Thread:Emmette Hernandez Coleman/@comment-681745-20140322080234/@comment-406947-20140324165207

I'm still unclear on what exactly liberal is. In the "running the government to promote individual liberty and freedom, along with providing social programs to promote economic equality." definition of liberalism, I amuse that "individual liberty and freedom" is referring to personal freedom not economic freedom. Does this mean that, economic regulation and welfare aside, liberals would favor small government? In particular, is liberalism opposed to the nanny state. For example, would a liberal conceder trans-fat bans to be a violation of individual liberty and freedom, on the basis that if someone wants to eat food with (or without) trans-fats, that's his right.