Quote:Citations please? Or, is this purely conjecture on your part as a rebuttal to non-conjecture on mine? No need to respond, it's quite obvious. 

 

Just because you or your leaders (obvious assumption is obvious) think this way does not mean everyone does. I chose to think that some do want to do good. 

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "Progressives" typically are for redistribution of wealth.  This in theory would be achieved by high taxes on the wealthy with little to no taxation on the lower classes.  It would also institute a policy of a higher minimum wage thereby forcing business owners to pay more in salary than the job that they provide is worth.  In other words, the Federal Government would seize property from certain people, then redistribute said property to others.

 

They are also for "free" medical care and "free" education.

 

They also believe in the collective rather than the individual.

 

If I wasn't so lazy at the moment, I would put links to examples of all of this ranging from quotes from politicians that are the darlings of "Progressives" to images at leftist protests.

 

These concepts have been tried in the past and have failed.  For the most recent example take a look at North Korea.

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