Ideologies Flashcards
Economic Tax Revenue of national income 2016
Dc
U.K. 33% Denmark 46%
US 26% Canada 32% (maybe don’t need the Canada one)
Welfare - Conservative basic
Many believe one nation Conservatism response to socialism. Keeping NHS which Labour introduced
Healthcare and Education- Conservatism believes in hierarchy but one nation conservatism helps nation
Economy- Top Earner Tax £344,000
U.K. - 51% tax in 2016
Germany 2016 - 47%
Belgium 2016 67%
Both Conservative at the time
U.K. and US Healthcare and policy
U.K. NHS ensures free public health care payed by tax but prescription drugs still cost in England but are free to some including poorer people. Also there is still the Private Healthcare option maintaining hierarchy in health as easier access to treatment for example.
US no universal healthcare, private healthcare insurance required and treatment costs money
Labour U.K.
2019 manifesto
Increase health budget by 4.3%
-NHS healthcare for all
Health Spending Would Increase by 23% Under Biden Budget
-private healthcare costs thousands especially in the US to get better healthcare-2021
Welfare- Private Education
U.K.- 7% of pupils go to Private fee paying Schools
USA - 10% of pupils go to Private fee paying schools
Party success- Extra Knowledge U.K.
Conservatives are in the U.K. Government and won 44% in the 2019 General Election
Labour are in the opposition after only winning only 32% of the vote in the U.K. in 2019
The Liberal Democrats won only 12% of the vote in 2019
US Party Success Extra Knowledge
US Presidential Election 2020
Trump won 47% of the vote and Biden won 51% of the vote
Economy Minimum Wage
Conservatives April 2022 minus wage is £9.50
Biden is trying to raise the Minimum Wage to $15 a week and in the U.K.
Labour members have voted in favour of a £15 per hour minimum wage amid a row over the policy at its conference.
The vote is not binding, but comes after MP Andy McDonald resigned from shadow cabinet, saying he had been ordered to argue against the rise.
The leadership did not encourage members to back or reject the motion.
But earlier, Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News he stood by the party’s current policy of raising the minimum wage to “at least” £10 an hour.
Liberal Party Success
Lib Dems in the U.K. won 12% of the vote in 2019
Biden won 51% of the vote in the 2020 US Election
Liberal Party won 33% of the vote in Canada is the Governing Party 2021
Free Democrats (Germany) and won just 12% of the vote in 2021
University
Norway - Free for all
England £9,250 for U.K. People per year.
Education Policies
Labour under Corbyn manifesto despite policy of abolishing private schools passed at conference. There is a firm commitment to remove their charity status.-2019
2020 Manifesto Biden
Free Pre School for all 3-4year olds
Liberal Democrats 2019 want 20,000 more teachers (leads to smaller class sizes like private schools)
Immigration systems
Boris Johnson in 2020 or 2021 check wants a points based system for immigration meaning more skilled workers rather than low skilled workers will enter the country. Brexit allows Boris to do this and Boris campaigned for Brexit.
Both Australia and British systems include jobs, degrees and ability to speech a level of English.
Immigration Barriers
U.K. and Australia are islands so have decent control. Wall shows determination to protect country so very conservative and nationalist
The Trump administration say they’ve completed more than 400 miles of border wall since then.
It’s 452 miles (727 km) in total, according to the latest US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information (4 January 2021). 1,900 miles.
• Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements Executive Order Trump 2017 included laws to restrict immigration and punish illegal immigrants. Included “secure the southern border of the United States through the immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border, monitored and supported by adequate personnel so as to prevent illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking, and acts of terrorism;”
Tariffs
The UK-EU secures zero tariffs and quotas on goods moving between the EU and UK, provided those goods meet the rules of origin (RoO) 2020
Biden
Under the agreement, the US will replace the 25% tariffs on steel with a quota system.
The policy will let UK metal imports into the country duty-free up to a certain level - the quota - before taxes kick in again
Two Types of Socialism
B. Democratic Socialism: - Corbyn (he may be slightly more radical)
• Less inequality
• Democratically-elected Government
• A lot of government control (progressive tax, nationalisation, welfare state)
• Peaceful
• Multi-party state okay
• Capitalism is bad but necessary
C. Social democracy: - Blair and Brown • Less inequality • Democratically-elected government • Some government control but ‘light touch’ on the economy • Capitalism is okay/good
