't have a real problem with this, there absolutely need to be rules to live by. Some forms of government are, of course, better than others. As the number of people being governed grows larger, the idea of appeasement or non-appeasement becomes much more complicated. So many different views of how things are to be accomplished come into play. It's hard to give to one group without missing something that another group thinks it should have, because of or in spite of the needs of all, and there is always not enough to go around.

So how do we get around the inevitable fact that not everyone is going to be served in the way that they want? Well, we just pick sides of course. One group can represent one set of ideals and the other can have a different set but all must have the greater good in mind. Does that always work? Hell no it doesn't. First, and (ya) this is gonna sound really negative, we all want everything for ourselves and nothing for others. Even Mother Teresa served the poor and oppressed for the way it made her feel closer to 'God', ya she did. That doesn't make us bad, it is a natural part of striving to exist. Even though we never asked to be here, we hopefully had a good family that made us feel like somebody special so we want to emulate what they wanted for us which sometimes takes a lot of hard work. Second, there are others who would exploit anything that isn't nailed down! Doesn't matter who it belongs too, if they have an opportunity to get their hands on it, it's gone. So, we are naturally very guarded when it comes to 'our stuff'.

So what about the poor? Those that live on the brink of one more day without something, without this or that.

How did they get there and why can't they get out?

Was it their own fault or was this state of depravity thrust upon them somehow? There are as many stories as there are people in the world. I think I heard that somewhere.

I would like to point out that this counrty is very rich, no I mean very fucking rich. I have thought a lot about the division between those that 'have' in this country and those that don't 'have' in the most impoverished places in this world. The biggest difference is that mostly all of those that 'have' can feel some small portion of empathy for those that don't 'have'. On the other hand, usually the poor don't think about the wealthy much at all, this would probably be a big suprise to the 'haves'.

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophies that considers individual liberty and equality to be the most important political goals. With that sort of position one would almost have to represent the middleclass and lower income of their constituency. A noble leader that lends a hand up for those that have been held back by a capitalist society that favors the rich. Demonizing those that generate most of the wealth in the world. Lets not talk about the fact that those rich folks generate most of the jobs that put the bread on the table of the majority of people in this country.