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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
“Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s imitation of the […]
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Politics and Prose: Robert Reich- ‘The Common Good’
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat In this long PBS style fundraiser marathon of a speech that Robert Reich gave in Washington about his book The Common Good, I got the sense that he was talking … Continue reading
The Real News: Paul Jay Interviewing Peter Kuznick- Undoing The New Deal: FDR Created A Social Safety Net, Not Socialism
Source: The New Democrat I actually agree with Paul Jay on something here. ( For a change ) President Franklin Roosevelt, his Administration and Congress, didn’t create a socialist economic system in America for good reasons. They left the American … Continue reading
Posted in FDR Presidency
Tagged America, American Capitalism, American Economy, American Private Enterprise, Capitalism, Center Left, Democratic Party, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt Administration, Franklin Roosevelt Presidency, Franklin Roosevelt White House, Great Depression, New Deal, Paul Jay, Peter Kuznick, Private Enterprise, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Safety Net, Social Insurance System, The 1930s, United States
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Theodore Roosevelt: Absolute Equality, Absolute Justice, in Matters of Taxation
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat When I think of Progressives and I mean true Progressives and not just people who use the label to self-identify with because they believe its politically or culturally popular and don’t … Continue reading
Posted in TR
Tagged America, Center Left, Equality, Government, Limited Government, Patriotism, Patriots, Progress, Progressive Democrats, Progressive Era, Progressive Republicans, Progressives, Progressivism, Regulatory State, Role of Government, Safety Net, Social Equality, Social Justice, Taxation, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, United States
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Economic Policy Journal: David Gordon- A Libertarian Argument for the Welfare State
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Economic Policy Journal: David Gordon- A Libertarian Argument for the Welfare State Left-Libertarian, would be a solid way to describe my own politics I believe. I prefer Liberal or even … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Liberalism
Tagged Center Left, David Gordon, Economic Freedom, Education, Individual Freedom, Jerry Taylor, Job Training, Left Libertarianism, Left Libertarians, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Poverty, Safety Net, Social Insurance, Social Liberalism, Social Liberals
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Democratic Socialists USA: Social and Economic Bill of Rights
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Democratic Socialists USA: Social and Economic Bill of Rights When you look at the New Deal from President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, you see the creation of the American … Continue reading
Posted in New Left
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Big Government, Center Left, Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists, Democratic Socialists USA, Economic Bill of Rights, Fair Deal, Far Left, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Society, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, New Deal, New Left, Progressives, Progressivism, Safety Net, Social Democracy, Social Democrats, Social Insurance, Socialism, Socialists, Welfare State
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Paul Krugman: “New Deal Created the Middle Class”: Not So Fast
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Government, doesn’t create economic classes. They can assist people to do better. Which is where things like education, infrastructure, a modern working regulatory state, a tax code that encourages expansion … Continue reading
Conservable Economist: Opinion: Timothy Taylor: Rethinking Parameters of the US Welfare State
Source: Conservable Economist: Opinion: Timothy Taylor: Rethinking Parameters of the US Welfare State I have no problems with the American welfare state being smaller than Europe’s when it comes to a percentage of gross national product, or in pure dollars. … Continue reading
Mises Institute: Mises Daily: William L. Anderson: Progressive-Era Economics and The Legacy of Jim Crow
Source: Mises Institute: Mises Daily: William L. Anderson: Progressive-Era Economics and The Legacy of Jim Crow Libertarians like to point back to pre-1920s or the Nineteenth Century as the golden era for the American economy and perhaps the country as … Continue reading
Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform
Source: Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live … Continue reading
Cato Institute: Daniel Shapiro on the Welfare State
Cato Institute: Daniel Shapiro on the Welfare State I’m not sure that Daniel Shapiro understands what Social Security is. And even though the title of his talk is about the so-called welfare state, this video only covers Social Security. Social … Continue reading
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