killerzX said:
Kasz216 said:
Kantor said:
killerzX said:
Kasz216 said:
That is totally a myth. There is plenty of europeon policy that is far right of the US Republican Party. It's just the dynamics are different, and people tned to focus on the few big conservative issues. Like healthcare policy.
If you don't believe me... look at the GFC... and how the USA handles that, compaired to how Europe is handling the Europeon Debt Crisis.
In the US it's money money printed everywhere and artificially lowered rates. While the Europeons have been pushing austerity measures that would make most republicans blush. Meanwhile, in the US QE3 is expected by the end of the year. Because we aren't growing enough... let alone europe's lack of fiscal action over actual regression in GDP.
Things like immigration law... a lot of the anti-muislim laws, this stuff would NEVER be passed, and people wouldn't even think to ask for it.
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and to suggest the left in europe are somehow much further left than our democrats is laughable.
you would be hard pressed to find a leftist policy that europe supports that the dems dont.
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A 50% financial tax rate.
Genuine universal health care.
Same-sex marriages.
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Outside of the Same Sex Marriages, I'd say Democrats support those things.
As for Same Sex Marriage.. by 2014, that will be a Democratic plank. Most Democrats are for same sex marriage, except when they run for President.
Also, i'd point out that Ireland for example... doesn't support any of those things.
So really you have to be picking and choosing your Europeon States to use those examples.
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i thought the democratic party adopted the same sex mariage platform this election. did they not?
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EDIT: Whoops, you are right, they do support Gay marriage now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/us/politics/how-the-party-platforms-differ.html
