The poor should get jobs. Liberals believe that government should provide a safety net for all Americans, modeled after FDR s New Deal legislation during the Great Depression. Liberals favor offering welfare benefits and other forms of government assistance to allow people opportunities to live respectable lives during unfavorable economic or social conditions. Liberals favor distributing the federal government s charity directly to individuals rather than through the states in the form of block grants. Society is only as strong as its weakest link.
Conservatives favor a strong defense and a military presence.
They generally favor increasing military budgets, soldiers pay, weapons deployment, Star Wars projects, and freedom from the United Nations. Liberals tend to favor reducing military expenditures in favor of domestic social programs. Star Wars, favoring diplomacy, economic sanctions, and nation building practices. Conservatives do not believe that equality should be mandated by the government. Private companies should be able to hire anyone whom they wish and pay people what they wish without the government s approval.