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Re:Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now by learc83 on Saturday September 10, 2011 @12:43AM (#2980818)
Myself, I'm libertarian, but I grew up in a very conservative household, surrounded by conservatives at church, and I was a conservative until my early twenties.

I have never met a conservative who believed that the poor "deserve their lot." And I can't think of one single conservative I know who wouldn't love to see the elimination of poverty. They just disagree with the liberal method.

If this were really the case why would conservatives donate money to charity? Why would conservative churches run food kitchens?

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Re:Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now by jberryman on Saturday September 10, 2011 @10:59PM (#2983057)
I should have clarified that when I said "mainstream conservative position" i meant that it's espoused by mainstream political figures (some current republican pres. Candidate for instance), rather than that it is the dominant conservative opinion.
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Re:Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now by pyre on Saturday September 10, 2011 @02:51AM (#2981037)
How many of those conservative churches accept government money to run their soup kitchens?
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Re:Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now by brycecolquitt on Saturday September 10, 2011 @07:40AM (#2981398)
Just as anecdotally, I have met plenty of them.
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