"Liberals thinks that everyone should have the same."

It is the Govt that keeps poor people poor. How does government keep people poor? First, low-income people pay various taxes, even if the personal income tax isn't one of them. They pay payroll tax to support bankrupt Social Security and Medicare. They pay sales taxes, property taxes (through their rent), and gasoline taxes. Many taxes are built into the prices of products. The government's fiscal burden is heavy, and it's a burden that low-income people are less able to cope with than wealthier people. Second, the government does many things that make the cost of living higher than it would otherwise be. Tariffs and quotas on imports raise the price of necessities: shoes, clothing, food, and more. Third, government occupational licensing is a devastating against low-income people: Licensing makes the number of practitioners of many occupations artificially low, raising the price of needed services. Obviously that harms low-income people more than others. Moreover, licensing raises the cost, and often makes it impossible, for low-income people to enter certain occupations. Someone who is talented at cutting and styling hair may have to pay thousands of dollars to achieve the paper qualifications necessary to become eligible for a license. That barrier can be prohibitive for many low-income people. In the early 20th century a poor person in New York could become a taxi driver by obtaining a cheap used car. Today that is impossible. Taxi licenses, the number of which is limited by government, cost a fortune. Fourth, government has steadily eroded the value of the dollar through control of the monetary system. Because of inflation, money buys less today that it would if the monetary system had it not been in the hands of the state. What required a dime to buy in 1947 requires a dollar today. Who is hurt most by inflation? Poorer people. Fifth, the minimum-wage prices low-skilled workers out of the labor market. Some lose their jobs; others never get hired; still others are required to do more work to justify the increased pay. Organized labor knows that some workers are locked out, which is why it wants an increase — it cuts down on the competition. Government is and has long been the enemy of low-income people. The next time you hear Liberal Democrats shed tears for the downtrodden, remember that they refuse to give up the power that keeps those folks poor and dependent on them. You mentioned the term "Economic Liberalism" This is an excerpt from the source you gave from wikipedia" Social liberals argue that freedom from economic as well as physical coercion is necessary for real freedom. They generally favor such positive rights as the right to vote, the right to an education, the right to health care, and the right to a living wage. Some also favor laws against discrimination in housing and employment, laws against pollution of the environment, and the provision of welfare, including unemployment benefit and housing for the homeless, all supported by progressive taxation." In order to achieve all of these things the government would have to tax people so heavily from the poor to the rich that everyone essentially would work for the govt so it could pay for all the things you believe in, this is called communism. You are for the ideology today that is for bigger govt and regulation with no end in site and don't' get me started on how Liberal Dem's are going to tax us to death and lower our standard of living under the disguise of global warming, Conservative republicans have been saying this for years, they are for less govt' less taxes and less govt' interference. Liberals say they want to help the poor but they do nothing to remove the barriers that keep them their. Today's liberal is all about wealth redistribution under the current system of taxation and regulations. all this will do is lower everyone to the lowest common level and making everyone essentially the "SAME" (Communism)