Charlie Brown Republicans believe that this time Lucy won't pull the football away and they won't land on their kiesters. But Lucy always pulls the ball away. It's her nature. Republicans promote individual initiative, but Democrats win more votes by trolling for victims. Human nature dictates there will always be more political fish in that sea.
Republicans see government as a safety net.
Democrats see government as a roof under which they'll provide everything else. Republicans think government should be on the fringes of life. Democrats want people to rely on government, believing they are unable to do much without it. They are unable to do much with it but Democrats don't want you to know that. Democrats think people are a problem, so they want to abort large numbers of them, indoctrinate those who are allowed to live in schools run only by people who believe as they do, regulate the cars we drive and nearly everything else, tax success and subsidize failure.