What are the students like at Emory?

bernie2012
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:51:06 +0000

I don’t think alam was trying to address change in context of government size. It’s kind of narrow-minded to believe that everything goes back to government size. Even if that were the case, many would argue that the neoconservatives (which seem to the most visible among Republicans today), in particular, would be for expanding national government in certain arenas such as defense and the ability to regulate various moral issues because they are “conservative” when it comes to such issues. Or they want “decentralization” to occur so that states’ rights prevail which, in many cases, can possibly stifle the “civil liberties” (I realize this is subjective to many people) of many living in the state due to the mere fact that they are a minority. Economic conservatives argue for decentralization (or some decrease in size) for, what I consider better reasons; simply because it cost less. That makes sense to me. “Liberals” (at least those most visible and influential now) tend to want to expand the scope of government in other arenas (welfare policies, etc). The difference cannot simply be reduced to the desired size of government. And it is unfair for anyone to claim that a true “conservative” (vague/broad term, just like liberal) would not want government to expand in any manner at all.

Anyway, let’s get this thread back on track. I don’t think the poster wanted us to explore various political ideologies, or merely tell about the political fervor here.