Based on the handout from section one of the course, I chose classical liberalism as my theory of justice and democracy. Classical liberalism is a political ideology that stresses the importance of individual freedom, individual property, the protection of civil rights, and a free market. With classical liberalism the government has limited control. It began as a response to the Industrial Revolution and the conflicts arising with urbanization during the nineteenth century. It derived from the ideas of the Enlightenment period and was notable among several notable people. People like John Locke who payed closes emphasis on how an individual should have the right to his own religious belief and Adam Smith’s ideas of economics. Classical liberalism
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In social democracy the government plays a vigorous role in regulating political and economic conditions. The government would regulate hospitals, schools, and businesses and consequently, could lead to regulating the amount of money an individual makes in society. High taxes becomes the unaffected problem than if it were applied to the U.S. Social democracy works to equalize the whole tax pay for all the classes; therefore, the taxes would be too expensive for the lower class to pay for. In both the article “ California’s business tax burden no heavier than average” by Alana Semuels and diagram from Franchise Tax Board from section two of the course, shows how high tax rates cause inflation, unemployment, property lost, and loss of business. Both high taxes and big government destroy economic growth and restrain society from advancing. According to John Miller’s “Tax Wealth,” “Taxing wealth and large estates is essential. To fair taxation we will need to a spate of grassroots organizing from workers’ organizations to organizations, that of those who have benefited most from our collective efforts give back the most” (Parenti,141). In other words in order to make taxation suitable for everyone it only seems essential to tax the rich since they acculumalate the majority of the money. Even though this breaks social democracy principles, not everyone can be equal but the main goal
In social democracy the government plays a vigorous role in regulating political and economic conditions. The government would regulate hospitals, schools, and businesses and consequently, could lead to regulating the amount of money an individual makes in society. High taxes becomes the unaffected problem than if it were applied to the U.S. Social democracy works to equalize the whole tax pay for all the classes; therefore, the taxes would be too expensive for the lower class to pay for. In both the article “ California’s business tax burden no heavier than average” by Alana Semuels and diagram from Franchise Tax Board from section two of the course, shows how high tax rates cause inflation, unemployment, property lost, and loss of business. Both high taxes and big government destroy economic growth and restrain society from advancing. According to John Miller’s “Tax Wealth,” “Taxing wealth and large estates is essential. To fair taxation we will need to a spate of grassroots organizing from workers’ organizations to organizations, that of those who have benefited most from our collective efforts give back the most” (Parenti,141). In other words in order to make taxation suitable for everyone it only seems essential to tax the rich since they acculumalate the majority of the money. Even though this breaks social democracy principles, not everyone can be equal but the main goal