Definition of a "Liberal" and Capitalism's Government

I remember my college years so well in some respects that I'm almost shocked by this part of my long-term recall.

Sociology professors used to remind us how to keep "conservatives" separate from "liberals."

1. Both conservatives and liberals believe in the inherent usefulness and viability of capitalism.
2. Conservatives believe that the government has little or no place in a capitalists economy ( Ala Milton Friedman's "Chicago School of Economics").
3. Liberals believe that capitalism's excesses must be bridled by the government as a means of social control.
4. Conservatives believe that the government exists to create safe-zones for capitalism to operate.
5. Liberals believe that government exists to quell intense and destructive inter-capitalist acts, price fixing and war, for example.

Now today we see that "conservatives," like George Bush (Who is actually an ultra-right-wing radical.) are willing to intervene in our capitalist economy in a monumental way. It is the liberal belief that capitalist will destroy the very sources of their wealth that brings him to this liberal "fine-tuning," as my professors used to call it. Everything is OK, then. Capitalism just needs some "fine-tuning."

Today we see that "liberals" will go along with "conservatives" to create "safe-zones" for capitalism's development. George Bush, I recall, is not a "conservative." Although he does act like a "liberal" when it comes to the government's intervention into the US economy.
I cannot forget that Bush was and is the guy driven to place the US social security funds into the "free market." Bush might call this usurpation of public funds "fine-tuning."
All is well in capitalism's government.
So it goes.
Eddie Evans - Doing my best to cleanup after crimes of all sorts.
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