Reply #11: A few off the top of my head... [View All]

[tjwash]

Liberals believe that group survival is more efficient than individual survival. This comes as a result of a constitution which is agreed upon by the voters. The rights of the people need to be defended by the mechanisms authorized by the constitution: police, military, legislatures, and courts.

Liberals believe that the Constitution as well as laws are meant to protect individual rights, establish personal responsibilities, and describe the operations of government.

Liberals want to cut back on excessive military expenditures instead of fueling the military-industrial complex. They support popular nationalistic revolutionary movements in foreign countries which seek democracy and liberty for all people.

Liberals seek to bring a halt to the ecological decline of the United States, which requires challenging the interests of big business, and to make environmental concerns another priority.

Liberals believe that social problems such as assistance to the needy should be resolved by the redirection of government spending as well as by regulatory policies. They support government intervention in the economy in hopes of eliminating its worse abuses.

Liberals see the graduated tax structure as an actual regressive tax, since wealthy individuals and corporations easily reduce their gross incomes to much lower taxable incomes as a result of numerous loopholes.

Liberals believe in a large private sector which is defended and promoted by the public sector.