Socially liberal - Fiscally conservative, is that possible?

By Centinel

We all have that friend that states they are fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
What does that mean?
It seems to be an attempt to state that a person is middle of the road or independent-minded because
there is no such category. Is it possible to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative? No.
On the surface it all sounds so simple but once one gets to studying the prospect much more complicated.
The last time someone stated this to me I countered with “So you believe in Austrian economic policies”. The person recoiled in horror like Dracula showed a cross. “No! I believe in Keynesian policies” was the response.
(In certain circles you must be a Keynesian or you do not fit in).
 Sarcastically I said, “So you are a conservative Keynesian”. The person nodded in agreement. In other words, they were spouting off something that they heard someone else say without knowing the details. Keynesian theory is the exact opposite of economic conservatism or free markets.

This is how the terms we use are so messed up post-WWII.
Re-defining terms and blurring lines are one of the many tools of the Fabian socialists.
And John Maynard Keynes was one of them.

The Fabian Society formed in Britain and infiltrated the Labor Party in the early 1900’s.
The Society was named—at the suggestion of Frank Podmore—in honor of the Roman general Fabius Maximus (nicknamed “Cunctator”, meaning the “Delayer”). His Fabian strategy sought gradual victory against the Carthaginian army under the renowned general Hannibal through persistence, harassment, and wearing the enemy down by attrition rather than head-on battles.

An explanatory note appearing on the title page of the group’s first pamphlet declared:

For the right moment, you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless.

Fabians are communists that oppose the use of force, preferring a creeping socialism by stealth techniques. The Fabian society believed in attaining power through deceit by infiltrating institutions under the guise of moderation. The communists are history (for the most part) but the Fabian socialists are everywhere.
Social justice, redistribution of wealth, a scientifically planned society and national minimum wage are the cornerstones of the of the Fabian society.
Sound familiar?
Enough about them.
If you want to know more just look them up. It is pretty interesting reading.

Keynes was a Fabian socialist opposed to private enterprises. His contribution to Fabian socialism is a government-based economic theory. One interesting thing about Keynes theories is no one understands them. Even the professors that teach it.
Multipliers was a concept that Keynes himself could not explain.
Remember Nancy Pelosi talking about how a dollar of welfare money turns into 2 dollars?
This is nothing but a rationalization of welfare by evoking Keynes theory of multipliers.
Which nobody understands.
Got it?
Some economists like to compare Keynes theories to a Rube Goldberg machine.
It looks great and it is entertaining to watch, even when you know that it can’t work.



Central based economic policy and Liberal social policies go hand in hand. Liberal social policies have to have the victim to rescue so the government can ride in on its white horse and save the day.
Of course, the government has to redistribute wealth to the victim.

Which is not conservative policy.

In summary, fiscal conservatism and social liberalism are like oil and water.
Because social liberalism has to have economic liberalism to enforce its policies.

What these folks are trying to describe is laissez-faire capitalism and classical liberalism which is nearly extinct. Even in today’s libertarian party.

Another great book is Keynes At Harvard: Economic Deception as a Political Credo.
A great book exposing Keynes theories as left-wing ideologies and not economic theories.