Liberal vs. Conservative on Taxes

There seems to be no better time to look at the difference between liberals and conservatives than now. I used to think, as recently as earlier this year, that there was really no difference. President Bush was not a conservative in that he expanded government spending by a sizable margin under his watch. Yet, despite his spending, he had the government financial picture posed  to show a surplus in the near future. There really is a difference.

I would urge you to look at the great cities of our nation. Look at them from the perspective of liberal versus conservative. It goes without saying that the cities that have had non-stop or almost non-stop liberal leadership has done poorly and still headed south. Look at Detroit, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and you will find the cities in deep trouble with no solutions in sight. Now look at Houston and Dallas, conservative-led cities that have almost bypassed the recession. In fact, Texas is the state in the best financial condition and they charge no state income tax.

When an average person needs to tighten their belt, they don’t instead get a bigger one; they see what can be cut. When a liberal needs to tighten their belt, they see the belt as the problem. No matter what tax is charged and how much comes in, it is never enough for them. They just see the new plateau as the new minimum spending level. 

It would be one thing if our leaders set the example for us to follow but the opposite is true. Obama’s administration is littered with tax cheating evaders all the way up to the Sec. of the Treasury. Even liberal thinking celebrities don’t practice what they preach. Barbra Streisand is infamous for being tight wad cheap with her help. When producing movies, Michael Moore is well known to film his productions in Canada to avoid paying union scale wages to his employees. Ralph Nader, long considered to be a working man’s friend, has hidden income and assets so as to protect his image. The list goes on and on.

Even in the area of goodwill to their fellow man, conservatives pave the way. Charitable giving by conservatives far outpaces liberal giving. In wanting to do for themselves, conservatives still are able to look beyond themselves to help. Liberals become so wrapped up in their causes and making it look like they care that they have little time to actually help people.

The joke goes that Pres. Bush and Pres. Obama were walking down a street talking when they happened upon a homeless man begging on a corner. Pres. Bush pulled out $50 and gave the man his card and told him to call him on Monday about a job. Obama, wanting likewise to do something as nice, stopped as they happened upon another homeless man. This was his time to shine. So, he reached into Bush’s pocket, whipped out $50, gave him Bush’s card, and said, "Call this guy for a job." What a guy!