- Twice as many Americans identify themselves as conservative as liberal. Nov. 6 we will know if they mean it.
- Before Franklin Roosevelt, “liberal” described policies emphasizing liberty and individual rights. He pioneered the politics of collective rights — of group entitlements. And his liberalism developed policies not just to buy the allegiance of existing groups but to create groups that would be dependent on government.[emphasis added]
- Republicans also practice clientelism, but with a (sometimes) uneasy conscience. Both parties have narrowed their appeals as they have broadened their search for clients to cosset. Today’s Democratic Party does not understand what one of its saints understood — that big government is generally a patron of the privileged, a partner of rent-seekers.[ emphasis added]
Yes, an entire ruling class---both parties--- devoted to the practice of the self-seeking, rent-seeking apparatchiks.
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