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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> I have made my point with this. My assertion was that that the LP is not
> supported by a broad cross-section of the US public. We agree that its
> support is from the "haves" not the "have nots".
How do you define the haves and have nots?
My father is the first generation of college educated people in his line and my
mother is the second. They grew up lower middle class. (My grandparents were:
an electrician, a secretary, an elementary teacher, and a bad writer who never
made a real living.) When I was a little kid and my folks were both in
college, we were so poor that at various times we rationed the times of day
that we could run the oil heater in the apartment, ate low-grade ground beef
only once per week as a treat, and had to stop eating peanut butter for a year
in the mid 70s when some kind of peanut blight or drought or something
happened. So am I a have or a have not?
My parents took a little time as 18-24 year olds to be active in their local
LP. They would meet at this wealthy lawyer's house for meetings. There was a
cross section of people in the LP then and there. Most of the LP folks that I
have known personally were middle class college kids with high aspirations.
Obviously those interested in the intelligencia are more likely to be attracted
to the LP. And obviously those interested in the intelligencia will tend to
come from certain socio-economic backgrounds. But those are just tendencies.
There are plenty of examples of poor blacks who recognize the wisdom that
classical liberalism contains.
Chris
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