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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Not at all.
Many of the socially-progressive things I care about are either free or relatively cheap. I'm talking about stuff like safe and legal abortion, legalized gay marriage, etc.
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Those are both cheap and jive with "socially progressive," but then you get the people who will come up with statistics showing one particular group making less money, and recommend some "social spending" to "rectify the situation." Of course as leader of a free and open "Socially progressive" society you couldn't sit around and let the marketplace run its course if it "Systematically disadvantages" anyone.
The problem with the "Sharing and caring" government model is that everyone has a story that will break your heart and once you capitulate to one cause, every other one (even the most illegitimate) lines up at the trough and if you don't give in there will be other parties questioning how much of an injustice it was for you to deny their sob story.