“Homeless people choose to be homeless” vs “If there is a child who cannot read, it is my responsibility to help him even if he is not my child”. Based on these quotes which politician would win an election? If your answer is “of course the second one” you don’t live in the USA.
There are two important colors in America and surprisingly they are not white and black. They are red and blue. Red refers to Republicans (Conservatives) and blue refers to Liberal Democrats. The first quote above belongs to a previous president of the USA. (Ronald Regan) He was a republican. The second quote belongs to the current president Barack Obama who is a democrat. It goes without saying that everyone can clearly understand their philosophies and visions, which are really different.
Basically, republicans want the rich to be reacher by claiming lower taxes to the producers etc., then they expect the rich to help poor. Republicans are against welfare, legal abortion, gay marriage. They strongly support policies on immigration and they are also the strict supporter of the NRA.
On the other hand, democrats believe in the government’s power. They want the government to help the poor and believe that if someone earns more money, they should pay more in taxes. They don’t ignore immigrants’ rights and they are not against gays and abortion.
Individualism, self reliance, equality of opportunities and being competitive in life are similar values of these two sides.
For me, democrats’ opinions are more reasonable but as I mentioned in the first paragraph as an outsider it is quite difficult for me to understand America and its people.
Maybe this aint gonna be further than a cliche` but I’ve got to say that America is totally a different world.
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