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[keryx]

There is a tiny part of me that thinks "real" Republicanism would be okay. That is, if folk who bill themselves as "conservative" were actually about conserving government spending and not servants of a fundamentalist social agenda, I might at least trust those folk a bit more than "liberals" who are only pro-gay or pro-woman or pro-child with certain limitations.

This part of me was feeling particularly frisky listening to Christine Todd Whitman talk about her book this morning. In actuality, I think the sort of thinking that says the world's current issues could be resolved if government just backed off of everything except defense is overly idealistic. But it still made me wonder...

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[keryx.livejournal.com]

I think the way most fiscally conservative/socially liberal folk reconcile where they put their money is that they believe individuals and corporations will redistribute wealth on their own - that people are essentially good citizens. It's trickle-down theory, basically. Not that it works, but it's a nice ideal.