"The conservative believes in abundance. The liberal believes in scarcity."

[KansDem]

Quote taken from the "About" link of The Conservative Treehouse

Sure, the conservative believes in "abundance," until this happens--

Overgrazing--


Deforestation--


Moutaintop removal--

“We’re going to be freeing these lands up, and getting ranchers back to ranching, getting the loggers back to logging, getting the miners back to mining where they could do it under the protection of the people and not be afraid of this tyranny that’s been set upon them,”--Ammon Bundy, "FaceBook"

"Protection of the people?" What do you think the government is? The People, not some ragtag gang of hoods and thugs with guns hellbent on grabbing the nation's resources to enrich a select few!

Sure, Ammon, get ranchers back to ranching, loggers back to logging, miners back to mining. Only, do it with oversight from a democratically-elected government sworn to prevent you cretins from destroying land and resources that belong to all of the people!

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. they believe in overabundance for themselves and scarcity for anyone else.

The epitome of greed, selfishness, and destruction for their own needs.

[daleanime]

3. +1

[Human101948]

2. They sure don't believe that there's enough to go around for everyone...

Why else would they be constantly paranoid about all the other people trying to take their money.

Why would they be stocking up on guns for the "apocalypse" they are sure is coming?

Why wold they be locking themselves in gated communities and figuring out ways to build isolated communities under the ocean and in outer space?

[Eric J in MN]

4. When it comes to war, conservatives say that paying for it will be no problem.

When it comes to social programs such as free college tuition, conservatives say that Bernie Sanders must know nothing about economics to think we can afford it.

[daleo]

5. That phrase turns reality on its head

Conservatives believe in doing that.

[cheapdate]

6. Excellent post. n/t

[SheilaT]

7. Yeah, right.

Conservatives are TERRIFIED that anyone else will get anything at all. For them, the glass is always three-quarters empty, and worse yet someone else drank the glass nearly dry, and it was THEIR GLASS!

Just look at how mean and miserable they are about things like social security, adequate health care, disability benefits, public school, paying police, firemen, and teachers adequately, not to mention pensions for the same.

Liberals tend to believe we can help each other out.

[DirkGently]

8. Conservatives believe in punching down.

The federal lands they'd like to put in their own sweaty little fists belong to the people of the United States. People who might not get to see forest or wildlife if it wasn't protected and preserved.

And of course they're not proposing to pay for it, or anything. They want to take it with guns while hiding in the forest.

[MisterP]

9. that's a common delusion in the primary sectors: when the Grand Banks collapsed

the fishermen were completely sure that their lower catch was because of dem regulations: 90% stock collapse was hippie nonsense

in WV the bosses have the miners mad at "the war on coal" while they bury their workers alive

it's like how the Pubs and right-liberts say they're for "freedom of opportunity, not freedom of outcome"--but are still for allowing wills and inheritance ....