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Maybe your neighbors got to their personal limit on what it means to be a Liberal these days. That would be an interesting question, if you could ask it in the right way, i.e., so you would get an answer rather than a “harrumph”

My husband got to talking with the guy and he was huge into keynesian economics. He also stated we should not bring this subject up in front of his wife because she gets heated.

It's like damn.... Why can't I ever find a conservative neighborhood to live in........

Not being the piratical type, there are days when I feel like I should plant a pole in the front yard and fly the "1824" flag that flew at the Alamo, and I'm not even from Texas, nor do I live in Texas. But then, the HOA nazis would object.... Maybe I could raise the flag on the ham radio antenna that this neighborhood would be GLAD to have functioning when things finally go south.

Keynesian economic theory works fine in societies that are not populated with actual people. Apparently, no one told Mr. Keynes that real people react to their new-found situation and change their buying habits to minimize the pain. This is the common mistake politicians make in economic theory, and Liberal politicians make it more frequently than conservatives. People are not static objects that are subject to linear first order equations. We find clever answers to our problems somewhere along the locus of points that describes our personal "path of least pain". That path has variables such as core beliefs (not to be confused with verbal declarations), financial needs, and personal and family goals [incomplete list]. Our minds then analyze that complicated surface equation and then we pursue a path that works for us as individuals. Sorry for drifting this conversation off the advertised path. It happens to me when I contemplate how many of our fellow citizens are willing to flush the Republic down the toilet by voting for more of Caesar's bread and circuses.