Rachel, your analysis is dead on the money! Indeed, it is the money - the economy and decades of neoclassical economic theory in play just does not "Trickle-Down". I would also suggest that policy should be put in place to ban Private Equity firms from owning housing. They are greed personified and are creating an unaffordable homeless crisis world-wide.
Perhaps you should become an advisor to the Liberals?? (Just kidding.)
Rising inequality is driving *most* of the social issues that we're facing across the Western world. Failing to address that root problem is like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound. Thanks for talking about it - if we can raise awareness, we can fix the problem.
For anyone who wants to know more on the subject, Thomas Piketty wrote some things worth reading.
Thank you for your insights. I’m very impressed also by the quality of your commentators. If I’m honest I’m a classic liberal who believes in the rights of the individual and believes in the role of government to enable people. Growth is key. Broad participation is important. But class warfare is toxic.
Good to see all this nicely laid out in one video. Wealth inequality after the past few decades shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, and the ensuing populist wave shouldn’t either. Hijacking it is always gonna be a more effective political strategy than trying to deny it outright, and an easier one than trying to legitimately meet it.
I feel like some politicians might have come up in an era of politics where governing parties looked more like reflections of one another, which itself is just not reflective of the politically active public anymore.
If the second Trump victory and its wake haven’t helped impart that understanding, I doubt a potential Pierre Poilievre win would, either. Really hard to imagine what this year looks like for the Liberals if they continue like this
Rachel, I think that the message you propose for the Liberals is correct. However, I think they have been saying and doing what you suggest for a long time, which is why all those good policies are in place. PM Trudeau has said on countless occasions that people are hurting, going through hard times and acknowledging that is why they are unhappy with his government. The problem is no one has listened to him.
I don't understand where Chretien is coming from, but I do know that the Libs understand the problem of wealth inequality. In fact, Freeland wrote the book on wealth inequality, "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else."
My bet is that the next Liberal leader will pursue a path much closer to what you'd like to see than whatever Chretien is proposing.
Excellent analysis. Whenever , progressives opt for talking about taxes for example, they are promoting the other guy's narrative not our own. Chretien reminded us. You are on the " money"
Spot on. The benefit of having a new Liberal leader is they have the chance to say, "we know things are tough for you; that's why we did daycare, dentalcare, pharma care etc. But we know that's not enough! While the Cons are promising only cuts, we will do more, such as..." [insert list of progressive ideas borrowed from the NDP as usual]. The Libs cannot steal voters from the Cons. What they can and SHOULD do is motivate progressive voters to get out and vote. Give them something to vote FOR.
the hope is that progressives (that group should include anyone struggling financially with the basics) will find more representatives to pursue enact and sustain solutions to that struggle. Every person who identifies as struggling, but especially those who do and blame the liberals and not the philosophy that got us here (Pierre's) need to realize just how much they want progressive policies, and support a government that can deliver them
Rachel, your analysis is dead on the money! Indeed, it is the money - the economy and decades of neoclassical economic theory in play just does not "Trickle-Down". I would also suggest that policy should be put in place to ban Private Equity firms from owning housing. They are greed personified and are creating an unaffordable homeless crisis world-wide.
Perhaps you should become an advisor to the Liberals?? (Just kidding.)
You are excelling as a truth-telling journalist.
Rising inequality is driving *most* of the social issues that we're facing across the Western world. Failing to address that root problem is like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound. Thanks for talking about it - if we can raise awareness, we can fix the problem.
For anyone who wants to know more on the subject, Thomas Piketty wrote some things worth reading.
Nailed it !
Thank you for your insights. I’m very impressed also by the quality of your commentators. If I’m honest I’m a classic liberal who believes in the rights of the individual and believes in the role of government to enable people. Growth is key. Broad participation is important. But class warfare is toxic.
Good to see all this nicely laid out in one video. Wealth inequality after the past few decades shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, and the ensuing populist wave shouldn’t either. Hijacking it is always gonna be a more effective political strategy than trying to deny it outright, and an easier one than trying to legitimately meet it.
I feel like some politicians might have come up in an era of politics where governing parties looked more like reflections of one another, which itself is just not reflective of the politically active public anymore.
If the second Trump victory and its wake haven’t helped impart that understanding, I doubt a potential Pierre Poilievre win would, either. Really hard to imagine what this year looks like for the Liberals if they continue like this
Rachel, I think that the message you propose for the Liberals is correct. However, I think they have been saying and doing what you suggest for a long time, which is why all those good policies are in place. PM Trudeau has said on countless occasions that people are hurting, going through hard times and acknowledging that is why they are unhappy with his government. The problem is no one has listened to him.
I don't understand where Chretien is coming from, but I do know that the Libs understand the problem of wealth inequality. In fact, Freeland wrote the book on wealth inequality, "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else."
My bet is that the next Liberal leader will pursue a path much closer to what you'd like to see than whatever Chretien is proposing.
Excellent analysis. Whenever , progressives opt for talking about taxes for example, they are promoting the other guy's narrative not our own. Chretien reminded us. You are on the " money"
Spot on. The benefit of having a new Liberal leader is they have the chance to say, "we know things are tough for you; that's why we did daycare, dentalcare, pharma care etc. But we know that's not enough! While the Cons are promising only cuts, we will do more, such as..." [insert list of progressive ideas borrowed from the NDP as usual]. The Libs cannot steal voters from the Cons. What they can and SHOULD do is motivate progressive voters to get out and vote. Give them something to vote FOR.
you are us
the grift here is just more pronounced
the hope is that progressives (that group should include anyone struggling financially with the basics) will find more representatives to pursue enact and sustain solutions to that struggle. Every person who identifies as struggling, but especially those who do and blame the liberals and not the philosophy that got us here (Pierre's) need to realize just how much they want progressive policies, and support a government that can deliver them
You are like super passionate about your craft
Because nothing says radical quite like the middle.