<p>The majority of the folks on this forum come from Family's were education is very important as is Success. For this to happen it usually means that the family may not be wealthy but is very well off. Many of you go to Top colleges and university's and they cost a lot of money. so again your family's have done well for themselves.</p>
<p>But what I don't get is the fact that even though the majority of you come from well off family's, you all mostly consider yourselves highly Liberal or democratic. Where is the very fact that Democrats love to give away free money to those who didn't earn it. Now that money is from taxes and other funds that come directly out of your parents pockets and possibly even your own. Now in support democrats and being liberal per say, you are stating that you are ok with giving away free money to those who don't earn it. This does not make much sense to me, as I don't understand why you would want to become poorer and support putting your family further and further away from financial security. It just doesn't make logical sense.</p>
<p>Now I am not a rich person and I do not come from a rich family. I pay for school all by myself and my mother gives me $0.00 now its no that she doesn't want,to its that she cant as she only makes $35K a year. Which may seem like small number but we do fine. I am against affirmative action and a very Conservative person, as is my entire family. Now most poor people would love some free money but its not what we believe in, we believe in working for whats yours and not taking any handouts. I believe it is better for the economy if the rich get richer or stay rich and the poor continue to work hard but will still be poor.</p>
<p>Id just like to hear why? Its just not very logical, because if you go and really do ask your parents, those who make the money they will pretty much always be in favor of getting more $$$$$. They will not be in favor of giving handouts to those who don't deserve it.</p>
<p>Could it be because the money is not yours and you really haven't worked for it. I think so. Just look at yourselves and think about what you are doing, it doesnt make the least bit of sense.</p>
<p>Well, most people consider them liberals because they're for Gay Marriage, pro-choice, and for stem-cell research (though that's not much of an issue now). I, for one, am very conservative on the economic/political front, but I'm a social liberal. My family's upper-middle class.</p>
<p>I think there are a lot of social liberals out there, and they just call themselves "liberal" because of that.</p>
<p>And then, of course, liberals tend to criticize the current government more. Always a healthy dose of teen rebellion.</p>
<p>Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)</p>
<p>I dunno, maybe because having been born into privilege, opportunities, and wealth, they are more aware that such gifts are not always earned by the most worthy: just the most fortunate.</p>
<p>because I have a conscience, really. I guess I'm too empathetic, and I'm also idealistic. Those aren't good traits for being conservative. :) I'm very much for social justice and human rights, so being liberal just spills into that. </p>
<p>I used to be a die-hard conservative. Die hard laissez faire capitalist, Ayn Rand was my hero and Ronald Reagan, my god. After Reagan died, I read so much online and heard so much on TV about what deficiencies he did to the social safety nets and his foreign policy that forced me to recognise I was living a lie, that I just trying to convince myself of something only to fit that label. </p>
<p>I'm very literary and a huge cinema aficiondo, and all of the art I witnessed, read always pointed to the potential dispair of the human condition, the worst poverty and conditions. And I suppose I'm just not cynical enough to believe that poverty is by choice, that it's not inescapable. </p>
<p>I'm middle class from a Midwest farming community. My dad makes a fair amount of money, being a CPA and CFO near the north Chicago suburbs (much more affluent than my town). But we certainly aren't rich.</p>
<p>Fiscal issues and regulation of business, I am very conservative. But for abortion, gay marriage (or at least civil unions), and stem-cell research, I am liberal. I'm just split down the middle.</p>
<p>CC is only a microcosm. It doesn't accurately represent the majority, at least in my mind.</p>
<p>Also, THE major difference between Republicans (generally conservative) and Democrats (generally liberal) is their respective opinions about the role that government should play. Republicans prefer less government -- which translates into things such as, No, we don't want government-provided health care; No, we don't want to regulate industry with environmental restrictions; No, we don't want government to provide welfare to poor people. Democrats in general think that government should be involved in these aspects of daily life to make things better.</p>
<p>Gross generalizations, of course, but from those two perspectives about government come all sorts of ideas about how things should work.</p>
<p>I find that it is more than just rich kids who are liberals. Almost all celebrities are very liberal. Danny Glover was so liberal, he said "let's give Osama a break" after 9/11 and opposed retaliation for the terrorist attacks. I guess this is easy to say when you live in a multi-million dollar house miles away from what happened. I live in NYC and I can assure you, after 9/11, every New Yorker wanted to fight back ASAP. Perhaps if Mr. Glover knew people who lost their lives, maybe he'd feel a bit differently.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, it's just the opposite. YOU might be conservative, and you might know some liberal rich people, but the correlation has always been that the richer you are, the likelier it is that you are conservative. Mainly because fiscally, it's only logical that you'd support the platform that would take less money away from you. You really have to take into consideration the different forms of liberalism or conservatism, too - many richer people may be liberal socially but very conservative fiscally. Again, makes perfect sense.</p>
<p>So I don't know if you're just wondering why, in general, people MIGHT be liberal if they're rich, or whether you're looking at it from a broader base...but either way, this is generally not the case.</p>
<p>I relate more to a candidate from Massachusetts than the bumbling idiot from Texas. Personally I agree with neither platform. I'm libertarian. Screw the democratic party. Get the government out of my face and I'll be happy.</p>