Liberal is NOT a dirty word! Is it wrong to want, in the greatest country in the world, that people be treated fairly and paid such? Is it wrong to expect politicians to devote as much energy and money(in the billions)on little things like available health care and a decent education for our children? We claim to be the greatest country in the history of the world. I wonder what those other people around the world think when they see our education levels declining or that infant mortality rates in some areas rival third world countries? And we expect them to emulate us?