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Liberal / Progressive ideas that many of you are accepting without knowing it
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:27 pm
Just a few-
- Social Security, Medicare, etc. has to exist in some form
- Increased tax revenues to government are a good thing
- The Federal government must be funded by income taxes
- We must have 9 justices on the Supreme Court
- We must have a minimum wage in the US
- US Senators must be elected by popular vote
- Government employees pay taxes to the branch of government they work for
- Public schools are not the same as 'government schools'
- Non-profit groups are more virtuous than for profit organizations
- Citizens shoudn't have access to the same weapons as police
I will update as more spring to mind.
ETA:
-Government should be in charge of security at airports
- Social Security, Medicare, etc. has to exist in some form
- Increased tax revenues to government are a good thing
- The Federal government must be funded by income taxes
- We must have 9 justices on the Supreme Court
- We must have a minimum wage in the US
- US Senators must be elected by popular vote
- Government employees pay taxes to the branch of government they work for
- Public schools are not the same as 'government schools'
- Non-profit groups are more virtuous than for profit organizations
- Citizens shoudn't have access to the same weapons as police
I will update as more spring to mind.
ETA:
-Government should be in charge of security at airports
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 5:02 pm
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:29 pm to weagle99
Preach
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:30 pm to weagle99
I don't accept any of those 
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:30 pm to weagle99
40h work week?
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:31 pm to weagle99
Oh you're going to rustle some proggy jimmies with this one...
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:31 pm to weagle99
quote:Why?
Social Security, Medicare, etc. has to exist in some form
quote:Everyone accepts this?
Increased tax revenues to government are a good thing
quote:This is FAR from "accepted". In fact, funding via income taxes is kinda dumb.
The Federal government must be funded by income taxes
quote:Not really.
We must have 9 justices on the Supreme Court
quote:Actually, no, we mustn't. It's also dumb and hurts the people it claims to help.
We must have a minimum wage in the US
quote:Actually, an awful idea.
US Senators must be elected by popular vote from now on
quote:What does this even mean?
Government employees pay taxes to the branch of government they work for
quote:What does this even mean?
Public schools are not the same as 'government schools'
quote:Says who?
Non-profit groups are more virtuous than for profit organizations
quote:
I will update as more spring to mind.
You seem to have confused "already here and we're living with it" with "accepting".
Do you need a dictionary?
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:31 pm to weagle99
breaking news, socialism and capitalism aren't mutually exclusive
more at 5
more at 5
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:32 pm to weagle99
I don't accept any and never have.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:32 pm to weagle99
I only like one of those but in an economic sense the minimum wage should reflect the real inflation rate of the country
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:33 pm to weagle99
Every idea was a "progressive" idea at some point. What I object to most is not certain "progressive" ideas, but Progressivism -- the belief that things must change for the sake of change.
I am a conservative. I believe if change is not necessary, it is necessary not to change.
I am a conservative. I believe if change is not necessary, it is necessary not to change.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:34 pm to weagle99
quote:
Liberal / Progressive ideas that many of you are accepting without knowing it
It seems to me that the only people who accept the things in your list are self-avowed liberals, and I don't know of anyone on this board that accepts those things without knowing their socialist context.
So I'm at a loss to understand the point of your thread. It seemed interesting at first, but there was nothing in it to make one pause and wonder.
No offense, it looks good on you, though.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:35 pm to weagle99
quote:
- Citizens shoudn't have access to the same weapons as police
I don't think anyone on this board would agree with this.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:36 pm to weagle99
Nice list.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:36 pm to LSU12223
quote:
I only like one of those but in an economic sense the minimum wage should reflect the real inflation rate of the country
That doesn't make sense, because what's good for one part of the country isn't necessarily good for another.
I wouldn't be opposed to a "living wage" that is based on the cost of living for each individual county/parish. I don't doubt that $7.25 isn't enough to make ends meet in New York City but no way in hell some tard working at McD's in Bunkie needs to make $15.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:37 pm to weagle99
Voting should be a universal right
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:38 pm to weagle99
Why would a senator not be elected by popular vote?
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:38 pm to weagle99
quote:Hate it.
Social Security, Medicare, etc. has to exist in some fo
quote:
Increased tax revenues to government are a good thing
quote:No
- The Federal government must be funded by income taxes
quote:Why?
- We must have 9 justices on the Supreme Court
quote:Hate it
- We must have a minimum wage in the US
quote:Hate it. Terrible idea.
- US Senators must be elected by popular vote
quote:Not enough.
Government employees pay taxes to the branch of government they work for
They also shouldn't be allowed to vote.
quote:Yes they are.
- Public schools are not the same as 'government schools'
quote:
Non-profit groups are more virtuous than for profit organizations
quote:Yes they should.
Citizens shoudn't have access to the same weapons as police
How is that for accepting?
All of your ideas suck.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:38 pm to weagle99
quote:
- We must have 9 justices on the Supreme Court
ok - I am confused by this one
as I understand it, FDR tried to stack the court and Congress set the 9 justice limit to prevent him from doing so - how is that a liberal idea that we have bought into?
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:39 pm to weagle99
quote:
Non-profit groups are more virtuous than for profit organizations
Not exactly the same thing, but a bit of a side tangent:
If I see one more person whine about "why does so and so at this non-profit hospital make 3 million dollars?????" I'm going to lose my mind.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:41 pm to weagle99
Both sides sometimes have good ideas. If they combined them & worked out the disagreements w/out pork, maybe we'd get better legislation.
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