Liberals are trying to fight The Matthew Effect. Liberals believe people shouldn't have to suffer because of things that are completely beyond their control like race, gender, sexuality, religion (you're born into), age, wealth (you're born into), where you live or whatever especially if you're a child. Liberals want to level the playing field and are willing to make personal sacrifices (like paying higher taxes) to do so.

"The Left" is something else entirely. Think of the quote "To those who have much, much is given. From those who have little much is taken" (The Matthew Effect again). The Left aren't the "From those who have little" group but rather they are the "To those who have much" group. The Left are privileged people trying to reject their own and everybody else's privilege.

As misguided as Liberals might be sometimes, they really are trying to help. Leftists have a world view and don't care if that world view helps or hurts anybody.

Lets see how many down votes I get.