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Is this a liberal fantasy?

Free health care

Free food

Free lodging

Everyone is on equal footing (except for a couple of people in power to regulate)

The people don't have guns

So, the Liberal fantasy is prison. And they want to run this country. How could this possibly go wrong?

Update:

@Eco Technically none of the 'free' things listed above are free. They are paid for by taxpayers. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone is paying for it. The question is whether it's directly or indirectly, and indirect payment encourages waste.

Update 2:

@Eco Technically none of the 'free' things listed above are free. They are paid for by taxpayers. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone is paying for it. The question is whether it's directly or indirectly, and indirect payment encourages waste.

Update 3:

@Serenez I don't have a problem with freedom in a free and just country. I DO have a problem with crushing regulations, universal healthcare, pro-choice, universal background checks, using the IRS to punish Conservative groups, crying racism on everything, etc.

Update 4:

Rest assured that the feeling is mutual

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    I wish people would realize those "Safety nets" cost money.

    They punish savers (Either through taxation or inflation.) and encourage consumption.

  • Arnie
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Liberals are so opened minded their brains may have fallen out.

    They know so much that isn't so.

    The Liberal ideology is a theory , fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and which holds forth beliefs that have no basis in reality.

    They are Advocates of a policy that empowers a strong federal government to enslave its people with a high tax burden incident to the support of extravagant and unnecessary social programs destructive to both the work ethic among the lower class, and the incentive to innovate and succeed among the working class.

    "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."

    Liberals like to spend other peoples money!!

    The problems we face today are because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

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  • Bree
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    right wing little minds. like libs don't own guns. its somewhere around 30 percent. its o.k to believe in gun control but own a gun.. uh-der. time and time again the facts about the red states have been reported how they are the states who suck hardest on americas titties. a true fact and they are fools enough to vote right knowing without those titties their families would suffer greatly. its the right that want to make money off people going to jail and want them privatized and owned by more gop corporations where they will put people in for money never mind if they are guilty. This is already happening some places.

  • 8 years ago

    Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States, or any place subjected to their jurisdiction. Except as punishment for a crime, whereby which the accused has been convicted through due process of law. Or except for victims of rape, who shall fullfill the obligation to protect the life of the innocent child resulting from the rape.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    1) A basic safety net of modest food clothing shelter, healthcare, and education for those who find themselves unable to provide it for themselves.

    2) A free and competitive marketplace for all goods and services, including those mentioned above if you want better food, homes, and healthcare than the basic guarantee, encouraging hard work in order to obtain any item that is better than what would be provided to someone who is desperately poor.

    3) Strong legal protections for consumers and workers against exploitation.

    4) Citizens may choose to live in areas where guns explosives, biological agents, poisons, and other weapons are strictly regulated.

    That is not prison, that is true freedom.

  • 8 years ago

    No they want to: Tax the rich, Feed the poor Til they're no rich no more.

    Read all the comments:

    Why Do I Harbor So Much Hatred Toward Rich People?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Liberals believe in freedom in a fair and just country ... do you have a problem with that ... ?

    EDIT: Seems like life is one whole big problem for you ... I almost feel sorry for you.

  • Rayn
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    This is what cons have been trying to explain for years. Individualism is the only driving factor of freedom - basically it is the definition of freedom. We cannot be free if we take from one to give to another, on basic core principle this cannot work.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Im a conservative who got all that in jail. Living with liberals is the same

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Basically

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