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Eric Cantor nailed the differences between economic liberals and conservatives in a Wall Street Journal interview published today. The “philosophical starting point” of today’s Democrats, as he sees it, is this:
“[They] believe in a welfare state before they believe in capitalism. They promote economic programs of redistribution to close the gap of the disparity between the classes. That’s what they’re about: redistributive politics. … The assumption … is that there is some kind of perpetual engine of economic prosperity in America that is going to just continue. And therefore they are able to take from those who create and give to those who don’t. We just have a fundamentally different view.”
That quote certainly captures the dialogue that takes place on this blog.
— James A. Bacon
