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Nixon the liberal
First Published Feb 17 2012 12:00 am • Last Updated Feb 17 2012 12:00 am

Which president was more liberal, Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Richard Nixon? Consider Nixon’s record:

• He established the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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• He instituted affirmative action in federal hiring.

• He instituted wage and price controls and severed the dollar’s link to gold.

• He proposed a national health insurance plan very similar to Obamacare, except that it required employers to shoulder a much larger share of the cost.

• He proposed a guaranteed national minimum income plan.

Nixon was far more liberal than Obama, and all the talk about Obama being a radical leftist, a socialist, or a Marxist is utter nonsense.

Roland Kayser

Murray



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