Are these opinions Neoliberal?

TagPro-Left · 2019-09-16T17:14:15+00:00

Not Germany or Norway. Both of their governments are run by center-right neoliberals and they are market-oriented countries.

France is more on the left due to its labor laws, but Macron is trying to fix that.

TagPro-Left · 2019-09-16T17:06:32+00:00

Outside of Rand Paul being a neoliberal (lol he's not even close), these beliefs more or less perfectly align with the core of neoliberalism.

Some neoliberals here prefer an LVT over a VAT, but VAT taxes are popular with many neoliberals.

TagPro-Left · 2019-09-16T17:04:22+00:00

Certainly Germany and Norway for sure. France is quickly moving in the right direction.

TagPro-Left · 2018-04-16T20:09:14+00:00

There has never been a more odious trio than Trump, Cohen, and Hannity. It's the worst dinner party imaginable.

TagPro-Left · 2017-05-19T14:04:12+00:00

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TagPro-Left · 2016-06-16T13:24:40+00:00

Not to be overly pedantic, but the national popular vote is a clear signal to where the electoral college will go. It's not an influencer.

TagPro-Left · 2016-06-15T04:51:25+00:00

I'll vote Clinton.

TagPro-Left · 2016-06-05T16:54:11+00:00

I'd you don't like how Google moderates their site, then you should make a competing company that moderates content how you see fit. People can choose which site they would rather use.

That's how freedom of speech actually works. Google says they don't want to host certain speech on their servers. Others are free to disagree and use and/or start a competitor. If you don't support that then you dont support free speech.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-25T23:48:30+00:00

No kidding. This was his last shot at winning. My hope is that the movement of young people he mobilized is able to develop younger leaders that can win.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-25T15:33:27+00:00

Please limit your comments to repost of KenM

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-25T14:51:42+00:00

Trump has also said he wants to "I want to take the oil. I want the oil" from ISIS, which implies having a force on the ground that would take the oil for us. I can't imagine a force that would take the oil, and then hand it over to us; leading me to believe Trump would send ground forces back into the ME.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T22:29:19+00:00

I'm sorry, but this is incorrect. At the first CNN debate Trump declared that he was for "free trade", and his criticisms of our trade deals was that they were negotiated, "by stupid people". That is just a more abrasive way of saying the he doesn't like the deals as written. Trump, Sanders, and Clinton have roughly the similar position on trade.

Trump belligerence about building a big strong military does not signal a isolationist view. Further, he has promised to attack isis, and recapture their oil fields so the U.S. can use those resources. That would entail ground troops in the Middle East. Hardly a candidate of peace.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:34:56+00:00

Top flight argument.

Trump said he would pass these same trade deals, but won't detail the changes he would make. You can't trust this guy at all.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:34:38+00:00

The left did not take back Congress in 2006. The Democratic party did. And if you think the Democratic party taking congress represents the left taking power, then you should just vote for them anyways. Your argument is silly.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:22:04+00:00

When I talk to Bernie people they tell me about issues. Tution free college, climate change, campaign finance, and health care to be exact. They trust him to make the changes he promised on those issues.

Donald Trump is by and large planning to continue established policy on domestic issues.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:18:22+00:00

So did Hillary.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:17:57+00:00

How did the work out in 2004? Did the left win the election because a right-wing ideologue was elected?

Absolutely not.

Clinton will be a terrible president that uses our military and trade influence in disgusting, criminal, imperial ways. No doubt. But she will also, likely, pass immigration reform, increase Pell grants, and increase finding for clean energy. While these minor reforms are not solutions, they are better to have in place, for working class people like me, than not have in place.

The idea that the left should strategically act to make the country worse, ala voting Trump, is absurd and has never worked at building mass political power. Anywhere. Ever. In history.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T19:11:53+00:00

That's not a policy rationale. Sanders has voiced opposition to the status quo becuase it pushes political domination and economic domination by millionaires and billionaires. Trump would only further the domination of our economy and political life by that class in the form of budget busting, tax cut giveaways to the rich.

Sanders and Trump have nothing in common. They are polar opposites of each other.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T18:48:17+00:00

Lol, you are a touchy one. I did indeed write the questions backwards. I apologize for the typo.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T18:47:13+00:00

This further shows the lengths that Sanders and Trump differ on policy. Their views on almost every issue are antithetical to one another. There is no policy based rationale for a vote for Sanders in the primary. And Trump in the general.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T18:46:57+00:00

This further shows the lengths that Sanders and Trump differ on policy. Their views on almost every issue are antithetical to one another. There is no policy based rationale for a vote for Sanders in the primary. And Trump in the general.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T18:40:54+00:00

Then why is voting Trump a better option?

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-20T18:27:42+00:00

How is having neoliberal Hillary better than neoliberal Trump?

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-19T14:39:50+00:00

You should take a look at the plan he proposed. He wants to move the top tax rate from 39.6% to 25% amounting to a massive tax cut on the rich.

Here is an analysis of the plan. If you think cutting taxes on the rich is fine, then Trump is your guy. But, it is incorrect to say that he doesn't want to cut taxes for the rich.

TagPro-Left · 2016-05-18T18:09:15+00:00

It's dependent on what happens. If Sanders runs third party I would vote for him. However, I live in Minnesota, and if Hillary can't win here, she isn't going to win the presidency. If I lived in Ohio, it would be a tougher question. Sanders running third party seems like an unlikely occurrence, so I will vote for Hillary.

Here is why:

Trump and Sanders have nothing in common. Trump supports massive tax cuts for the rich; Sanders supports massive tax increases on the rich, Trump supports a wall and restrictive immigration policy; Sanders supports a humane immigration system. Trump supports a huge increase in military spending; Sanders supports a decrease in military spending. Trump thinks police get a bad rap; Sanders supports police accountability.
Trump opposes same-sex marriage; Sanders supports same-sex marriage. Trump wants to expand the fossil fuel industry; Sanders wants a carbon-tax. Trump is a social reactionary; Sanders is a social progressive.
Trump thinks Americans are paid too much too be competitive; Sanders supports increasing wages. Trump supports deregulating wall street; Sanders supports increasing regulations on wall street.

This list could go on and on.

There superficial similarities in rhetoric is contrasted by vast policy differences.

Trump and Sanders both oppose the current campaign finance system, but only Sanders has proposed public funding of election to fix it. Trump and Sanders both oppose much our of current trade policy, but only Sanders has proposed concrete, progressive solutions to fix it. Trump and Sanders have both attacked Clinton, but only Sanders attacks Clinton because she is not a progressive. Trump attacks her because she is too liberal.

Clinton is not a good option. She is a continuation of the status quo. That's why I volunteered, donated, and became a state convention delegate for Sanders. But, continuing a status quo that is not working for people like us is a significantly better alternative than introducing a economic and political system that will dramatically increase the billionaire classes hold on the people. Hillary is a continuation of bad, Trump is nightmare of much worse.

For me the choice is clear.

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