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To: thames_sider who wrote (21608)	6/20/2006 5:26:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543686

I consider her way right of me, bro :>) And she has considerably smaller balls than Boxer

To: thames_sider who wrote (21608)	6/20/2006 5:27:26 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 543686

What level of taxation is considered punitive could of course be debated but many on the left side of the Democratic party support major tax increases esp on "unearned" income. Many also support expanding state social care. Also they are big supporters of unions and benefits for unions, and they generally oppose things like right to work laws. OTOH very few would support state ownership of industry or commerce or mass media.

To: thames_sider who wrote (21608)	6/20/2006 6:16:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543686

It's when the relative left of the US position is conflated with the policies common to the international 'left' that I get annoyed. I understand completely. Calling a Democrat a "socialist" isn't accurate. But we know what is meant by it and unless we're in a cranky mood, which admittedly many partisans constantly are, we accept the usage, be it ignorant, sloppy, chauvinistic, or hyperbolic. Or diminutive, as in "our own little socialists." <g>