Comments on: A Social Democratic America http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/a-social-democratic-america/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cassandra Troy http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/a-social-democratic-america/comment-page-1/#comment-74260 Cassandra Troy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7721#comment-74260 Social Democrat? Is that 'moderate' for Marxist? If so, you're darned right! “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality” --Dante Alighieri Social Democrat? Is that ‘moderate’ for Marxist? If so, you’re darned right!

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality” –Dante Alighieri

]]> By: Jules Crittenden » Etymoronology http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/a-social-democratic-america/comment-page-1/#comment-74097 Jules Crittenden » Etymoronology Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:58:44 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7721#comment-74097 [...] While we’re on the subject, here’s a view from Europe, hotbed of … social democracy … on recent expressions of Democratic socialism. Poligazette. [...] [...] While we’re on the subject, here’s a view from Europe, hotbed of … social democracy … on recent expressions of Democratic socialism. Poligazette. [...]

]]> By: Michael Merritt http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/a-social-democratic-america/comment-page-1/#comment-74090 Michael Merritt Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:06:54 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7721#comment-74090 I don't know if I agree so much.  Americans still have an allergic reaction whenever someone says "tax."  They wouldn't like to see taxes go up, even if it means more social programs for them.  On the other hand, they often want more social programs.  So go figure. In any case, whatever the Libertarians might think, we're long since past the turning point for no big government.  That's never going away. I don’t know if I agree so much.  Americans still have an allergic reaction whenever someone says “tax.”  They wouldn’t like to see taxes go up, even if it means more social programs for them.  On the other hand, they often want more social programs.  So go figure.

In any case, whatever the Libertarians might think, we’re long since past the turning point for no big government.  That’s never going away.

]]> By: Jay_C http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/a-social-democratic-america/comment-page-1/#comment-74026 Jay_C Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:35:45 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7721#comment-74026 This is exactly what I have been thinking all along.  If Obama rearwards the less-ambitious members of American society they will support more like him and the more the democratic party will pander to them, over the years. As Jason would say..."lather, rinse, and repeat"  (sorry, I just like that phrase).  The question then becomes where do the ambitious go?  They used to come to the US? The more ambitious of society will either move their interests somewhere on earth that rewards ambition, or the ambitions just succumb and become recipients of the state like everyone else.  Then the question becomes... who pays for the recipients when the nanny state has nobody to pay the nanny?  I guess they never thought of that. This is exactly what I have been thinking all along.  If Obama rearwards the less-ambitious members of American society they will support more like him and the more the democratic party will pander to them, over the years. As Jason would say…”lather, rinse, and repeat”  (sorry, I just like that phrase).  The question then becomes where do the ambitious go?  They used to come to the US? The more ambitious of society will either move their interests somewhere on earth that rewards ambition, or the ambitions just succumb and become recipients of the state like everyone else.  Then the question becomes… who pays for the recipients when the nanny state has nobody to pay the nanny?  I guess they never thought of that.

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