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muriel_volestrangler

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29. Yes, as I said, they are not socialists, and neither is the US Democratic party
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:39 PM
Mar 2015

They're not a party with many links to the unions, unlike Labour, but they're not looking to limit them, unlike the Tories. Lib Dem policies are not libertarian - they are in favour of heavy government involvement in environmental protection, for instance. They proposed a top income tax rate of 50% when Labour were in power with the top rate at 40%; eventually, Labour adopted it.

It is impossible for me to comprehend. joshcryer Mar 2015 #1
I suppose the collective memory of the evil of fascism is dying with that generation passing away. pampango Mar 2015 #2
True, that. joshcryer Mar 2015 #3
I think they are misguided Yorktown Mar 2015 #4
The liberals are "misguided" but not the far-right? The latter simply reflects "reasonable fear"? pampango Mar 2015 #7
You got me wrong Yorktown Mar 2015 #10
Yes. The violence in the middle east Quantess Mar 2015 #14
OK, I'm trying to find your Tower Hamlets segregated swimming pool story muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #21
The same thing is happening in the States, for many of the same reasons. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #5
And that is what we need to address. These things are fearful but FDRs words ring even truer today jwirr Mar 2015 #26
Don't forget that rogerashton Mar 2015 #6
Most liberals in Europe do believe in markets though they have tempered that with strong safety pampango Mar 2015 #8
In Britain, since Maggie's time rogerashton Mar 2015 #9
"I don't think you will find that any European liberals are pro-union." Really? pampango Mar 2015 #13
Read Adam Smith a bit more carefully! rogerashton Mar 2015 #18
Mercantilism is not 'competition among nations'. It is economic policy to benefit one country over pampango Mar 2015 #19
You previously wrote: rogerashton Mar 2015 #20
The Lib Dems do not oppose unions muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #24
The so-called European 'far Right' is National Socialist Yorktown Mar 2015 #11
That certainly proves that nazis din't believe in the 'free market'. Nationalism and militarism pampango Mar 2015 #15
The 2 British politicans in the OP are Liberal Democrats muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #23
Right, well rogerashton Mar 2015 #28
Yes, as I said, they are not socialists, and neither is the US Democratic party muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #29
The EU exists only to further neoliberalism and capital run amok so I hope it busts. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #12
Let's hope that the income equality and overall prosperity in Europe does not go bust pampango Mar 2015 #16
The whole agenda of the EU is to undo income equality, strip away those protections, TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #22
If that were true, Europe would not have the world's best income equality and would have lost pampango Mar 2015 #25
No, I meant what I said not what you want to jump off on. Why do you just put words in people's TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #27
Thermodynamics The2ndWheel Mar 2015 #17
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