What was the main diff between feds and anti fed papers, and are they akin to our 2 parties we have today?
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federalism is the notion of a strong, centralized government. anti federalism is about states rights. since we are a federalist republic, that means what washington says takes precedence over what a state capital says. for example, some states have a medical marijuana law. the fed govt says marijuana is illegal in all cases. so its off to jail you go if the atf comes to your house. there may be some semblance of these doctrines to the parties.
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There aren't any major differences.  They are two factions of the same business party, representing the interests of the corporate elite.  Both republicans and democrats support increased military spending on an already gargantuan military budget, tax cuts to the wealthy, welfare "reforms" (which means eliminating aid to those in need), privatization of social services generally, opening up the environment for the benefit of corporate leaders (at the expense of humanity's existence), and the overarching concern for the global extension of capitalism (along with favoring "free trade" policies that encroach upon the democratic sovereignty of other nations).\n\nThey might differ on some social issues (e.g., abortion and gun control issues) that do not affect the bottom line, but we might wonder if these differences are really that important.\n\nBy having two parties, it provides the illusion that US citizens have a real choice at the polls and real democracy.  However, democracy is about leaders being accountable to the broad populace, and clearly this does not happen (regardless of political party in power).
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We have a two party system.  It's the democrats and the republicans.  Right now, the Republicans are "in power" holding the bulk of the power in Congress and the Senate along with the Presidency.  The Democrats would be the opposition, but I've never heard it put quite the way you did.
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Unfortunately they both stand for polarizing issues in a race to get as much money, power, influence to rule the country. \n\nHistorically the Republicans were a fiscally and socially conservative group that wanted the government out of people's lives. The democrats were more socially engaged and wanted government to provide opportunities to more economically challenged and were willing to spend to help equalize the playing field.\n\nToday neither is true and the more both sides demonize the other, the more the moderate middle (which is most of the population) gets drowned out with their vitriolic hatred. \n\nPower corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. To illustrate that point just read the paper.
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Holbright you and i are on the same page mostly  I believe, However the the biggest security risk that the majority of American families face in the past and currently is financial security! Different branches of government currently produce official documentation with their conclusion of the 2005 federal budget, none of them are numerically consistent and are highly suspect as to being cooked! This we do know for certain congress authorizes the production via U.S. Treasury and their is no shortage of paper and ink! The Bush administration borrowing from other country's is likely outrageous and irresponsible! Why not reform capitalism and grant open equal access instead of the establish structure in place!Sure there would have to be some rule applied to like stopping immigration,maybe price index freezing for awhile and you would not hand money to those whom lack the mental ability to utilize properly,but their welfare should be respectfully honored!Are you in favor of letting our legal citizen's control capitalism instead of the current structure?
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You can read about both of them on Encarta. Don't just take my word, they are different, learn why they are different there.
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take this test, see how close you are to being a libertarian.http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html\n'liberals' these days are democrats. the neo cons or 'conservatives' are republicans. they tend to lump everyone who sees thing differently from them as 'liberals' & use the term as a derrogatory. cant really trust what they say, pretty closed minded & elitist.
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Here's a wikipedia article that can explain it better than I ever could. In summary, as far as I know, left is more liberal, right is more conservative.
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Both parties are the same and neither care about your interests. It's the unfortunate truth. Both parties run on the same platforms, socially and economically. The Republicans are in bed with big business and hurt the country for their gain, the Democrats are in bed with unions and special interests. Vote Nationalist.
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I assume you are European by your spelling so please refer yourself to a comparison between Federal and unitary systems as well as Prime Minister vs. Presidential models.\n\nbest
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The Democrat and Republican Parties are the two major parties and generally are the only parties represented on a federal level.  However, there are other parties that exist.  Here are some of the more credible and prevalent third parties and links to explain their positions:\n\nGreen Party\nhttp://gp.org/about.shtml\n\nLibertarian Party\nhttp://www.lp.org/article_85.sht\n\nNatural Law Party\nhttp://www.natural-law.org/platform/index.html\n\nAmerican Reform Party\nhttp://www.americanreform.org/arp-issues/\n\nConstitution Party\nhttp://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php\n\nIn addition to these, there are many other obscure, single-purpose parties that never get any support.  For example, there is a party that only seeks to get alcohol prohibited.  Hope this helps.\n\nP.S.  The Green Party and Natural Law parties are toward the left (The Green Party is way to the left, moreso than the Democrats).  The other parties I listed are more to the right.
