If the election of 1988 were held today...

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It would probably look a lot like the 2004 map.

I don't know. Dukakis was a lot more conservative than Kerry...

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So what are you doing in the socialist party?

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Almost all the Democrats on this board seem to support socializing health care, turning Social Security into a welfare program by eliminating the payroll tax cap (thus putting the top marginal rate at over 50%), putting price controls on perscription drugs, and repealing all the progress that's been made on de-regulation.

I'm sure some of these people even support the "Fairness Doctrine" (i.e. censorship).

This country is headed down the path of communism if your party ever gets back in power.

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So, you're not a "libertarian" of any kind then. You're a communist. Definitely in the right party, in that case.

Unbridled capitalism? We are socialist-lite.

Creating things more and more cheaply isn't called slavery. It's called progress, and it means those that were tied up in manufacturing can now do something else, which in turn increases our standard of living.

Life for the average American in the late 19th century was far better than almost anywhere else in the world.

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You have to do something original. I am sorry some communists don't understand that.

Anyone who buys goods and services benefits from an increase in productivity.

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The rights of the individual do not apply to individuals who own corporations?

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Taxation is justified only to the extent that it protects freedom.

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No, only freedom. Roads should be funded by tolls, ideally, but the gas tax is pretty much the same thing, so oh well.

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No.