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Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals

Mike

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Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

By Jeanna Bryner

Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.

Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found.

Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.

The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are."

To justify economic inequalities, a person could support the idea of meritocracy, in which people supposedly move up their economic status in society based on hard work and good performance.

In that way, one's social class attainment, whether upper, middle or lower, would be perceived as totally fair and justified.

If your beliefs don't justify gaps in status, you could be left frustrated and disheartened, according to the researchers, Jaime Napier and John Jost of New York University. They conducted both a U.S.-centric survey and a more internationally focused one to arrive at the findings.

"Our research suggests that inequality takes a greater psychological toll on liberals than on conservatives," the researchers write in the June issue of the journal Psychological Science, "apparently because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light."

The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.

The same rationalizing phenomena could apply to personal situations as well.

"There is no reason to think that the effects we have identified here are unique to economic forms of inequality," the researchers write. "Research suggests that highly egalitarian women are less happy in their marriages compared with their more traditional counterparts, apparently because they are more troubled by disparities in domestic labor."

The current study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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backhoeboogie

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Mike said:
The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.

Who do you want to sit beside at the next ball game? Somebody funny and cheerful or someone who is miserable?

Who was your best childhood memories of good times spent with? Mine weren't with rich folks or miserable folks.
 

backhoeboogie

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aplusmnt said:
The problem is the Liberals on here, will never be able to rationalize the points made in the article, :lol:

The real truth is where you are in life is where you put yourself. That truth hurts to the core it seems. Some are just starting out. Others blame everyone else and everything else.

Where do you want to be in 10 years? What are you doing to be there?
 

Mrs.Greg

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backhoeboogie said:
aplusmnt said:
The problem is the Liberals on here, will never be able to rationalize the points made in the article, :lol:

The real truth is where you are in life is where you put yourself. That truth hurts to the core it seems. Some are just starting out. Others blame everyone else and everything else.

Where do you want to be in 10 years? What are you doing to be there?
Thats very true,but it has nothing to do with political affiliation. It drives me nuts how generalizations seem to abound here on political. :roll:
 

aplusmnt

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backhoeboogie said:
Where do you want to be in 10 years? What are you doing to be there?

I want to be married to Shania Twain, living in Canada with Free Medical Insurance. You have any suggestions what I should do to make it come true? :lol:

Ps. Do not let me current wife see this, she may make my need for that free medical care more urgent. :(
 

Mrs.Greg

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aplusmnt said:
backhoeboogie said:
Where do you want to be in 10 years? What are you doing to be there?

I want to be married to Shania Twain, living in Canada with Free Medical Insurance. You have any suggestions what I should do to make it come true? :lol:

Ps. Do not let me current wife see this, she may make my need for that free medical care more urgent. :(
As patientlyl as I can FRIGGIN TELL you....our healthcare is NOT FREE . ASK the companies that pay the premium for thierworkers or the people that pay there own healthcare premiums. Our heathcare is affordable that seems to pick your ass real bad a-hole :roll: :roll:
 

backhoeboogie

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Mrs.Greg said:
Thats very true,but it has nothing to do with political affiliation.

That is exactly right.

I don't like what either party is handing us and I am preparing everything accordingly.

It could be ten years before you claim capital gains. You'd best have already claimed all you could.
 
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Anonymous

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Starting to appear to me that Bushites/neocons are happier because they can't/don't face reality- and lie to everyone including themselves for so long they begin to believe it..... :wink: :lol: :lol: :p


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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: Oops

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Another conservative, family values, Republican Congressman bites the dust. Another potential pickup for the Dems in the November election?



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Embattled Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella's wife was blindsided by allegations he may have fathered a love child, and is unlikely to stay at his side if it turns out to be true, a source close to the family said.

"She's not going to be standing by her man," the source told The Post yesterday.

Mary Pat Fossella, 42, may have known that her husband had been having an affair but was "shocked" to hear about reports that he told police he was going to be with his "sick daughter" when they arrested him for drunken driving last week, the source said.

If she decided to leave the veteran congressman, it would complicate matters for him politically. He also faces possible jail time.

Vito Fossella, 43, zipped back to the city late Tues day to attend his son's con firmation at the Church of St. Claire's on Staten Island yesterday. He then returned to his Washington office, where he declined to answer questions.

"The congressman has no comment," said an aide as they left the office late yesterday.

His wife was seen late in the day playing basketball with their three children in the driveway of their Staten Island home. She also declined to comment.

Word of a possible affair emerged in the aftermath of the DWI arrest when it was revealed that he had called his friend, former Air Force Col. Laura Fay, to sign him out of jail.

When he was stopped, he told police he was driving to "Grimm Street" in Alexandria, Va., to pick up his "sick daughter."

Fay lives on Grimm Drive and has a 3-year-old daughter.

