2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Supporters - Honest Question - Are you a Center-Right Democrat? [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)My Republican relatives think I'm a communist.
Some here think I'm a little to the right of Gen Franco.
I support civil rights and affirmative action. I oppose "reparations" and support programs to remediate impoverished black communities.
I support aggressive progressive taxation. I support massive investment in infrastructure and public support of science (like increasing NASA's budget 10-fold.
I support a transformative education system with high-quality trade education.
I support universal health coverage (with very low out-of-pocket)
I support massive investments in green energy and aggressive carbon taxes.
I favor a strong national defense (though with less money in it than now), and less foreign intervention (though I do support assisting allies, when appropriate)
I support public funding of the arts.
I'm not much worried about labels, but I certainly don't see any Republicans that share my positions.