If Only Conservatives Were More Like Libertarians
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Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Have you ever wondered whyconservatives are so opposed to government interference in themarketplace yet so tolerant, even welcoming, of its role in ourpersonal lives? You could say the same about liberals, whosepreferences for government involvement run in the oppositedirection.
Either way, it strikes me as inconsistent. If you believein the principle of live-and-let-live, it should apply to allaspects of your life. When the Wall Street Journal’sconservative editorial page invokes “free markets, freepeople,” I always wonder, what happened to the free-peoplepart?