The drumbeat of daily stories detailing Fossella's relationship with Fay has begun to take its toll and the congressman is said to be mulling his political future, several sources said. He faces re-election in the fall.

Word swirled yesterday through GOP political circles that Fossella was going to hold an afternoon press conference to discuss the arrest and answer questions - but he apparently changed his mind, sources said.

One source familiar with the situation said Fossella "really doesn't know what he is going to do."

Fossella, who was elected in 1997, is an arch-conservative with close ties to the Bush White House, which may make it more difficult for him to recover.

"When you espouse family values and you're the one that falls, it's a little harder to get up," said one GOP source.

Fossella is said to have been calling numerous GOP officials to both gauge their support and see if there was a way he could avoid serving jail time, several top state Republicans said.

Some said he should do the jail time and get it over with, and that he could still survive. But others said he couldn't survive politically if he did that.

"He cannot do a day in jail," said one GOP source.

But the godfather of the Staten Island GOP said yesterday he will continue to back Fossella's re-election bid.

"I'm going to be with Vito - no matter what," said Guy Molinari, the longtime GOP boss, former congressman and borough president.
 

aplusmnt

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Mrs.Greg said:
aplusmnt said:
backhoeboogie said:
Where do you want to be in 10 years? What are you doing to be there?

I want to be married to Shania Twain, living in Canada with Free Medical Insurance. You have any suggestions what I should do to make it come true? :lol:

Ps. Do not let me current wife see this, she may make my need for that free medical care more urgent. :(

As patientlyl as I can FRIGGIN TELL you....our healthcare is NOT FREE . ASK the companies that pay the premium for thierworkers or the people that pay there own healthcare premiums. Our heathcare is affordable that seems to pick your ass real bad a-hole :roll: :roll:

:shock: It was a joke about Shania Twain and my fantasy :shock:

Ps. You may not have to pay for it, but you may want to consider doing so, since it is obvious you need to get some, you are wound way to tight. :wink:
 

TSR

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aplusmnt said:
The problem is the Liberals on here, will never be able to rationalize the points made in the article, :lol:

There are several definitions for the word "rationalize" here's one that fits some here. Rationalize- To provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct. Have you rationalized the secrecy behind the Energy Task Force meetings yet Aplus? I am sure you have, and I would bet it would be in favor of the administration and oil conglomerates which would dominate the meeting no matter what other minor players were there. :wink:
 

aplusmnt

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TSR said:
aplusmnt said:
The problem is the Liberals on here, will never be able to rationalize the points made in the article, :lol:

There are several definitions for the word "rationalize" here's one that fits some here. Rationalize- To provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct. Have you rationalized the secrecy behind the Energy Task Force meetings yet Aplus? I am sure you have, and I would bet it would be in favor of the administration and oil conglomerates which would dominate the meeting no matter what other minor players were there. :wink:

You just will never get it, and now through scientific studies we know why :roll:

I will even give you that secret meeting happened with oil executives. But who cares, in your wildest imagination what did they accomplish in these meetings that now gives us these high oil prices on the open market?

Did they conspire to get China and India to buy more oil? Did they conspire to get Prep's to buy Hummers? Did they Conspire to get people to have sex and produce more babies so the need for oil will grow?

If anything they conspired to get more energy by getting to drill more off shore and in Alaska.

You have the conspiracy to produce less energy pegged on the wrong side of the aisle. It is the Democrats that have their mark on everything that ever comes up to get more energy, Drilling for oil in Alaska or offshore, Nuke plants, building refineries.
 

kolanuraven

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I'm a Democrat and a liberal thinker also.

As far as I'm concerned you can poke holes in ANWAR all you want.

It's cold....it's snowy....and it's got oil/gas.....GO FOR IT!!!


Poke a hole....throw in a pipe and turn on the faucet I say!!!!!!!
 

Steve

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kolanuraven said:
I'm a Democrat and a liberal thinker also.

As far as I'm concerned you can poke holes in ANWAR all you want.

It's cold....it's snowy....and it's got oil/gas.....GO FOR IT!!!


Poke a hole....throw in a pipe and turn on the faucet I say!!!!!!!


There you go showing your capitalists thinking again... between that and your willingness to shoot big holes in America's less desirable citizens, you might get your liberal card revoked...

after they get the permits and leases sold for Alaska,..and the whole western coast.. they can lease the whole eastern coast from Maine to Cuba as well... heck shove a well up Castros' --- if oil would come out of it...


The announcement claims that the discovery could increase US proven reserves of oil by as much as 50%.

