Conservatives offer the voice of reason

In response to the Oct. 30 letter titled “Liberals have made your daily life better”:

First of all, the author acts as if liberals did all of those things by themselves. The fact is that conservatives would agree with almost all of the improvements in the human condition (i.e., clean air/water), because conservatives want to see the human condition continually improve - which can only be done through capitalism, by the way. Conservatives would also agree in common-sense solutions to problems, such as deposit insurance.

The reason conservatives oppose government-subsidized transportation is because we pay for it. We subsidize it in taxes and also pay fees to ride, and it never saves money.

What we disagree on most is the role of government. Conservatives would like a government that lives within its means, protects the citizens and promotes free-market capitalism. Liberals have given us $11 trillion in debt and endless amounts of federal bureaucracy. They enact social programs that don't work and are always over budget.

Liberals have given us the efficiency of the post office, the cost effectiveness of Amtrak and the easy-to-use tax code. Worldwide liberals have brought national socialism, communism, poverty, famine and genocide.

Liberals have good intentions, but if they go unchecked, it seldom ends well. That is why every time a liberal has an idea to “make your daily life better,” a conservative must be right behind them to be the voice of common sense.

Matt Corcoran

Fairbank