Tag Archives: Social Democracy

The Federalist: Robert Kraniski: What the Left Doesn’t Get About the Constitution

Source:The New Democrat  “What the Left Gets Wrong About Constitutionalism”. Perhaps not the best title for this post because it implies that the Left meaning the whole Left doesn’t understand the U.S. Constitution, or doesn’t understand perhaps aspects of it. … Continue reading

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David Pakman: Study- ‘U.S. Is An Oligrachy, Not A Democracy’

Source:The New Democrat “–Study: The U.S. is an oligarchy, not a democracy https://www.commondreams.org/view/201… http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gil… –On the Bonus Show: Books bound in human flesh, Japan’s penis festival, A man uses his girlfriend’s passport to travel, more.. ” Source:David Pakman: Study- ‘U.S. … 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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Andrew Sullivan: If America Had Scandinavia’s Tax Rate

Source:The New Democrat Jonathan Chait had a column in the, formerly liberal (ha ha) New Republic magazine arguing that, as we celebrate tax day, the U.S. should be thinking about increasing taxes on everyone across the board except for the working … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat  There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America,who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them exactly … Continue reading

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Salon: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal

Salon: Opinion: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal: How Conservatives Vulgarized the Word Liberal and Why Liberals Should Take it Back Source:The New Democrat I agree with Omar Aziz that Conservatives have been bashing the words liberalism … Continue reading

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Adolph Reed: ‘What Nihilism? A Response to Michelle Goldberg’

Source:The Nation– “A polling site in Oklahoma City (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)” Also from The Nation. Source:The New Democrat “The focus of left politics must be to change the terms of a debate that leaves us with impoverished choices. It’s only … Continue reading

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Socialist Worker: Phil Gasper:Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe

Socialist Worker: Opinion- Phil Gasper- Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe Source:The New Democrat Socialism is the perfect example of how labels can get you in trouble if you are not a political junky, or at least a political fan, someone … Continue reading

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RT: Video: Breaking The Set, Socialist in Seattle

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Socialism has a future in the United States, but it is the Bernie Sanders democratic socialism. That combines a very large centralized federal welfare state with very high … Continue reading

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Channel 4 News: 50p Tax Rate, Do Britons Think it Will Make a Difference?

. Source:The New Democrat  I guess New Labour is going back to being Old Labour and talking about fifty percent tax rates. If you think taxes are too high in America whatever income level you are at, try living in … Continue reading

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