However, when it comes to law enforcement, conservatives generally react favorably to proposals for an increase in the size of government programs, and liberals generally oppose such increases. If the rich continue to get richer and the poor get poorer, a revolution may need to occur to correct the inequality. Government regulations are necessary to ensure fairness in competition between businesses and to protect the consumer. More needs to be done to help the poverty-stricken and homeless in this country. A terminally ill person should have the right to get help from a physician to commit suicide.
People are basically good, but they can be corrupted by environmental circumstances.
This country would be better off if most government programs were eliminated. The free market economy is basically exploitative and inherently unfair to working people and should, therefore, be completely eliminated and then replaced with a more just, equitable, and fair economic system for all. This country needs to abandon all social welfare programs, eliminate the federal government, do away with taxation, and return to a simpler time and way of life. Return to Dr. Mann's Home Page . Return to other Study Questions for Upcoming Quizzes and Exams.