“I disagree with your characterization that conservatives do extremist, non-common sense solutions or nothing at all, which is a provably false blanket statement you yourself have made against conservatism.”
First I am a Conservative. But I am also honest about the very real universal extremism of humans period across the board period no matter what the topic is. And absolutely no one is innocent of this very real inherent human nature. Not even myself, I have my own pet causes where I am an extremist. And yes discussions in the past about welfare and SNAP absolutely do have support for complete elimination here.
But in this case I am talking about government extremism and one size fit’s all legislation. They never practice common sense practical compromises that benefit everyone and both sides of an issue. They always go directly to the extreme of all or nothing. All on or all off. Never a meeting in the middle that is a win/win for all parties.
I am not, and did not call you a leftist. And I certainly didn’t characterize you as a non-conservative.
First off, there isn’t across the board universal approval of elimination of assistance or welfare at all levels. There are people who may espouse that, but they aren’t the majority.
Most of us approve of at least some form of support for people who are down in luck or indigent for some reason.
That is not this discussion here. Even the author of the article did not advocate wholesale removal of assistance or support of those types of people.
If we can be characterized as conservatives as having taken a one size fits all approach, it has been with things that inhibit freedom.
If there are issues with assistance to people who actually need it, or disability benefits to people who are actually disabled, two aspects of our federal welfare state that are completely and totally abused and fraudulent at all levels on a great scale, I don’t see people support the elimination of it as much as I see people supporting, fixing the problem and getting help to those who need it, and absolutely taking away from people who do not need those things.
I challenge you to present an example of an extremist, one-size-fits-all piece of legislation that has been proposed or approved by conservatives at any level that increases the general freedom of Americans.
Even abortion is not one of those.
As far as I am concerned, the one-size-fits-all approach is a wholly Leftist approach, which they express as for “the common good” whether it is or isn’t. Usually, it’s “their”, common good.
And even if we do have one-size-fits-all approaches to various issues, it is issues like school choice that allow people to make their own decisions.
2nd Amendment issues Fall into that category.
And, by the way-this discourse is not meant as adversarial-I have been reading your posts long enough to have your measure, and I respect your point of view on these things.
I disagree with the overall characterization you made. I don’t believe it is accurate or fair.