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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
Well said. In many parts of the country, "conservative" is a dirty word. I guess it depends on the type of people living there. The Villages definitely has a conservative bend to it, although there are a lot of liberals that you probably aren't even aware of living here as well.
I don't agree with government support of everything either. Especially the government support of big business, which the Republicans/conservatives seen to do at every turn. Here we have oil companies making record profits, and the little guy can hardly afford to drive to work anymore. See anything wrong with that picture, efrahin?
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When we cut into the many topics that have appeared on this board, it seems that many folks are what could be called "liberal conservatives" or "conservative liberals" if that's more acceptable. No one is all left or right - just depends on the topic.
As far as the oil companies making record profits - can't argue with their right to do so. This is a free market economy where pricing of any product is based on
supply and demand unless legislated due to being a necessary monopoly.
Ironically, the price of oil worldwide is pretty stable, since it's sale is not peaked to the US Dollar. The dollar has dropped in value against the Euro and Swiss Franc, and the price of oil-per-barrel in those currencies has been pretty much unchanged.
Do I hate to pay $4+ per gallon for gas? Who doesn't? It would be nice if the dollar was worth a dollar (or something close to it) again. But that also is tied to the balance of payments, and everytime you buy something that says "Made in China" because of the price, it's another nibble into the value of the dollar and a subsequent mini-rise in the cost of gas-at-the-pump. That's just the way it is...