Comments on: Why <span style="font-style:italic;">progressives</span> really aren’t http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2005/11/23/why-progressives-really-aren%e2%80%99t/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Leftists, in their own words http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2005/11/23/why-progressives-really-aren%e2%80%99t/#comment-96 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Leftists, in their own words Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:29:26 +0000 http://thelibertypapers.org/?p=27#comment-96 [...] I am certainly no fan of progressive political theory, but it is instructive to know what, specifically, its proponents advocate. Fortunately, Washington Monthly’s blog, Political Animal (Kevin Drum), features a series of articles called The New Progressivism. The introduction of which reads in part: Conservatives say they want to use choice (school vouchers, private accounts in Social Security) to shift power from government to individuals. We think that conservatives’ real aim is to shift more risk onto individuals in order to cut government, and that only liberals can deliver a choice revolution in government that people would actually want. But we also believe progressives should go a step further, with policies that shift power from corporations to individuals. [...]

]]> By: Below The Beltway http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2005/11/23/why-progressives-really-aren%e2%80%99t/#comment-85 Below The Beltway Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:38:25 +0000 http://thelibertypapers.org/?p=27#comment-85 Carnival Of Liberty XXII

Good morning and welcome to Carnival Of Liberty XXII, hosted this week here at Below The Beltway. Its been quite an experience pulling together this carnival and I’d like to thank Eric Cowperthwaite of Eric’s Grumbles Before The Grave for giving me t…

]]> By: Eric http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2005/11/23/why-progressives-really-aren%e2%80%99t/#comment-56 Eric Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:47:00 +0000 http://thelibertypapers.org/?p=27#comment-56 Wulf, it is, of course, a term chosen by the left to denote that they are progressing forward from a political and social culture that they despise. In all of this, they fail to see that they are actually trying to “progress” backwards to a culture and political structure where the common man has no control of his life.

]]> By: Wulf http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2005/11/23/why-progressives-really-aren%e2%80%99t/#comment-51 Wulf Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:15:44 +0000 http://thelibertypapers.org/?p=27#comment-51 Excellent! I’ve always hated that term, “Progressive”. It’s completely subjective. Anybody who is for progress toward something is progressive, aren’t they? In that case, it is a completely useless term, because it doesn’t explain what a person supports.

As for me, I truly am a progressive. For liberty!

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