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Stopped by as I am looking for a new posting home. I guess I am fairly liberal.
Stopped by as I am looking for a new posting home. I guess I am fairly liberal.
Call it what you will. How do you see the terms as being different?Liberal or leftist?
Thank you. HugzzzzA Liberal gal!! I'm in love already.![]()
I will do that. Thank you for the welcome.Well, have some fun and get in the mix.![]()
They're often misrepresented as the same. The Libertarians of today were/are the liberals of yester-year. Leftists are simply another form of statists. They prefer the nanny state to the police state of the Rightist.Call it what you will. How do you see the terms as being different?
I would have to understand what you mean by nanny state. The term is not always the same in everyone's mind. I think far to often nanny state is confused with the terms Socialist and Communist especially in the US. So if you would shed a bit of light on that I would be more than happy to explain my positions on the topic. Thank you.They're often misrepresented as the same. The Libertarians of today were/are the liberals of yester-year. Leftists are simply another form of statists. They prefer the nanny state to the police state of the Rightist.
I don't know about other states, but here in Alaska, the requirements to collect unemployment are pretty strict and the unemployment worker has steps that they must meet in order to grant someone their money. It is not as easy as everyone thinks to collect, and it often isn't as much as the person was making in their jobs, so why anyone would stay on unemployment is a puzzle to me. The only ones I could see doing it up here is construction workers, since construction outside basically shuts down here after November and they can't break ground without heating the soil until April or this year, it may be May. They collect unemployment for the allowed 26 weeks. There are also the fishermen who can only work certain times of the year.
The people my friends work with do not want to stay on unemployment and my one friend takes the extra steps and will help them find a job if she knows of any in their field. There may be the a few who like to collect their checks because it is easier on them, but they don't really don't get that much, it isn't living on easy street as some would have us believe.
They're often misrepresented as the same. The Libertarians of today were/are the liberals of yester-year. Leftists are simply another form of statists. They prefer the nanny state to the police state of the Rightist.
Governments are elected to provide services. Whether it's as basic as defense or includes everything from transportation to medical care the more complex society and the more busy people's lives become many prefer to pay for the services. Who would want to have to get together with the neighbors and try to convince them all to chip in to pave the street?
Now that so many mothers are working who wants to scout around for a day care so people petition their governments to provide day care just as schools are provided. It's not a case of the people not being able to do things themselves. It's a case of making life easier.
When it comes to taxes young couples will use day care and schools and the roads to get to and from work while the retired couple will use the medical system. Everyone pays and uses the necessary services.
Who would want to have to get together with the neighbors and try to convince them all to chip in to pave the street?
Your streets aren't paved. My streets aren't plowed.