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No way. Maybe at one time, but her comments in recent years put her way out of that category.

by starkd 4y ago

syzarian 4y ago
The U.S. has moved so far to the right the last 50 years that it has distorted the electorate's idea of what 'centrist' means. Regan believed the tax on capital ought to the higher than the tax on labor. Bush Sr. supported cap and trade when it came to acid rain. The EPA came about during Nixon's Presidency.
- slaw 4y ago
  I don't know about the last 50 years, but in the last 15 years U.S. is moving rapidly to the left.
  - syzarian 4y ago
    The U.S. is not moving rapidly to the left. Your perception is being skewed by how far to the right the U.S. is in comparison to other OECD nations. The Republican party is far more right wing than any other major comparable party in the OECD.
    - slaw 4y ago
      U.S. is rapidly moving to the left, that is a fact. It doesn't matter what other countries do.
      - syzarian 4y ago
        It is not a fact. You are wrong on this. What meaningful left leaning policies have been implemented in the U.S. in the last 15 years? Obamacare was a Republican idea designed by the Heritage Foundation in the 1990s. It was first implemented by Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts. There is no universal health care, there is no universal paid time off, there is no universal access to pre-school, there is no universal maternity leave, there is no universal sick leave, higher education is still extremely expensive at the point of usage, bankruptcy laws are still draconian, still no legal or law enforcement reform.
        dragonwriter 4y ago
        > Obamacare was a Republican idea designed by the Heritage Foundation in the 1990s. I may be misremembering, but I think the basic outline was first proposed by an health insurance industry trade group during the debates over President Clinton’s proposed healthcare reform, and was popular with Republicans as an alternative, and the Heritage Foundation version was a further elaboration. But, yeah, very far from Left.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
        Is this a statement about continental drift maybe? Otherwise, citation needed, your feelings aren't facts. "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

No way. Maybe at one time, but her comments in recent years put her way out of that category.

by starkd 4y ago

No way. Maybe at one time, but her comments in recent years put her way out of that category.

The U.S. has moved so far to the right the last 50 years that it has distorted the electorate's idea of what 'centrist' means. Regan believed the tax on capital ought to the higher than the tax on labor. Bush Sr. supported cap and trade when it came to acid rain. The EPA came about during Nixon's Presidency.

slaw 4y ago
I don't know about the last 50 years, but in the last 15 years U.S. is moving rapidly to the left.
- syzarian 4y ago
  The U.S. is not moving rapidly to the left. Your perception is being skewed by how far to the right the U.S. is in comparison to other OECD nations. The Republican party is far more right wing than any other major comparable party in the OECD.
  - slaw 4y ago
    U.S. is rapidly moving to the left, that is a fact. It doesn't matter what other countries do.
    - syzarian 4y ago
      It is not a fact. You are wrong on this. What meaningful left leaning policies have been implemented in the U.S. in the last 15 years? Obamacare was a Republican idea designed by the Heritage Foundation in the 1990s. It was first implemented by Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts. There is no universal health care, there is no universal paid time off, there is no universal access to pre-school, there is no universal maternity leave, there is no universal sick leave, higher education is still extremely expensive at the point of usage, bankruptcy laws are still draconian, still no legal or law enforcement reform.
      - dragonwriter 4y ago
        > Obamacare was a Republican idea designed by the Heritage Foundation in the 1990s. I may be misremembering, but I think the basic outline was first proposed by an health insurance industry trade group during the debates over President Clinton’s proposed healthcare reform, and was popular with Republicans as an alternative, and the Heritage Foundation version was a further elaboration. But, yeah, very far from Left.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
      Is this a statement about continental drift maybe? Otherwise, citation needed, your feelings aren't facts. "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."