Liberals

Here is a quote from a recent news item:

PROVO, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only republicans, help boost voter turnout for GOP candidates and entices children to become conservatives.

Liberals are often accused of being antimilitary and this item highlights that accusation. The question is there any basis for such belief. If we assume that liberals are generally more interested in social programs that is government aid then this would be accurate. Liberals see military expenditures as direct competition for social dollars. Over the years this belief has fostered the idea that liberals see the military as taking away money from social programs. The result is that they have some hesitancy in appropriating funds for defense. Thus the findings of this report seem to accurately portray the liberal position on guns vs butter. They lean toward