Remember this one as you go to the polls tomorrow:
Leftists perpetuate hopelessness while conservatives are optimists. If you believe that you have no hope of making the most of yourself and building a prosperous life, then the hopelessness of Leftism makes sense to you and you believe that money comes from luck and/or exploitation and you can only get it by taking it from those who are making it. In contrast, fiscal conservatism is about optimism in the individual’s ability to create wealth and the recognition that the system that allows individuals to keep the majority of the wealth they create harnesses one of the greatest powers in the universe: human ambition.
Cynthia Yockey, A Newly Conservative Lesbian – The economic theory of Leftist hopelessness vs. conservative optimism
Do read the whole piece. It’s quite good.