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| The traditional distinction between liberals and conservatives is based on the role of the government in the economy. |
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| Liberals favor a greater role for the government in dealing with economic problems such as poverty, unemployment, hunger, health care, etc. |
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| Liberals are labeled "right-wing" and conservatives are "left-wing." |
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| How do conservatives think is the best method to deal with economic problems such as poverty and unemployment? |
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| They prefer the free market over government programs. |
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| What would conservatives do if unemployment started to increase? |
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| Cut taxes to create jobs through increased consumer spending. |
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| A consistent set of beliefs, ideas, and values. |
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| What is the traditional definition distinguishing liberal and conservative? |
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| Liberals favor a greater role for the government in solving economic problems, and conservatives favor a lesser role. |
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| Give one reason that the traditional definition is no longer adequate. |
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| We have all become fairly liberal in accepting an active role for the government, and there is little difference between liberals and conservatives on economic issues. |
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| What is the only real difference between liberals and conservatives today on the role of the government in the economy? |
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| Liberals favor an expansion in some programs (medical care), while conservatives would like them to grow much more slowly. |
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| What program was passed by a Republican president ( Bush) and Congess that is Liberal?How does this illustrate the inadequacy of the tradiontal definition of Liberal and Conservative? |
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| Medicare prescripitions, drug benfits, even conservatives groups favar govermrnment social programs. |
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| Wow would liberals and conservaties deal with the problem of increasining unemployment differently? |
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| LiBerals would create goverrnment programs for employment and conservaties would cut taxes to create jobs. |
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| Hiow does this fit with our descripton of both liberals and conservatives favoring an active government? |
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| Both approaches would use the goverment to try and solve the problem. |
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| Social issues have become more important to the public than economic issues. |
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| There is little difference between liberals and conservativies on enonomic issuses in pratice. |
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| How do Liberals and conservatives differ on social issues and how is it a reversal of their views on enonomic issuses? |
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| Conservatives want government to enforce traditional moral values and liberals believe these are personal choice which the government should not interfere |
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| What is the traditional distinction of liberal and conservativie? |
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| liberals favor greater role for the government in enonomic issues while conservatives favar a free market solution |
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| What are the two reasons the traditional distinction between liberals and conservitives is no longer adequate? |
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| We have all become liberal on the role of the government in the economy and social issues have become more important than economic. |
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| Liberals believe a woman's right to choose abortion is a constitutional right. |
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| Conservatives believe the Constitution contains a right to privacy. |
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| Conservatives say they favor a smaller govenment but support most current governmental programs. |
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| Liberals are more likely to favor governmental programs to redistribute income to achieve greater equality. |
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| Conservativies believe in separtion of chuch and state. |
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| Liberials oppose prayer in school. |
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| Liberals would oppose a school placing a copy of the ten Commandments in a classroombecause government is not supossed to pmote ( or Deny) religious activities. |
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| Conservatives favor a fedral law prohibiting abortion. |
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| Crime could be reduced if guns weren't so easy to get. |
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| Homosexuals are born that way |
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| Oppose gay in the miltary. |
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| Believes the government should provide health care to all Americans |
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| Support current government social programs like Social Security. Medicare ,Medicade , Food Stamps, Disability, etc |
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| Both l and liberial and conservativies |
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| Oppose envirnmental regulations that put too many restrictions on development. |
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| Favor tougher laws on air and water polluition eeven if it causes a loss of some jobs. |
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| Favors tougher government mandates for higher miles per gallon on vehicles. |
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| Oppose more gun control laws. |
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| Believe schools should teach children to accept all types of families inculding same-sex families. |
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| Believe abortion is apersonal choice in which the government should not interfere. |
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| Believes racial discrimination is still widespread. |
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| Believe the gap between whites and minorities in areas such as income education is due primary to discriminatiom |
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| Favor affirmative action programs that give preferences to minorities in college and admissions jobs. |
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| Beleive homosexualitly is against the bible |
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| Favor stricker laws proctecting the envionment |
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| Beleive gun ownership deters crime |
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| Pornography should be prohibited as detrimental to society |
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| Favor prescripition drug benefits for senior citizens |
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| Favor expanding goverment social programs |
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