{"id":23966,"date":"2011-06-16T19:34:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T23:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=23966"},"modified":"2011-06-16T19:34:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T23:34:41","slug":"quote-of-the-day-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/06\/16\/quote-of-the-day-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Sullivan today on why the GOP are not conservatives<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As I studied political philosophy more deeply, the core argument for conservatism was indeed that it was truer to humankind’s crooked timber; that it was more closely tethered to earth rather\u00a0 than heaven; that it accepted the nature of fallen man and did not try to permanently correct it, but to mitigate\u00a0our worst instincts and encourage the best, with as light a touch as possible. Religion was for bishops, not presidents. Utopias were for liberals; progress was not inevitable; history did not lead in one obvious direction; we are all limited by epistemological failure and cultural bias.<\/p>\n

So on taxes today, a conservative would ask: what have we learned about the impact of lower rates over the last two decades – now the lowest as a percentage of GDP since the 1950s? In healthcare, what have we learned about the largely private system the GOP wants to preserve? A conservative would look at home and abroad for empirical answers, acknowledging no ultimate solution but the need for constant reform because society is always changing. On gay rights, a classic social change, he’d ask what a society should do in integrating the emergence of so many openly gay people, couples and families. On foreign policy, he’d move on a case by case basis, not by way of a “doctrine.”<\/p>\n

On these terms, today’s GOP could not be less conservative. I’d insist it’s less conservative than Obama. It does not present reality-based reform for emergent problems. It simply reiterates dogma and ruthlessly polices dissent or debate.<\/p>\n

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So no tax increases are allowed, period. Why? Because they “kill jobs”. So why do we have record unemployment after a period of unprecedentedly low taxation? No answer. If lower taxes have led to stagnation, the answer must always be: lower\u00a0taxes some more<\/a>. Why not end them all together?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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(Cartoon from\u00a0Jesus’ General<\/a>: “An 11 on the manly scale of absolute gender.”)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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