Modern liberalism is the ideology of a bunch of rich elitists who want to run every aspect of the American economy-and society in general-through Washington, D.C.
They have the small businesses, the managers and owners of production in the economy, the entrepreneurs and successful businesspeople and self-employed workers, and the successful in general-the "rich"-pay all the taxes, to subsidize the parasitic lifestyles of the welfare poor, the Democratic Party interest groups (teachers unions, unions in general, ACORN), the criminals, and those who either work for the government or are otherwise dependent on the government for work.
There's no incentive for personal responsibility for most of the population under liberal rule. That is why is so crucial for the conservatives to win in the war on liberalism!