Lee Siegal in his mini book, Harvard
Is Burning, blasts what he calls “elite liberals”. He is a New York writer
writing in many periodicals who penned this very short book which is a bit
funny but sheds little light on the subject. It is a bit like thumbing your
nose at your parents.
Siegal presents his liberal beliefs with this list of beliefs: as
believing in a single -payer health care system, redistribution of wealth via a
more equitable tax code, a significant raise in minimum wage, expanding
entitlements for the poor, sick, and elderly, against capital punishment and
privatizing education, for gay marriage, basic rights for illegal aliens, and
gun control.
So now you have a list which is better than his book. If you
agree with those principles you are a liberal, even if you think otherwise.
Having spent two years in Utah while in the military, I am familiar with the political and
ReplyDeletereligious demographics of the region. So I am pleasantly surprized to see their biggest newspaper endorsed Obama for president. :)
Well... I am for basic rights for illegal aliens, against capital punishment, expanding entitlements for the poor, sick and elderly (which puts me at odds with modern Dems who want to expand them for the wealthy and well-off: see the Dems' opposition to means testing, and their expanding SCHIP to include giveaways wealthy people).
ReplyDeleteMost of the rest, I am on the other side on.