Thread:Comments:US House of Representatives passes health care bill/Why can't people realize how much we can't afford these wars right now?/reply

Some basic bias and excess metaphor aside, I've always found that George Lakoff's "Moral Politics" is the only book that properly explains why conservatives and progressives think the way they do, and why both systems of thought are coherent within their own internal logic. If you're wondering why on Earth conservatives don't mind the cost of wars but do mind the cost of healthcare (or vice versa), give the book a read. It's very insightful. Conservatives aren't dumb, they just use a different form of political reasoning that makes sense in its own right, insofar as any political reasoning can make sense. For a liberal, wars are about murdering foreigners and getting your sons killed, and healthcare about helping people; but for a conservative, wars are about protecting people (and the country) and healthcare is about coddling the weakest with money stolen from the best.