Liberally Speaking: Why Liberalism is Right for America written by Stephen J. Natoli is about the liberal view on the left side of the left-right political spectrum. One main idea of the book is to provide an educated view on the liberal side of politics and explain how an open mind can only make the "land of the free,” freer. Chapter three through five concentrates on what liberals believe. This includes: ethics, peace, equality, freedom, and science. These are just a few of the several ideologies that are held by liberals. “There has been legally-sanctioned inequality imposed on American of African, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Jewish ancestry, and informal inequality without explicit force of law imposed on many more. Women and
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Mothers should get prenatal care, children and elderly should get check-ups and anyone who is sick or needs medical attention has the right to go to a doctor. Along with providing easier access to healthcare, liberals want to make it harder to access unhealthy things and provide healthier options. Some things that have been pursued to make a difference is the Affordable Care Act, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, and Taxes on Alcohol and Tobacco. The Affordable Care Act still has bumps in the plan, but unarguably the uninsured rate is at its lowest since the 1960’s. It provided women with the proper health care, such as free birth-control options and mammograms. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act was brought up by Michelle Obama to offer healthy foods to children and ensure they are receiving the correct amount of nutrients. Taxes have been set on Tobacco and Alcohol. A recent effort to raise taxes on tobacco just passed in California and taxes were increased to $2.00 per pack of cigarettes. “Liberals like the idea of putting taxes on healthy stuff. In the health world that takes the shape of wanting to raise taxes on things like cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, and fat.” (159, …show more content…
This led to a drastic decrease of consumer good being bought. The economy flourishes off of the consumers and when no one buys the economy crashes. “If consumer and business spending are down, then who is left to restore demand for the good and services that entrepreneurs and professionals of all kinds are offering for sale? The government: that’s who.” (132, Natoli) At the time, Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States and belonged to the Republican party. Hoover made minimal effort to help the economy because his ideologies were laissez-faire. In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president during the Great Depression. With liberated thoughts in mind, Roosevelt designed the New Deal. The New Deal was basically a plan that proposed programs to assist the economy and the people. “... Government can help in all sorts of ways. It can buy surplus farm production and store and distribute the food to the needy. It can increase its orders for equipment and supplies. It can go on an expanding campaign of infrastructure construction and repair by building or fixing the roads, bridges, dams, energy grid and so on to provide revenue to companies.” (132, Natoli) This quote gives an overview of what the New Deal
Mothers should get prenatal care, children and elderly should get check-ups and anyone who is sick or needs medical attention has the right to go to a doctor. Along with providing easier access to healthcare, liberals want to make it harder to access unhealthy things and provide healthier options. Some things that have been pursued to make a difference is the Affordable Care Act, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, and Taxes on Alcohol and Tobacco. The Affordable Care Act still has bumps in the plan, but unarguably the uninsured rate is at its lowest since the 1960’s. It provided women with the proper health care, such as free birth-control options and mammograms. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act was brought up by Michelle Obama to offer healthy foods to children and ensure they are receiving the correct amount of nutrients. Taxes have been set on Tobacco and Alcohol. A recent effort to raise taxes on tobacco just passed in California and taxes were increased to $2.00 per pack of cigarettes. “Liberals like the idea of putting taxes on healthy stuff. In the health world that takes the shape of wanting to raise taxes on things like cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, and fat.” (159, …show more content…
This led to a drastic decrease of consumer good being bought. The economy flourishes off of the consumers and when no one buys the economy crashes. “If consumer and business spending are down, then who is left to restore demand for the good and services that entrepreneurs and professionals of all kinds are offering for sale? The government: that’s who.” (132, Natoli) At the time, Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States and belonged to the Republican party. Hoover made minimal effort to help the economy because his ideologies were laissez-faire. In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president during the Great Depression. With liberated thoughts in mind, Roosevelt designed the New Deal. The New Deal was basically a plan that proposed programs to assist the economy and the people. “... Government can help in all sorts of ways. It can buy surplus farm production and store and distribute the food to the needy. It can increase its orders for equipment and supplies. It can go on an expanding campaign of infrastructure construction and repair by building or fixing the roads, bridges, dams, energy grid and so on to provide revenue to companies.” (132, Natoli) This quote gives an overview of what the New Deal