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It Turns Out Democrats Just Aren’t into Libertarian Economics
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“We didn’t need a memo to understand that the future looks bleak.”
Libertarians accusing Democrats of foisting oxymoronic concepts onto the public is, itself, oxymoronic. The track record of Libertarian economics isn't any better than the track record of socialism/communism. Rational people understand that the only workable economic model is a mixed economy....
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 6 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Democrats aren't powerless, and they don't have to enable autocracy.”
Save us! Ezra Klein has shed his policy-wonk persona to channel the voice of Democratic desperation. Democrats have nothing but Orange Man Bad arrows left in their quivers. Now Democrats are resorting to shooting arrows into the air, where they land they know not where. Democrats have...
A Conservative Vision for Abundance
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“A robust understanding of human flourishing must inform our answer to that question. Human goods are more than the choice maximization championed...”
The abundance agenda dovetails with conservative values of faith, family, and tradition. The MAGA movement was originally intended to reform Republican small government minimalism and austerity to establish a government empowered abundance. The voting public understands government, big or...
'There is only one player': why China is becoming a world leader in green energy
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“As US reneges on climate breakdown pledges, China's response to crisis will shape geopolitics and our future”
China has certainly dominated green energy using fossil fuels. Whether or not that is climate leadership seems debatable. China has leveraged cheap fossil fuels, lax environmental safeguards, and minimal labor protections to dominate global markets by undercutting costs. The facts are quite...
Voters Again Shown to Prefer Populism Over Neoliberal 'Abundance' Agenda in New Research
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Progressive think tank memo argues for a populist economic message over an "abundance" agenda to win back working-class voters.”
The liberal rebuttal to the Democratic Party's corporate wing advocacy for abundance follows the typical far-left playbook. Liberal Democrats cannot wrap their heads around the fact that populist Big Government has become an insurmountable obstacle to achieving populist goals.
The Wrong Way to Win Back the Working Class
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Automatic deference to labor unions has not paid off for Democratic politicians.”
The Democratic Party has a strategy? It doesn't even look like Democrats have an agenda beyond Orange Man Bad politics. What is most interesting about this analysis is the choice between union labor and abundance. That's not contrived political rhetoric to advocate for a non-existent...
LAPD ends protection of former Vice President Kamala Harris amid internal criticism, sources say
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“California officials scrambled this week to protect Harris after President Trump revoked her Secret Service protection.”
Isn't Los Angeles one of those safe Blue cities? As long as Harris stays away from Memphis, she should be okay.
Democrats blast Trump over Chicago deportation and military threats
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to Trump's post by accusing him of 'using our troops like political pawns'”
Democrats are at least acknowledging ownership of their own 'war zones'. So, there has been some progress made.