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Old 09-14-2011, 03:59 PM   #19
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Lastly, respondents were asked to indicate which of two values is most important to teach your children, a) "to work hard and be self-reliant" or b) "to learn to share with others."

Why are these two mutually exclusive? That's the trouble with these kinds of polls. The choices they give put words in your mouth!
They're not mutually exclusive in practice, but the question was asked in this way to determine which value people hold most strongly...sharing over self-reliance, or self-reliance over sharing.

So, given a trade-off, liberals are more likely to choose "sharing."

Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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