"Michael 182" wrote in message
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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...

The RESPONSIBILITY for those is need is those people themselves.


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.

You're living the the USA is your RIGHT, not a priviledge.


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

Well, the evidence is sure strong enough.

You may look up George McGovern's quote about the failure of his business
after retiring from the Senate -- something about "If I'd known then what I
know now, my voting records would have been much different."

Tom -- Free marketer/Classical Liberal.