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PROGRESSIVES vs. CONSERVATIVES:
+ STRONGER AMERICA vs. STRONG DEFENSE
+ BROAD PROSPERITY vs. FREE MARKETS
+ BETTER FUTURE vs. LOWER TAXES
+ EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT vs. SMALLER GOVERNMENT
+ MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY vs. FAMILY VALUES

» A stronger America is not just about defense, but about every dimension of
strength: our effectiveness in the world, our economy, our educational system, our
health care system, our families, our communities, our environment, and so forth.

» Broad prosperity is the effect that markets are supposed to bring about. But all
markets are constructed for someone's benefit; no markets are completely free.
Markets should be constructed for the broadest possible prosperity, and they
haven't been.

» Americans want and deserve a better future—economically, educationally, environmentally,
and in all other areas of life—for themselves and their children.
Lowering taxes, primarily for the super-rich elite, has had the effect of defunding
programs that would make a better future possible in all these areas. The proper
goal is a better future for all Americans.

» Smaller government is, in conservative propaganda, supposed to eliminate waste.
It is really about eliminating social programs. Effective government is what we
need our government to accomplish to create a better future.

» Conservative family values are those of a strict father family—authoritarian,
hierarchical, every man for himself, based around discipline and punishment.
Progressives live by the best values of both families and communities: mutual
responsibility, which is authoritative, equal, two-way, and based around caring,
responsibility (both individual and social), and strength.