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Originally Posted by rubecube
Because it's largely a contradiction. Socially liberal, or progressivism, is generally in favour of equal rights as in equality in result, as opposed to formal equality. This is basically impossible to achieve without some sort of wealth redistribution.
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Traditional thought it's a contradiction. But logically Id like to argue that.
We know education and rehabilitation is cheaper that policing and jailing. To that affect mqny social preventative policies are cheaper than their tough love counterparts. Housing a single mom is cheaper than the fallout of dealing with two damaged kids. Etc.
I like a lot of social programs not because I'm a bleeding heart, but because in the long run they make sense to a balanced budget.