Posted by
L Gravel on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:54:33 AM
Recently I had a political discussion with some co-workers. One
guy felt that Wal-Mart was a mildly negative force in the world.
He admitted he shopped there, but he felt guilty about it.
A while back I got into a school choice discussion with the wife of a
friend of mine. She's anti-choice; one reason is she believes
government schools provide beneficial mixing of different classes and
ethnicities of people. They send their kid to private school, but
she feels guilty about it.
Having a sample of two, and ignoring my statistics book on the shelf, it occurs to me:
Liberals need the government to make them do what they think is right,
while conservatives will do what they think is right all by themselves.
Liberals shop at Wal-Mart, send their kids to private school, drive
SUVs, use non-union labor and try to avoid paying taxes. And they
feel guilty.
Conservatives do all those things, don't feel guilty, and donate to the Salvation Army when no one makes them.