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Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
srtcd424@mas.to ("Steven Reed") wrote:

@GerhardD @jwildeboer

"In 1962 l was a Conservative. I believed privilege could only be justified by service, high taxes on very high incomes were necessary to prevent an entrepreneurial economy becoming a rentier economy, and Keynesian growth would finance public service improvements and a welfare state that steadily reduced inequality. I was suspicious of ideologically driven, large-scale change. These were the mainstream policies of the Macmillan government at the time. In 60 years I have moved from centre right to hard left without changing my opinions."