Can you be both rich and a liberal?

So my parents make a lot of money. Like it's a lot.
I'm really liberal. Today someone told me that I can be a liberal and call for social equality but I'll always have daddy's credit cards to back me up.
So, I'm just wondering: can you be a liberal and be very rich?

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HenryJ · 26-30, M

Yes because as far as I have seen, liberals preach some ideal and never practice it. In fact it would be unliberal to not be a hypocrite... Yep let the interesting comments begin!

bijouxbroussard · F

@HenryJ: You mean like the conservatives who bash on about "smaller government" ? 'Small enough to fit in a woman's uterus and a gay person's bedroom' ? 🙄

HenryJ · 26-30, M

What the U.S.A.'s government was designed to accomplish like many others is; to use taxes to pay for large scale building projects (roads etc.), keep order, and protect the citizens. Not to save money for people's retirement, pay for people's dumb actions, and regulate absolutely everything, and set minimum wage, price floors and price ceilings. Must I go on?

bijouxbroussard · F

@HenryJ: Except for the fact that our Constitution addresses much more and always has. Our states have their own laws within reason, but ultimately the Constitution is supposed to be the final word. And the federal Supreme Court has often been called upon to rule on the law of the land when state laws have been unconstitutional.