The US Senate is weeks away from voting on the lifting of the 25-year ban on offshore drilling off the majority of the coasts in the US. This offshore drilling bill was approved in the House of Representatives but political analysts believe the bill will face more opposition in the Senate. The oil industry stands to make high profits if Congress will open up Florida and the Offshore East coast to drilling. To date the offshore drilling bill has not been approved by both houses because of environmental interests. A large potential oil “discovery” in the Gulf would provide evidence that the passing of the offshore oil bill would be beneficial.
 

kolanuraven

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Steve said:
kolanuraven said:
I'm a Democrat and a liberal thinker also.

As far as I'm concerned you can poke holes in ANWAR all you want.

It's cold....it's snowy....and it's got oil/gas.....GO FOR IT!!!


Poke a hole....throw in a pipe and turn on the faucet I say!!!!!!!


There you go showing your capitalists thinking again... between that and your willingness to shoot big holes in America's less desirable citizens, you might get your liberal card revoked...

after they get the permits and leases sold for Alaska,..and the whole western coast.. they can lease the whole eastern coast from Maine to Cuba as well... heck shove a well up Castros' --- if oil would come out of it...


The announcement claims that the discovery could increase US proven reserves of oil by as much as 50%.

The US Senate is weeks away from voting on the lifting of the 25-year ban on offshore drilling off the majority of the coasts in the US. This offshore drilling bill was approved in the House of Representatives but political analysts believe the bill will face more opposition in the Senate. The oil industry stands to make high profits if Congress will open up Florida and the Offshore East coast to drilling. To date the offshore drilling bill has not been approved by both houses because of environmental interests. A large potential oil “discovery” in the Gulf would provide evidence that the passing of the offshore oil bill would be beneficial.
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You believe that a capitalist CAN NOT also be a liberal thinker?

Well, that makes no sense at all.

You have to think" liberally" to be able to "capitalize "on your next investment.

If you stayed in that same ol' rut, constantly safe and conservative with your time and investments.....we'd still be in the horse & buggy days. I know of some Nebraska folks who would LOVE for it to be 1959 again.... but it ' ain't gonna happen'.

Think outside the box boys!! Live a little.

We've got indoor plumbing ...so surely a hole can be dug into the ground to get oil without making a deadly mess.

It's not that hard nor is it impossible...the right person just has not been given the right amount of $$$$ to make it happen in ANWAR.....yet.
 

Mrs.Greg

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aplusmnt said:
Mrs.Greg said:
aplusmnt said:
I want to be married to Shania Twain, living in Canada with Free Medical Insurance. You have any suggestions what I should do to make it come true? :lol:

Ps. Do not let me current wife see this, she may make my need for that free medical care more urgent. :(

As patientlyl as I can FRIGGIN TELL you....our healthcare is NOT FREE . ASK the companies that pay the premium for thierworkers or the people that pay there own healthcare premiums. Our heathcare is affordable that seems to pick your ass real bad a-hole :roll: :roll:

:shock: It was a joke about Shania Twain and my fantasy :shock:

Ps. You may not have to pay for it, but you may want to consider doing so, since it is obvious you need to get some, you are wound way to tight. :wink:
Edited.....
 

nonothing

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I think there is some truth to the liberal way being less contentented the conservatives..

liberals live in a changing world not surronded by past dreams and unchanged life styles..Change brings with it excitement which can make one feel nervous.Stepping out of ones comfort zone can be scary and is the only way to grow past our fears....Liberals often step outside thier comfort zone to accomplish wonderful things,They do not sit inside their comfort zone judgeing those that don't...They do not stop moving forward out of fear....They find ways to help more then just themselves,....The world moves forward and discoveries are made daly,primarily because of liberal thinking....The world really cannot not live in the past and stagnates(according to most liberal thinkers) ...Ask most conservatives they would much rather live in the good old days then how it is now....and that is why liberals are less contented,they would ratther live life, then just sit and watch it pass them by.....
 

Steve

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KolanuRaven
If you stayed in that same ol' rut, constantly safe and conservative with your time and investments.....we'd still be in the horse & buggy days. I know of some Nebraska folks who would LOVE for it to be 1959 again.... but it ' ain't gonna happen'.

I thought OT was from Montana ? :roll: :roll: :wink:
 

Steve

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NoNothing
Ask most conservatives they would much rather live in the good old days then how it is now..

most conservatives on here keep shouting about how things right now are not so bad..... and how things in the future don't look scary either. (unless Obama or Hillary get elected)

with out naming names.. try to look at a few threads on the economy.. and see who is predicting doom.. and gloom... and who sees opportunity..

if you said the dollar is down in value... I see a market for our exports..

if you say gas is high priced.. I see a opportunity for new technologies and alternative energy.

over the last few years many liberals were saying Iraq oil exports wouldn't recover to pre-war levels..... today those same people are complaining Iraq is rolling in oil profit cash...

no matter what calamity the liberals want to create, conservative can create an opportunity....

many who claim to be "liberal thinkers" are neither..
 
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