At least according to this article
I've only quoted the first two policies discussed, but there are 8 more in the article.
I find this interesting because, being British myself, it's always been the case for me that most left-wing politicians in the US would be thought of as right-wing here in the UK (although the political landscape here has shifted right over the last few decades). If this article is accurate, then it suggests that there may be less disconnect between the UK population and the US population, and that it's just the politicians themselves who are that far apart.
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DON’T BELIEVE ME? Take Ocasio-Cortez’s signature issue: the Green New Deal. Former George W. Bush speechwriter — and torture advocate — Marc Thiessen claims that the Green New Deal will “make the Democrats unelectable in 2020.” The Economist agrees: “The bold plan could make the party unelectable in conservative-leaning states.” The Green New Deal “will not pass the Senate, and you can take that back to whoever sent you here and tell them,” a testy Diane Feinstein, the senior and supposedly “moderate” Democratic senator from California, told a bunch of kids in a viral video. But here is the reality: The Green New Deal is extremely popular and has massive bipartisan support. A recent survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University found that a whopping 81 percent of voters said they either “strongly support” (40 percent) or “somewhat support” (41 percent) the Green New Deal, including 64 percent of Republicans (and even 57 percent of conservative Republicans). What else do Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, and Sanders have in common with each other — and with the voters? They want to soak the rich. Ocasio-Cortez suggested a 70 percent marginal tax rate on incomes above $10 million — condemned by “centrist” Schultz as “un-American” but backed by a majority (51 percent) of Americans. Warren proposed a 2 percent wealth tax on assets above $50 million — slammed by “moderate” Bloomberg as Venezuelan-style socialism, but supported by 61 percent of voters, including 51 percent of Republicans. (As my colleague Jon Schwarz has demonstrated, “Americans have never, in living memory, been averse to higher taxes on the rich.”) |
I find this interesting because, being British myself, it's always been the case for me that most left-wing politicians in the US would be thought of as right-wing here in the UK (although the political landscape here has shifted right over the last few decades). If this article is accurate, then it suggests that there may be less disconnect between the UK population and the US population, and that it's just the politicians themselves who are that far apart.
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