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Peter1469
05-30-2019, 06:11 AM
Pete Buttigieg, democratic capitalist (https://reason.com/2019/05/28/pete-buttigieg-democratic-capitalist/)

Reason Magazine (a libertarian publication) points out that it is good that at least one democrat candidate identifies as a capitalist, however warns that democratic capitalists rely on too much State interference in capitalism.


South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg calls himself a "democratic capitalist." In a Democratic field where several popular candidates are either fully or partially embracing "democratic socialism," it's worth taking a closer look at a candidate who isn't shying away from the capitalist label.

Indeed, Buttigieg is fond of his economic identity, evidenced by the repeated use of the term. He is currently enjoying media attention reserved for big-name candidates and has already raised $7 million (https://reason.com/2019/04/02/bernie-kamala-and-probably-beto-raised-m/) within the first campaign fundraising quarter, suggesting there may be an appetite for a defender of capitalism in the mix.





Sitting at a CNN desk in April (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/16/buttigieg_capitalism_has_let_a_lot_of_people_down_ democracy_and_capitalism_are_not_the_same_thing.ht ml), Buttigieg was asked to address the vocal factions in the Democratic Party that vilify big business and capitalism.


"Well, I think the reason we're having this argument over socialism and capitalism is that capitalism has let a lot of people down," he said on CNN. "I guess what I'm out there to say is that it doesn't have to be so."


Buttigieg told CNN it's generally assumed that those who support capitalism also support democracy. In his view, though, democracy and capitalism are "coming into contention" with one another.


"It was very alarming to hear recently one of the president's economic advisers said that between capitalism and democracy, he would choose capitalism," said the South Bend mayor. "I would say the reverse ought to be true, that at the end of the day we prioritize democracy. And, you know, having that framework of a rule of law, fairness, is actually what takes markets to work."


Buttigieg acknowledges a line between good government intervention and too much government intervention. Tariffs, for example, cross Buttigieg's line. Buttigieg decried (https://reason.com/2019/05/23/buttigieg-would-lift-counterproductive-tariffs/) President Trump's tariffs on China at an event as both a tax on Americans and a "counterproductive" tactic to try to force China to change its economic model.

Read the rest of the article at the link.

Don29palms
05-30-2019, 06:36 AM
Buttedgeedge is neither democratic or a capitalist. He's a demonrat socialist fag. It's sad to see what this country has devolved into.

Peter1469
05-30-2019, 06:42 AM
Buttedgeedge is neither democratic or a capitalist. He's a demonrat socialist fag. It's sad to see what this country has devolved into.

The article comments on how Buttigieg describes his economic beliefs and the good and bad of it. Other democratic candidates described themselves as democratic socialists which is why Reason wrote this article.

MMC
05-30-2019, 06:54 AM
Of course he would prioritize mob rule.

Hoosier8
05-30-2019, 07:13 AM
Pete Buttigieg, democratic capitalist (https://reason.com/2019/05/28/pete-buttigieg-democratic-capitalist/)

Reason Magazine (a libertarian publication) points out that it is good that at least one democrat candidate identifies as a capitalist, however warns that democratic capitalists rely on too much State interference in capitalism.



Read the rest of the article at the link.

Yet he is for all the far left wing positions. He is also the mayor of one of the worst cities in America.

MMC
05-30-2019, 08:47 AM
Yet he is for all the far left wing positions. He is also the mayor of one of the worst cities in America.

Yep.....South Bend was invaded by Chicago People.

MMC
05-30-2019, 09:33 AM
Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses him of lying about family (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain)


You knew it wouldn't be long.

Chris
05-30-2019, 12:15 PM
According to Big Trend Among Democratic Presidential Candidates: Capitalism (http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/big-trend-among-2020-democratic-candidates-capitalism.html):


And while Sanders hasn’t changed his socialist principles or much of anything else about his pitch, perhaps the most commonly uttered remark about what has changed since 2016 is that the Democratic Party has moved in his direction. But while the large 2020 field is indeed, for the most part, cozying up to Bernie’s “populist” rhetoric and policy prescriptions, that’s not necessarily true of the socialist self-designation, despite joint efforts by elements of the left and the entire, unified Republican Party to claim the red flag (the property of democratic socialists long before the advent of communism) for the Donkey Party. Indeed, more and more 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including some who aren’t old-school Clintonian centrists, are making it clear that the economic system they favor is not socialism but that ol’ devil capitalism.

That includes Buttigieg but also Harris and Warren and Biden though they want to remake capitalism.

Tahuyaman
05-30-2019, 02:03 PM
The article comments on how Buttigieg describes his economic beliefs and the good and bad of it. Other democratic candidates described themselves as democratic socialists which is why Reason wrote this article.
He holds some fairly far left wing views on variety of issues to include economic. He is more skilled at communicating those views in a way which softens those positions.