Originally Posted by Fear-And-Loathing

That definetely is a biased definition. It's what it could answer to, not what Statists stand for.

Statism is essentially Totalitarianism. Your definition of it that is .

Would you consider Universal Health Care Statist?

Originally Posted by stekim

Not really. I know they are different. But since the GOP cliams to be the "right" I wonder why they don't have any "right" candidates. Even with that being said, tons of people who claim to be on the right love big government, too. They just love different aspects of it, like a mega-police state versus having a welfare state or whatever, but big government is big government in my book.

That was not meant to apply to you directly.

Originally Posted by Blade

Yes, and what that something other is control over other people's lives - scratch a lib and find a control freak.

Originally Posted by Blade

They're bitter because the can't make it in the free market.

Originally Posted by raytri

Conservatives are control freaks in their own ways. Or rather, I should say "social conservatives."



First, note that the article itself points out that the difference is in how people view government's role, not in relative generosity. Conservatives will oppose social programs while giving slightly more to charity; liberals will donate less money to charity but support social programs that achieve as much or more.

Second, Stossel's experiment was bogus, largely because the Salvation Army is a religious organization, and a rather conservative one at that. It's no surprise that a conservative, religious population is more willing to donate to such a group than a liberal, nonreligious population that also happens to have lots of members of a group (homosexuals) that the Salvation Army considers immoral (unless they are celibate).

Originally Posted by stekim

Not really. I know they are different. But since the GOP cliams to be the "right" I wonder why they don't have any "right" candidates. Even with that being said, tons of people who claim to be on the right love big government, too. They just love different aspects of it, like a mega-police state

Originally Posted by raytri

Conservatives are control freaks in their own ways. Or rather, I should say "social conservatives."



First, note that the article itself points out that the difference is in how people view government's role, not in relative generosity. Conservatives will oppose social programs while giving slightly more to charity; liberals will donate less money to charity but support social programs that achieve as much or more.

Originally Posted by KidCann117

I beg your pardon?