Tag Archives: New Left

Campaign For America’s Future: New Populism Conference: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren

Source:The New Democrat Campaign For America’s Future: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren: The New Populism Is A Fight For America’s Values U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren at the New Populism Conference “Thank you, Bob Borosage and Roger Hickey for all your hard … Continue reading

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Slate: Magazine: Reihan Salam: NYC Mayor De Blasio’s Welfare Mistake

Source:The New Democrat I guess the Socialist has arrived in New York City to be their mayor in Bill De Blasio. In saying that people on Welfare there need not to go to work or be actively seeking work to … Continue reading

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The New Republic: David Fontana: U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Schuette Dissent: A National Treasure

Source:The New Democrat  U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Dissent on the Shuelette Michigan Affirmative Action Case“Consider this language from Sotomayor’s dissent, which is so unusually compelling in its simplicity in describing the daily experiences of millions of Americans: Race matters to … Continue reading

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Mises Daily: Julian Adorney: ‘Killing the Maximum Wage Myth’

Source:The New Democrat  People on the far left get labeled as Socialists because they have a tendency to advocate socialist policies that are more common in Europe than in America.  The notion of  “maximum wage” that talk show host Bill … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: ‘Our Tax System is Up-Side-Down!’

Source:The New Democrat  Thom Hartmann says that he makes his living by producing services for the general public through his talk shows and writings, whereas investors like Mitt Romney make their money by investing in other companies.  When those companies … Continue reading

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The Economist View: Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Inequality’

Source:The New Democrat  I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the wealthy in a couple of ways. One would discuss the fact that it would never pass this Congress, especially with a Republican House. Also, vulnerable Senate Democrats … Continue reading

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Free Speech TV: Hendrik Hertzberg: New York Joins Pact to Elect President by Popular Vote

Source:The New Democrat  I like this idea of throwing out the Electoral College and going directly to a popular vote to decide the President of the United States as much as like the idea that wealthy people should get more … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Matt Welch: Progressive Puritans: When Did Progressivism Become Statism?

Source:The New Democrat  Progressivism, at least as it has been practiced in recent times, has been a political philosophy that is about using government to make society better at supporting people in need, not to run everything for everybody and … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jonathan Cohn: Tax Day 2014: ‘More Taxes Would Make a Better Society’

Source:The New Democrat  Well, I guess it is official now, with this piece from Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic (his link is  above)  the classic American liberal magazine is dead.  Or perhaps, it has just been taken over by Socialists … Continue reading

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Commentary Magazine: Tom Wilson: ‘Liberalism Ends at Home’

Source:Foreign Affairs– President Woodrow Wilson is the first of the liberal-internationalist president’s. Source:The New Democrat “It is striking that America’s campuses, a sphere arguably dominated by liberals and their agenda, have become places where real tolerance and freedom of expression … Continue reading

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