UNIT 1: INTRO TO

GOVERNMENT
 CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT
• HEALTH CARE: MEDICINE SHOULD NOT BE SOCIALIZED
• ABORTION: PRO LIFE
• MILITARY SPENDING: SPEND MORE
• BUDGET: BALANCE
• TAXATION: LOWER
• DEATH PENALTY: RESTRAINED USE
• EDUCATION: LOCAL CONTROL, PARENT CHOICE, ACCOUNTABILITY
• GUNS: PRO SECOND AMENDMENT
• WELFARE: AGAINST
• LABOR UNIONS: AGAINST
 LIBERAL THOUGHT
• HEALTH CARE: GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE
• ABORTION: PRO-CHOICE
• MILITARY: SPEND LESS
• BUDGET: DEFICIT SPENDING NEEDED AT TIMES
• TAXATION: HIGHER TAXES ON WEALTHY
• DEATH PENALTY: AGAINST, FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT
• EDUCATION: FAVOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER EDUCATION VOUCHERS
• GUNS: REGULATE
• WELFARE: FOR
• LABOR UNIONS: FOR
 POLITICAL SPECTRUM
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• Radicals/Marxists
• Communists
• Violent overthrow
• Distribute equally
• No class system
• No government
• No religion
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Liberals
Want change
Democratic means
Redistribution of wealth
Minorities
Working class
Unions
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---| Moderates/Centrists
Libertarian
Fiscally Conservative
Socially Liberal
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Conservative
Republican
Big Business
Status Quo
Laissez-faire
Lower Taxes
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Reactionary
Nazism
Fascism
Absolute
Power
Give up rights