More of this politics shit

(Well, no one responded to my non-political post, so I am just going to assume I can post whatever I want...)

In general, contemporary social democrats support:

• A mixed economy, consisting mainly of private enterprise but with government owned or subsidised programs of education, healthcare, child care etc for all citizens.
  
• Regulatory systems over private enterprise in the interests of workers, consumers and fair competition.
• Advocacy of fair trade over free trade.<
• An extensive system of social security (though usually not to the extent advocated by democratic socialists or other socialist groups), notably to counteract the effects of poverty and to insure the citizens against loss of income following illness, unemployment or retirement.
• Moderate to high levels of taxation (through a progressive taxation system) to fund government expenditure.
• Environmental protection laws such as combating global warming and increasing alternative energy funding.
• Immigration and multiculturalism.
• A secular and progressive social policy, although this varies markedly in degree. Most social democrats support gay marriage, abortion rights and a liberal drug policy, while others are either non-committed or opposed to these policies.
• A foreign policy supporting the promotion of democracy, the protection of human rights and where possible, effective multilateralism.
• As well as human rights, social democrats also support social rights, civil rights and civil liberties.
• From Wikipedia