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Tag Archives: Social Insurance
Politics & Prose: Robert Reich- ‘The Common Good’
Source: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 about what’s called the social contract. This … Continue reading
Economic Policy Journal: David Gordon: ‘A Libertarian Argument for the Welfare State’
Source:The New Democrat– the official slogan for the Libertarian Party. Source:The New Democrat “The Niskanen Center in Washington, D.C, bills itself as a “libertarian think tank:” but its conception of libertarianism is one that many of us will find surprising. … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Liberalism, The New Democrat
Tagged 2016, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, David Gordon, Economic Freedom, Education, Individual Freedom, Jeffrey Taylor, Left Libertarianism, Left Libertarians, Liberalism, Liberals, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Right, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Limited Government, Mometrix Academy, Poverty, Safety Net, Social Insurance, Social Liberalism, Social Liberals, United States
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Democratic Socialists USA: Social and Economic Bill of Rights
Source:The New Democrat When you look at the New Deal from President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, you see the creation of the American public safety net. With things like retirement insurance, which is what Social Security is. Unemployment Insurance, … Continue reading
Posted in New Left, The New Democrat
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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Timothy Taylor: Rethinking Parameters of the US Welfare State
Source:The New Democrat 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. Especially when our benefits at least to low-income Americans are … 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: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture
Source:The New Democrat I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live on $2 a day, they tend to leave out things like public housing, food assistance, Medicaid to use as examples. … Continue reading
Posted in Brookings, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Brookings, Brookings Institution, Education, Job Training, Low-Income, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled, Low-Skilled Workers, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Ron Haskins, Safety Net, Social Insurance, United States, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare, Welfare to Work
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Cato Institute: ‘Daniel Shapiro on the Welfare State’
Source:CATO Institute– Daniel Shapiro on the so-called welfare state. Source:The New Democrat “In his new book, Is The Welfare State Justified?, philosopher Daniel Shapiro insightfully combines moral and political philosophy with contemporary social science to argue that proponents of the … Continue reading
Posted in CATO Video, The New Democrat
Tagged 2007, 2008, America, American Capitalism, American Economy, American Private Enterprise, Capitalism, CATO, Cato Institute, Center Left, Daniel Shapiro, Democratic Party, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Society, Lyndon Johnson, New Deal, Private Enterprise, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Safety Net, Social Insurance, The 1930s, The 1960s, The 2000s, United States
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Sam Seder: The Majority Report- Ayn Rand: Secret Socialist
Source: Sam Seder Is Ayn Rand a hypocrite, because she collected from Social Security and Medicare, two social programs that she was against? Actually no, because she paid into both of them and just collected out what she was entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Originals, Sam Seder
Tagged Ayn Rand, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Objectivism, Objectivists, Safety Net, Sam Seder, Social Insurance, Socialism, Socialists, Tea Party, The Majority Report
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US News: Eric Schnurer: Why Ending Poverty May Require an Entrepreneurial Approach
Source:US News I agree with Eric Schnurer that the private sector should be involved in fighting poverty in America. Things like grants and subsidies to train low-income low-skilled adults who either work for them, or are currently not working. Things … Continue reading
Posted in Originals, War on Poverty
Tagged 2015, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Development, Economic Freedom, Education, Eric Schnurer, Great Society, Infrastructure, Job Placement, Job Training, Liberalism, Liberals, Lyndon Johnson, New Democrats, Non Profits, Poverty, Poverty in America, Private Sector, Public Assistance, Safety Net, Social Insurance, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, War on Poverty, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare
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American Enterprise: Arthur Brooks & Robert Doar: Welfare Reform & Lessons From The United Kingdom
Source:AEI I don’t agree with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on much if anything. But C-SPAN was covering the Senate Budget Committee markup yesterday and I saw part of that as the committee was voting on amendments to Senate Republicans budget … Continue reading
Posted in AEI Video, Originals
Tagged Arthur Brooks, Britain, Economic Freedom, Education, Ian Duncan Smith, Infrastructure, Job Placement, Job Training, Middle Class, Poverty in America, Robert Doar, Safety Net, Social Insurance, United Kingdom, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Work
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