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REPUBLICAN-The Republican Party is the more socially conservative and economically libertarian of the two major parties, and has closer ties to both Wall Street (large corporations) and Main Street (locally owned businesses) than do the Democrats and less affiliation with labor unions. Republicans have a strong belief in personal responsibility, limited government, and corporate entrepreneurship. Republicans generally oppose gay marriage, oppose abortion, and oppose embryonic stem cell research.   center-right wing\n\nDEMOCRAT-The party has favored farmers, laborers, labor unions, and religious and ethnic minorities; it has opposed unregulated business and finance, and favored progressive income taxes. In foreign policy, internationalism (including interventionism) was a dominant theme from 1913 to the mid 1960s. In the 1930s, the party began advocating welfare spending programs targeted at the poor. Since the 1970s, environmentalism has been a major new component.\nIn recent decades, the Party advocates civil liberties, social freedoms, equal rights, equal opportunity, and a free enterprise system tempered by government intervention (what economists call a mixed-economy). The Party believes that government should play a role in alleviating poverty and social injustice, even if that means a larger role for government and progressive taxation to pay for social services. They support gay marriage, abortion, and stem call research.\n\nLEFT-WING-In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply the left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of, to varying extents, socialism, green politics, anarchism, communism, social democracy, progressivism, American liberalism or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction to its polar opposite, the right. The left often works to eliminate high levels of inequality.\n\nRIGHT-WING-In politics, right-wing, the political right or simply the right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of monarchism, reactionism, conservatism, the religious right, nationalism, fascism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics.\nThe right advanced capitalism, whereas the left advocated socialism (often democratic socialism) or communism.\n\nLIBERAL-Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. Liberalism has its roots in the Western Age of Enlightenment, but the term now encompasses a diversity of political thought. Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights. It seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, free public education, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected. In modern society, liberals favor a liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law and an equal opportunity to succeed.\n\nCONSERVATIVE-Conservatism is a political philosophy that necessitates a defense of established values. Since different cultures have different established values, conservatives in different cultures have different goals. Some conservatives seek to preserve the status quo, while others seek to return to the values of an earlier time, the status quo ante.
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Actually the Nazis had a socialist form of government.  Now I am not about to start comparing anyone to the Nazis and the atrocities they committed during WW2, but if you were going to compare the 2 major parties in the US, most people would say the Republicans are more capitalist and the Democrats are more socialist. Please post another question if you need a definition of socialism and capitalism, I will be glad to help educate you.
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You cannot compare the party systems in our two countries. They are not defined the same way.
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There are many more than two parties.  Some of the others have been elected and hold office locally and nationally.  The big two tie up most of the money and have the PR firms to groom their image, speech writers and campiagn managers to distract you from the issues.  The rest run on issues, which most people don't seem to understand.  Also Americans have an awful habit of wanting to vote for a winner instead of who they beleive would do the best job.  The two parties dominate because we are lazy voters.
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Neither, the closest I can muster is libertarian (socialy liberal, fiscaly conservative).\n\nVote independant, the two party system has failed, stop the corruption.\n\nand to those who say liberals are more like comunists... both liberals and conservatives are closer to comunisim than libertarian. Lest we forget the deffinition of a comunist... a social conservative, fiscal liberal.\n\nIt seems to me most americans now-a-days meet this definition (comunism), and are afraid of freedom.
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Yes, they are both useless.\n\nPolitical parties were not part of the vision of our founding fathers, and are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. George Washington actually opposed the formation of political parties. \n\nWe are taught in school that the strength of the American political system lies in the fact that we have a "two-party process." This is akin to teaching that babies come from storks. It is a fairy tale we spin out to avoid messy details of reality we prefer not to face.\n\nThe reality is that America is now a one-party state. The Democratic and Republican parties have become nothing but two divisions of the same party. Both divisions are corrupted to the core, lap dogs for the special interests. No matter who wins, we always get more spending, more taxes, more inflation, more bureaucracies, and LESS FREEDOM.