The American Right: The more things change....

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-Ronald Reagan


Is Reagan talking about the New Deal that he supported?

No the New Deal was never mentioned. What Thomas said was 100% correct and look at us now. Socialism and 21st century liberalism are no laughing matters and should be combatted with the strongest of force in order to preserve our freedom. There's a fine line between government assistance and what today's Democrats want. In order to see what Democrats want look at Obama's speech from 2003 about using tricks to turn our health care system into a single payer system.

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...the more they stay the same.

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-Ronald Reagan

So what exactly is American liberalism in favor of that would not be acceptable to a socialist?

Rombamacare, for one, with its individual mandate to purchase insurance from those evil, evil bloodsucking insurance companies

No but really: the big difference between the American left and the left in pretty much the rest of the world is that the American left doesn't nationalize industries. The only industry off the top of my head that is nationalized is Amtrak(I guess you could say GM).

It's not for want of trying.  Truman tried to nationalize the steel industry during the 1952 strike, but was slapped down by the courts.

Good thing too. It would've been a disaster.