Re:Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047
by telotortium on Monday September 30, 2024 @02:56AM
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Democrats (especially in California) are somewhat to the right of socialist parties in Europe, and of course they’re neoliberal. But on most non-economic social issues, they’re quite far to the left compared to most European countries. So it really depends on what you consider more important to the left.
You could consider my definition of “left” and “right” to mean economic policy in this case.
Considering that the economy is supposedly to be the number one concern to most US voters, there really isn’t anything very far left available to vote for in that area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_experiment
I think the Republican Party’s positive reputation for handling the economy and running an efficient government is entirely unearned.
Closing down major parts of the government entirely (as Project 2025 proposes), making taxation more regressive, and offering fewer social services isn’t “efficiency.”
I don’t know if you know this but you’re already in the center-right party. The actual problem is that there’s no left of center party, as well as the general need for a number of aspects of our democracy to be reformed (like how it really doesn’t allow for more than two parties to exist, or how out of control campaign finance rules have become).