Synopsis of "Rights, Government, and Economy"

This is a short summary (and outline) of the third post that follows this one.

       The third post presents the positions favored by the Progressive Political Movement (PPM) of SW PA.  If  you care about the effect of politics on the human health and the well-being of American citizens you should read this.  This blog and the PPM of SW PA are based on a radical concept, namely that all people actually possess the inalienable individual rights to live a healthful lifestyle and to access a quality Common Good and that government has a duty to protect those rights.  This position is presented in three parts:  Individual rights, Government, and Economy.   This is followed by an assessment of the forces opposed to this position.  Some of the questions/issues addressed are as follows:

A. INTRODUCTION

What are the goals of the Tea Party?

B.  INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

     Can any one's individual rights threaten anyone else's?  Can individual rights be possessed by groups? Does membership in a group increase one's rights?  Do organizations possess inalienable individual rights?  What do individual rights have to do with human health and the environment?

C. GOVERNMENT

     What is the function of government?  How should the proper functions of government be financed?  Should the power of government be limited?  Is the Tea Party approach to government supportive of  individual rights?  Could the Constitution be amended to give the Federal Government specific powers to ensure the universal right to health and access to the general Welfare for all Americans?  What is the ideal size and power of the federal government?

D. ECONOMY

    What is laissez faire capitalism?  Why does the Tea Party seem to favor it?  Is capitalism as flawless as Ayn Rand claimed?  Is any system better than laizze faire?

                                  E.OPPOSING THE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT                     

     Why does the Tea Party approach appeal to greedy people?  Who, from an ideal legal and strictly moral viewpoint, should be in possession of the land and natural resources of the United States?  Do the rich and powerful really care about the problem of economic disparity and the plight of the least fortunate?  Which groups of people would oppose the alternative approach and why?

F. INTO THE FUTURE (POPULATION GROWTH)  

      Can the U. S. have too many people?  How should immigrant numbers be limited?  Should the      federal government encourage population limitation?

G. CONCLUSION

     
 

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OUTLINE OF NEXT POST
(Positions of the Progressive Political Movement of SW PA)

A. INTRODUCTION

1.  Ayn Rand and the Tea Part

2.  Tea Party Goals

B. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

1. Rights in general

2. Rights according to Rand

3. The Right to Health

C. GOVERNMENT

1. Rand's View of Government

2. Size of Government

3. The General Welfare 

4. Power of Centralized Government

5. The National Debt

6. Government Waste 

7. Taxes 

a. raising taxes on the wealthy

b. tax payer resentment 

c. taxing low income earners

d. taxing investment income 
e. taxing large corporations 
f. payroll taxes 
g. the  choice    
                                  

8. Separation of Government and Private Enterprise

D. ECONOMY

1. Origin of Capitalism

2. Rational Thinking

3. Highest Standard of Living for whom?

4. Greed and Justice

5. The Effects of Laizze Faire
6. Capitalism and Unemployment

7. A Better Economic System

8.  A Healthful Living Wage

9. Socialism?

10. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 

E. OPPOSING THE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT

1. Attitudes

2. The Opposition

F. INTO THE FUTURE (POPULATION GROWTH)            

G. CONCLUSION 

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