Re: The just and the unjust ways to address modern racial inequality: affirmative act
Sounds pretty close, but only with a small p. I wouldn't classify my inclination towards pragmatism so much a political philosophy; more so just an understanding that in politics, only practical, real effects are what actually count. Most everything else (like the motivation behind it) can be as subjective as can be.
I will agree with you partially, with a small correction:
Government is significantly responsible for the skyrocketing cost of health insurance.
Note that what I said originally was only trying to explain the rising cost of health care (not insurance), which has risen a whole lot.
I definitely don't equate progressivism with good because I don't equate any philosophy completely with good. However, I see the freeing of the slaves as a progressive reform in our society (with a little p; dictionary's definiton). But if you define Progressive to also mean collectivism and statism, then of course the freeing of the slaves wouldn't fit into that mold.
And, as I think I've said before, I am definitely against the welfare state as it is now; a man in debt up to his eyeballs shouldn't be giving thousands of dollars to homeless people.
