Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Now the Democratic Party

"The Democratic Party is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and one of the oldest parties in the world. The Democratic Party has the most registered voters of any party as of 2004, with 72 million voters." (Wow, impressive)

"The Democratic Party evolved from Anti-Federalist factions that opposed the fiscal policies of Alexander Hamilton in the early 1790s. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison organized these factions into the Democratic-Republican Party" (So, what is it, Democratic or Republican? I guess in this case it refers to Republican vs Federalist)

Hey... I've heard of those guys... they were part of the 100 citizenship questions...
I've heard of Thomas Jefferson before. No idea who Alexander Hamilton or James Madison were. Only that they did signed the Federalist Papers (that was the question to study for the test)... I guess I really have to find out what those Federalist Papers were... (mmmhhh should I, really?)

Mmm... let's jump to the economic view to kind of compare with what I wrote in my previous post of the Republican Party...

"Historically, the party has favored farmers, laborers, labor unions, and religious and ethnic minorities. (It seems they are mentioning me... ). It has opposed unregulated business and finance, and favored progressive income taxes... In the 1930s, the party began advocating welfare spending programs targeted at the poor." "Today, Democrats advocate more social freedoms, affirmative action, balanced budget, and free enterprise system tempered by government intervention (mixed economy)".

All of this selectively taken from Wikipedia as well.

Mmmhh... what do those terms really mean? Affirmative action? balanced budget?
More to research.

Ok... all of these ideas look nice too...

I have received a couple of answers from candidates... but still a long way to go... not enough data for a decision.

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"El Partido Democrata es el partido politico mas antiguo en operacion continua en los Estados Unidos y uno de los mas antiguos en el mundo. El Partido Democrata tiene la mayor cantidad de votantes registrados en 2004, con 72 millones de votantes" (Wow, impresionante)

El Partido Democrata evoluciono de los sectores Anti-federalistas que se oponian a las politicas fiscales de Alexander Hamilton a comienzos de los 1790. Thomas Jefferson y James Madison organizaron estos sectores y los convirtieron en el Partido Democrata-Republicano. (Entonces, al fin que es, democrata o republicano? Supongo que en este caso se refiere a ser Republicano en lugar de Federalista)

Ah y yo he oido esos nombres... era parte de las cienc preguntas de la ciudadania...
Ya habia escuchado de Thomas Jefferson, pero ni idea quienes son Alexander Hamilton o James Madison. Solo que ellos firmaron los "Federalist Papers" o Documentos Federalistas (esa era una de las preguntas que debiamos estudiar para el examen)... Supongo que de veras tendre que averiguar de que se trataban esos documentos... (mmmhhh sera que si? de veras?)

Mmm... bueno, vamos a la perspectiva economica para poder comparar con lo que escribi antes acerca del Partido Republicano...

"Historicamente, el partido ha favorecido a los agricultores, los trabajadores, los sindicatos y las minorias religiosas y etnicas. (Parece que me estan mencionando aqui...) Se ha opuesto a los negocios y las finanzas sin regulacion, y a favorecido impuestos progresivos... En los 1930s, el partido empezo a promover programas publicos dirigidos a los pobres. Hoy, los Democratas apoyan mas libertades sociales, "affirmative action", presupuestos balanceados, y un sistema de libre empresa limitado por la intervencion del gobierno (economia mixta)".

Todo esto ha sido selectivamente tomado tambien de Wikipedia.

Mmm... que significan en realidad esos terminos? Affirmative actio? presupuesto balanceado?
Mas para investigar.

Ok... todas estas ideas tambien se oyen bonitas...

Hasta ahora he recibido un par de respuestas de candidatos... pero todavia queda mucho por avanzar... no tengo suficiente informacion todavia para tomar una decision.

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