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'Fiscal' Conservatism Needs 'Social' Conservatism

rmccarthy Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 6:19 PM
Fair enough...too bad most can't agree on what's fair.
Tinsldr2 Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 6:31 PM
Its like goldilocks and the three bears

Some want more some want less and 350 million cant decide on what Just right is when it comes to fair

Just like we cant agree on moral issues. On Fiscal issues it is hard enough to decide what to cut (i want a strong military others want their head in the sand playing ostrich} but the moral issues are just not the purview of a Fed Gov

Again each individual SHOULD be moral but that does not mean it should be legislated.
For some years now, we have been told about a major division within American conservatism: fiscal conservatives vs. social conservatives.

This division is hurting conservatism and hurting America -- because the survival of American values depends on both fiscal and social conservatism. Furthermore, the division is logically and morally untenable. A conservative conserves all American values, not just economic ones.

By "social conservatism," I am referring to the second and third components of what I call the American Trinity -- liberty, "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum."

It is worth noting that a similar bifurcation does not exist on the left. One...

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