Old Labour was more left wing, and supported the idea of increasing taxes to pay for public services such as education and health. Whereas new labour was a term used by Tony Blair to show that the Labour Party has changed some of its ideas and become more modern. One of the key New Labour ideas is that the government should not use high taxes to pay for public services. They differ on the grounds that old labour was for nationalisation but new labour is opposed to state intervention. When Blair became prime minister in 1997 he brought a new set of ideas and policies that would change the face of the labour party.
Krikorian presents a good argument and has done his homework. The author seems to respect patriotism and feels we have a greater obligation to our citizens than foreigners. Krikorian speaks of a country we once were when our grandparents came to America but not that same country now. He argues our immigration laws need to be shaped to improve the United States along with the government enforcing more stringent immigration laws. This would shrink the illegal population and life for American workers would improve.
Out of the ideologies that I compared and contrasted I would have to say that I agree more with Liberalism because of the belief that the most important goals should be individual liberty and equality. I think it is extremely important to set limits and obey boundaries but I also believe that we can and we should achieve that without violating people’s individual rights. Liberalism goes against anarchism in a sense that anarchism believes that there should be no government at all. In the United States, "liberalism" is most often used in the sense of social liberalism, which supports some regulation of business and other economic interventionism which they believe to be in the public interest. Liberalism suggests that government should intervene to “help” but never to “curb freedom.” Liberalism also says that ordinary men and women are entitled to satisfactory lives, but that individual liberties, including the right to prosper from ones efforts, should not be curtailed.
Thatcherism wished to limit the influence of the Trade Union movement so as to allow the market to operate more freely and therefore make industries much more efficient and profitable. Thatcher wanted to promote the values of the traditional family, reward hard work and encourage self reliance, and help people get away from the demoralising effect of the welfare system. Monetarism (which is what many Thatcherite ideas are based on) teaches that the key reponsibilty of the government regarding the economy is to control inflation which is seen as highly damaging to the economy and caused by having too much money in circulation. A major aim of Thatcherism was privatisation. Many nationalised industries at the time were heavily subsidised, overstaffed and inefficient.
Furthermore, traditional conservatives support free markets but take a pragmatic view of economic management, believing that there are sometimes where state intervention is need. Compared to the right new where they completely oppose state intervention. Also traditional conservatives supported the welfare state compared
They also believe that people as individuals are capable of thinking logically and rationally in areas of political science and economics, allowing the replacement of old, traditional views by newer and more appropriate views that fit today’s modern way of living. Liberalism supports the free market concept of creating wealth to whoever strives for it rather than placing regulations and limitations on occupations people can hold which no doubt limits their economic a social growth. These basic characteristics of liberalism have led liberals to argue in favor of a limited government, which draws its power from the people. An example of a liberalist government would be during the 1600, particularly the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in Britain. During this time the liberal views
Similarities between past and modern republican platforms: · Abortion views are the same – Unborn child has individual right to life, no infringement · Immigration – Law is strongly enforced against those who come overseas with a visa · Marriage is the base and national standard of our society Similarities between past and modern democratic platforms: · Work force – More job opportunities for all · Middle class tax cuts · Achieving adequate housing supply so that everyone has a proper place to live 5. I feel like Jefferson would be part of the Democratic Party in today’s world. He was a secular and liberal humanist, and that leans more towards the platforms of the Democratic Party. On the other hand Alexander Hamilton would be closer to the Republican Party because he extremely supported a theocracy, and he also cared more about the stability of the country economically instead of the people, hence he created the Federalist
This general shift to the centre ground gained voters back, who had previously been Labour, but had voted Conservative recently. These reformers were not against socialism however and previously, many were socialists, yet they saw the need for voters, rather than ideology. Further, New Labour was a lot less socialistic when it came to economic policy. In fact, New Labour adopted a Keynesian approach to the economy, much like the New Right. The Third Way has been enthusiastic when it comes to capitalism.
What are suggestions that Republicans and Democrats will offer in economics’ recession? Republicans hold their faith to the power of the “free market” and oppose government interfere. However, Democrats support that the growth of job opportunities can be increase from government assistance through rebuilding the infrastructure and tax cutting on small business. In addition, they also believe in how significant of middle class families. Republicans believe in the policies of former president Reagan who stated that, “Peace through Strength” in the National Defense issue (GOP.com).
I believe that the Conservative party under Cameron haven't adopted many One Nation policies for these reasons; On terms of economic and the deficit the Conservative party seem more right hinting at the thatcher heyday. David Cameron is clearly in favour of rolling back the state, which is also a major point of Thatcherism. A key point is how Cameron feels about education, he favours privatisation of education and has introduced Free Schools and Finally how the Tory's have in reforming the taxation system have rejected some one nation policies. However it could be argued that the Tory party not cutting the NHS fund and International aid funds is adopting one nation policies. In terms of