[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As far as Brandeis, or Carnegie, or Morgan, or Stanford or any other members of the All-American Plutocrats League go: I don’t doubt that one can do well by doing good. We’ll have to overlook the racism, anti-Semitism, nativism, etc of those dudes, but there’s no getting around the social good they performed.
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Point well taken.
I picked Brandeis because he was not of the establishment and he was Jewish (which was a big deal a century ago).
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
There is a huge difference between SMALLER government and NO government. I’m all for the former, not the latter. It comes down to what we can truly afford and what is truly necessary. I’d also draw your attention to the upcoming Swedish elections and what that election means for the “Swedish Model”, long held by the left to be the world standard for a balanced socialist system. The Swedes, along with the Danes, Finns and Norwegians, are realizing that this type of model is unsustainable and are moving towards a center-right system of government. So what you’re seeing is a realization, from countries far to the left of the US, that the model is unsustainable and change is inevitable.
The same argument holds for the US, too. Smaller, more effective and more affordable government. Not the complete elimination of government, mind you, just one that we can afford and one that works in the best interests of the citizens footing the bill.[/quote]
I agree.
Things such as a higher minimum wage, better minimum safety and pollution standards don’t necessarily result in bigger government.
