Letters to the Editor
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yes we can
Conservative isn't a synonym for Republican. Often it is. A conservative doesn't support progressive tax rates, capital gains, or estate taxes. They vote Republican,
Other people also vote Republican. Gates had in the United States and I think still has in Europe huge antitrust issues. Since they go to the heart of Microsoft, he has a very compelling reason to support an administration which is positively oriented to business. If I were Gates, I would vote to keep my company as protected as I could from antitrust actions for as long as I could, and if I wanted to counteract social ills i would do it through my foundation.
But voting Republican does not equal conservative if the person doing so has progressive ideas about taxes and social welfare, His credentials are very well established as a redistributionist. He redistributes as much of his money as he can, as fast as he can.
These labels sometime are not as descriptive or as useful as they seem to be. Which was my point, in the long post: Obama crosses the line, admires some Republican approaches to markets, has liberal views on social policy.