Re: Making money from Java

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:39:29 -0600, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>1. Economic conservatives tend to promote the general welfare through the
>economy; economic liberals tend to provide for the general welfare through
>the government.

Economic conservatives are for fiscal responsibility in government.
Balanced budgets, limited spending, and not spending our
grandchildren's inheritances.

But money is power, and the powerful so any such ideals people had
while out of power get corrupted when the acquire power.

>2. Social conservatives tend to hold that morality is absolute (i.e., God
>given/inspired); social liberals tend to assert that morality is
>situational. A sub-set of this is the ends/means test: The end justifies the
>means vs. The means condems the end.

Those who believe they know that what they are doing is what God
wants, act as though the means justify the end.

Those who aren't sure about what God wants look to see what actually
happens. They evaluate their actions by their consequences and see
if the actual results are what God would approve of.

> 3. Sociological conservatives tend to promote equal opportunity;
> sociological liberals tend to promote equal outcomes.

I like the concept of equal opportunity. But I haven't seen anyplace
in the Bible that tells us that this is good (does it push equality at
all?). The Bible does say that we should help the unfortunate
though. This doesn't mean "give them the opportunity to help
themselves", unless that in fact *does* help them.

Again - measure your method by its results. If Big Government
handouts create more poor, it isn't working. If Big Business
policies create more poor, it isn't working. Look at results, not
theory.

.

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