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The Nordic model was created by democratic socialists and has far more in common with democratic socialism then with the capitalism of the U.S. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N…
And anyone who humps capitalism like Lonny here is a right winger ... not a MAGA type, but very much right of center, and other of his comments here make that clear, e.g.,…
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The Nordic model was created by democratic socialists and has far more in common with democratic socialism then with the capitalism of the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
And anyone who humps capitalism like Lonny here is a right winger ... not a MAGA type, but very much right of center, and other of his comments here make that clear, e.g., responding to a suggestion to tax capital gains like regular income so as to secure greater social benefits with "why so even less money files into new business? Not so smart" -- supply side economics is very much a hallmark of the right-of-center. Lonny notably has no concern at all about "even less money" flowing to the working class and poor, to infrastructure, amelioration of climate change, etc. He's free market uber alles guy, which is very much a brand of right winger.
P.S. "Where do I say anything about "supply side"? "
Imagine being this dim. *I* just laid out how his statement is supply-side economics (and it oh so obviously is). That he doesn't acknowledge it is predictable and irrelevant.