Originally Posted by obvious Child

A user here has argued that liberals are for
1) Small government
2) Low government spending
3) Getting government out of our lives

And that Conservatives are for
1) Massive, huge government
2) Ridiculously obscene government spending
3) Large amounts of government in our lives

Now, I thought that conservatives were for the first list and liberals for the second, anyone willing to help me straighten this out?