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America’s Radical "Conservatism"
Lawrence Davidson, for Consortium News (via Truthout).
March 3, 2011
Instead of the traditional conservative approach of relying on time-tested solutions, Reagan espoused the so-called Laffer Curve, which gambled on the unrealistic notion that massive tax cuts for the rich would generate more tax revenue for the Treasury, just one example of the Right’s anti-conservative — and even crazy — “conservatism,” as Lawrence Davidson notes in this guest essay:
If you have the stomach to listen to the likes of Glenn Beck or track the antics of people like Sarah Palin, you might get the idea that today’s American political conservatives are a bunch of radicals and extremists. And, as we will see, you would be correct.
But this is not how it always was. There was a time when conservatism was a more low-key affair with a certain sense of pragmatism and even fair play.
There is not much of this traditional conservatism left here in the U.S., except in certain intellectual circles. And, even there, one has the sense that it is hanging on by its fingernails.
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GRAPH: As Union Membership Has Declined, Income Inequality Has Skyrocketed In The United States
Zaid Jilani, for ThinkProgress.
March 3, 2011
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Lawrence Davidson, for Consortium News (via Truthout).
March 3, 2011
Instead of the traditional conservative approach of relying on time-tested solutions, Reagan espoused the so-called Laffer Curve, which gambled on the unrealistic notion that massive tax cuts for the rich would generate more tax revenue for the Treasury, just one example of the Right’s anti-conservative — and even crazy — “conservatism,” as Lawrence Davidson notes in this guest essay:
If you have the stomach to listen to the likes of Glenn Beck or track the antics of people like Sarah Palin, you might get the idea that today’s American political conservatives are a bunch of radicals and extremists. And, as we will see, you would be correct.
But this is not how it always was. There was a time when conservatism was a more low-key affair with a certain sense of pragmatism and even fair play.
There is not much of this traditional conservatism left here in the U.S., except in certain intellectual circles. And, even there, one has the sense that it is hanging on by its fingernails.
Read more.
GRAPH: As Union Membership Has Declined, Income Inequality Has Skyrocketed In The United States
Zaid Jilani, for ThinkProgress.
March 3, 2011
Read more.