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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 06:08 AM Jan 2012

10 Questions To Ask Your Favorite Conservative

Why is it that when people hoard things, they are a scourge on society and when they hoard money, they are job creators? In fact, aren’t the people that buy things the true job creators?

Both the 10 Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins have no mention of being gay or having abortions. Greed, though, seems to be a biggie. Why do conservatives seem to get that backwards?

At what point did getting sick become a moral failing?

In what way are people who buy and sell paper making a more significant contribution to society than teachers, nurses, firefighters, police officers, mail carriers, artists, etc.?

When did the right to unlimited profit become greater than the general welfare of the people?

Why don’t people realize that there’s no such thing as a “self made man?” Even the most successful and ethical people can thank their parents, their teachers, their siblings, their employees, their customers, the government, their contractors, etc. Without them, they would be nothing. The unethical might want to work on their apologies.

Why is physical labor less important than sitting behind a desk?

Why should people who inherit their money not pay taxes and people who earn their money be taxed at the highest rate?

At what point did we start judging people based on the size of their checkbook rather than the size of the heart?

How has being a conservative helped you?

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/07/10-questions-to-ask-your-favorite-conservative/

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10 Questions To Ask Your Favorite Conservative (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jan 2012 OP
Excellent questions! Delphinus Jan 2012 #1
And watch their blank stares liberal N proud Jan 2012 #2
I got two more for them Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #3
questions open up discussions duhneece Jan 2012 #4
"Why do people who work standing up make less than those who work sitting down?" trof Jan 2012 #5
Very good find! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #6
Excellent questions. RoccoR5955 Jan 2012 #7
For a specific sub-set of them TlalocW Jan 2012 #8
K&R! highplainsdem Jan 2012 #9

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
3. I got two more for them
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 07:57 AM
Jan 2012

Aren't taxes just a byproduct of a monetary system?

And, Doesn't tax money eventually find its way back to private industry anyway?

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
6. Very good find!
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 09:27 AM
Jan 2012

Elizabeth Warren's remarks come to mind too....

Roads are subsidized by taxpayers and built by labor; how would you get to work without this?



grits!

TlalocW

(15,358 posts)
8. For a specific sub-set of them
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 11:15 AM
Jan 2012

You rave about the principles espoused by Ayn Rand in her books and also advertise yourself as a Christian. Can you name any of Jesus' or her stated views that the other one would agree with?

TlalocW

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