Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD, Psychology and Culture

Democratic Party Values Previously, I wrote about several Republican Party Platform issues and general Republican values. Then I brought the post up-to-date with the 2016 platform . In this post I look at the Democratic Party. My focus in primarily on culture rather than on party politics. But clearly, culture can change to the extent more people from a particular party govern according to their espoused values. Here’s a link to the previous platform . Taxes Democrats are known for tax structures that take less taxes from low income workers and more from those who earn more. This is referred to in the platform as paying a “fair share.” If you check the Republican platform, you will see a focus on closer to equal sharing of tax burdens, sometimes referred to as flatter . The question is “What is a fair share of taxes?” And the answer is it is up to you to decide! But here’s more about fairness . I think most Americans are willing to conced...