Reply #34: I see

[Sinti]

I thought you were suggesting that I might want to moderate my personal beliefs, because it's a swing of the pendulum, and the conservatives will come back and beat you at the ballot box. Of course, my question in response to that would be, what good is winning if you can't make things any better.

Conservatism isn't dead, it's alive and well in both parties. However, the ideology has proven itself once again to be a complete failure.

I don't believe that people's security of person should be dependent on a system that has proven itself to be quite precariously balanced, to be kind. It may well be that people are invested in the markets, because they were given that as their option for retirement. Once upon a time people got pensions.

I feel that a nation is only wealthy if its people are secure in their person. I believe that a human being shouldn't have to beg for a job - because they need a job to survive. Thus, to deprive them of a fair paying job is to ultimately deprive them of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." If a human being is willing to work, they should be able to find work that pays enough to survive. It's beyond cruel to leave a willing human being out in the cold to die.

If others would prefer to take the opposite position for fear of their stock market paper-wealth will turn to dust, they're welcome to do so. Of course, I would hope to some day change their mind :)