What is the main difference in Political Parties?

The difference between democrats and republicans is this:  For Democrats, the premise that “out of many, comes one,” reigns; on the other side of the partisan fence, the Republicans believe that “out of one, comes many.”

What is the evidence to suggest this? For one, if Republicans believe that, to stimulate large companies from Washington will “trickle down” to the masses–can it not be obvious that they truly believe in the goodness of humanity to a naive degree?  To think that out of “one” (government) will come prosperity for all, starting from the top down, will really occur in our selfish society is saddening.  We have seen this not to be true for so long.  It is a noble principle, but can this theory ever work in practice?

Democrats, maybe the more jaded of the two (made up of minorities, women, and others who have been denied the American Dream at some point), seek to create change by focusing on the masses.  The newest thinkers in the party have possibly gone too far in trying to please all in the broad spectrum of American viewpoints.  But essentially, the Democratic principle believes that for everyone to benefit, you have to improve life at the bottom of the barrel.  People have called the health plans of the Clinton administration and the current plan of Obama “socialist” in nature, but what is so terrible about making sure that all Americans would be able to live their lives without drowning in medical debt?  For example, even the average, middle-class family knows a possibility exists that one illness could jeopardize their children’s college fund.

If you pay attention to such statistical tools as the Bell Curve, you might notice that most of us will fall in the middle–with the least fortunate at the bottom end.  Where would you rather most political energy to be focused?  At the top, with the wealthiest few, or with the least of us?