Talking Absolutes: The Language Of Free Market Conservatives

Free market conservatives say government cannot address the problem of poverty. They say government can’t create jobs. They assume all people who are not making a living wage must not be working, or working hard enough, and so that means they are undeserving of any government assistance. And they say government cannot give to someone unless it has taken from someone else.

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Conservative Columnist Tells Millenials Not To Vote For Their Own Serfdom

Conservative columnist Kurt Schlichter delivers a concise but trite piece of liberal-bashing on Townhall.com. In the article he tells Millenials that by voting for Obama by a margin of 28 percent, they have voted for their own serfdom, and in the bargain, have set up a wealth transfer from the young to the old. Schlichter considers himself part of the latter group (he is 49), and he thanks them for their gifts.

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