Talk:Populism
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[edit] "populism forms the natural forth quadrant of social and economic regulation. "
I'm not sure I see populism as espousing those things. Examples? Amin7b5 04:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- First of that is the view of the two-axis politics groups such as the Nolan Chart. Rann is a good example, he is all for government hospitals, schools, shopping hour regulations etc. things that increase government expenditure and hence taxation and also require government intervention into the economy, all tradition left-wing economic issues issues. He on the other hand has opposes gay marriage, euthanasia, constantly passes policing laws that give more power to the police to confiscate property before a trial, general search warrents, and also jail people without trial for drink driving. He also passes laws that interfere with sentencing of criminals, all very-conservative social policy. He does both these thing because they popular with the pundits, ignoring the fact they are both shitty ideas. - π 04:38, 19 May 2009 (UTC)