Hi Hair, most of the good reasons, IMO, are that "liberal" (leftist, really) solutions to problems lead us down the road to totalitarianism (to serfdom, as Hayek put it). The leftists that think it through realize that, I think, and either switch, or accept that they are in it for the power, or they decide that other things are more important to them than liberty. Years of tradition and upbringing are difficult to change.
My wife just informed me that a possum is growling at her from inside the garbage can. That explains why the dogs have been barking at the garbage all morning, I guess.