Tag Archives : Democrats
An Emerging Anti-Socialist Wing of the Democratic Party?
Two candidates have explicitly rejected the poisonous ideology.
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Republicans Need Better than a Green-ish New Deal
We need an alternative to big government.
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Five Takeaways from the 2018 Elections…and Implications for Liberty
Some things to keep in mind about the election results.
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Masochism Exercise, Part II: Reviewing the Republican Platform
Does the average Republican politicians even know what is in the GOP platform?
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Masochism Exercise, Part I: Reviewing the Democratic Platform
Rated ‘L’ for leftist.
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Playboy’s Amusing – and Accurate – Assessment of Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians
Humor and truth in political stereotypes.
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If you like to go along to get along, I suggest you don’t become a libertarian. At least not if you follow politics or work in Washington. Otherwise, you’re doomed to a life of endlessly pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. Here are three examples. 1. When almost every Republican and Democrat argued […]
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No Time to Go Wobbly On Spending Cuts
These are dark times for advocates of sane fiscal policy. The President and other Democrats have interpreted the recent election as a mandate to raise taxes, and if the past is any indication, the instinct from Republicans will be to cave. As if that isn’t bad enough, there’s the possibility of the sequester cuts being […]
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Are Republicans Dumb Enough to Support a Carbon Tax?
When it comes to taxes, Republicans really do play the stupid party to the Democrats’ evil. If Democrats propose raising taxes, Republicans trip over themselves to offer to sharp contrast by offering to raise taxes a bit less. CF&P President Andrew Quinlan highlighted the latest example of this strategic brilliance in Forbes: [I]t’s not just […]
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The Not-so-Secret Left-Wing Agenda to Increase the Burden of Government – and How to Stop It
The main political goal of the left is to seduce Republicans into supporting higher taxes. Bluntly stated, all of their fiscal policy goals require more tax revenue coming to Washington. The most important factor (from their perspective) is that they can’t make government much bigger than it is right now without a major tax increase. […]
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