106 - Reason To Cheer, Part II: If Americans Hold Progressive Views, Why Don't They Describe Themselves As Progressives? Here's Why…

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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🗓️ 20 September 2007

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Mainstream poll after mainstream poll has consistently shown solid majorities of your fellow citizens -- often 2/3 or more -- endorse all of these progressive positions:--the government should provide more, not less services--the government should take care of those who can't take care of themselves--the government should guarantee health care for every American--the distribution of wealth in

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0:00.0	Music
0:19.8	Greetings!
0:20.8	You're listening to Podcast No. 106 of Blast the Right.
0:25.0	I'm your host Jack Clark.
0:27.2	Great to have you on board.
0:29.1	Today, a mystery untangled, you'll learn why, even though Americans overwhelmingly
0:34.2	support progressive policies, Americans don't overwhelmingly call themselves
0:40.0	progressives.
0:41.0	Let's get right into it.
0:43.3	Sources for today's podcast include Harris Interactive Polling and Media Matters.org.
0:50.8	Blast the Right's last show was entitled Reason to Cheer Part One.
0:55.4	And support progressive policies on most every issue, and our progressive majority is
1:00.2	growing larger and larger.
1:02.6	As the show laid it out, mainstream poll, after mainstream poll, has consistently shown
1:07.8	solid majorities of your fellow citizens, often two-thirds or more, endorse all of these
1:13.8	progressive positions.
1:15.7	The government should provide more, not less, services.
1:19.0	The government should take care of those who can't take care of themselves.
1:22.3	The government should guarantee health care for every American.
1:25.4	The distribution of wealth in this country is unfairly concentrated.
1:28.9	The wealthy pay too little in taxes.
1:31.3	The minimum wage should be raised.
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