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Tag Archives: Safety Net
Liberty Pen: Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Margaret Thatcher: Capitalism & a Free Society (1975)
Source:The New Democrat This is what a so-called smart Conservative sounds like in Margaret Thatcher and again conservative by British standards, which means lest socialist than Social Democrats. Lady Thatcher wasn’t arguing against the safety net, actually she believed in … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty Pen, The New Democrat
Tagged 1975, America, Britain, Capitalism, Classical Conservatism, Classical Conservatives, Conservatism, Conservatives, Economic Freedom, England, Firing Line With William F. Buckley, Free Society, Margaret Thatcher, New York, New York City, PBS, PBS's Firing Line, Safety Net, Socialism, The 1970s, United Kingdom, United States, Welfare State, William F. Buckley
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Economist’s View: Daniel Little: Economic Institution’s & Democratic Equality
Source:The New Democrat The Opportunity Society that New Democrats started talking about in the late 1980s and early 1990s was also designed to counter the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. That made government especially big centralized government look like … Continue reading
Posted in New Left, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Daniel Little, Democratic Party, Economic Freedom, Economic Opportunity, Education, Free Society, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberals, Liberlaism, Limited Government, Opportunity, Opportunity Society, Personal Freedom, Quality Opportunity, Safety Net, Social Insurance, United States
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American Enterprise: Nicholas Eberstadt: The Government vs. The American Character
Source:The New Democrat I agree with Nicholas Eberstadt on the growth of the entitlement state in America. . We use to be a society in which you took care of yourself as much as you could and when you couldn’t, … Continue reading
Crooks & Liars: Joshua Holland: Outrage Over ObamaCare is Nothing Compared With FDR’s New Deal
Source:The New Democrat In the 1920s and 30s, the U.S. economy was a pretty freewheeling affair. Taxes were low and regulation of the economy was minimal. Libertarians were as close to utopia as they had ever been. When the first … Continue reading
The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: Inequality in Capitalist Systems is Not Inevitable
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat I would describe capitalism, or private enterprise, meaning private businesses and wealth controlled by individuals or groups of individuals, not by the state, as the worst type of economic system in the … Continue reading
PBS: Video: NewsHour: Poverty and Politics: How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans?
. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The perfect debate for the mainstream Left in America to have that Liberals and Progressives should be debating about. The future of the safety net and it exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged Economic Freedom, Education, Great Society, Jeffrey Brown, Job Placement, Job Training, Middle Class, New Deal, NewsHour, PBS, PBS Newshour, Safety Net, Social Insurance
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President John F. Kennedy: Explains The Need For Medicare
. Source:The New Democrat One of the advantages of Medicare is that when someone spouse gets hurt Medicare is there to make sure that all senior citizens at least will get the affordable health care that they need. So they … Continue reading
Posted in JFK Presidency, The New Democrat
Tagged America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Health Care, Health Insurance, John F. Kennedy, Liberalism, Liberals, Massachusetts, Medicare, President John F. Kennedy, Safety Net, Social Insurance, The 1960s, The White House, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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TV Days: John F. Kennedy vs. Ronald Reagan on Medicare
. Source:The New Democrat I have a lot of respect for Ronald Reagan, but he was simply dead wrong about Medicare. And by the time he was President of the United States at least, he was even a supporter of … Continue reading
Crooks & Liars: Richard Eskow: Was This The Social Contract’s Comeback Year?
Source:The New Democrat When it comes to things like Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Welfare Insurance, Medicare. Public Housing, Food Assistance to use several examples, I prefer the term safety net or a public social insurance system or PSIS. Which are … Continue reading
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