Tag Archives: Working Class

PBS: NewsHour- Paul Solomon- ‘Charles Murray- ‘Why Economic Anxiety is Driving Working Class Voters to Trumpism’

Source:PBS– AEI Scholar Charles Murray, being interviewed by PBS News’s Paul Solomon, about Donald Trump and working class voters. Source:The New Democrat  “Economic anxiety has taken center stage in this year’s election, driving many angry voters to rally behind Donald … Continue reading

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Al Jazeera: US Election 2016- Donald Trump Woos Working-Class Caucasians

Courtesy of Democracy Journal-  http://democracyjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20826825753_0e6a51a127_z.jpg- When you think of … Source:The New Democrat When you think of the Republican Party generally you think of country club Republicans, people who tend to be very conservative when it comes to economic policy … Continue reading

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Uncommon Knowledge: Richard Epstein On Inequality, Taxes, Politics & Health Care

. I actually agree with Richard Epstein on one thing. Which is definitely a rarity, but when Epstein says that its not that inequality is a problem. But the lack of mobility and opportunity for people at the bottom, or … 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 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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The Hoover Institution: Bruce Thornton: Illiberal Liberalism

Source:The New Democrat  Reading right-wingers about people they call “elitist Democrats,” or wine and cheese Democrats, people whom I call wine and cheese progressives, the wing of the Democratic Party that believes that anyone who didn’t graduate from an Ivy … Continue reading

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