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Limousine liberal (also 'Limousine Left', 'Learjet Liberal', or 'Champagne socialist') is a pejorative stereotype American political term for a wealthy liberal person who claims to have a deep concern for the poor, but is not actually directly engaged with them on a day to day basis. The term can also carry the connotation of expressing concern for the poor but not spending any considerable portion of one's personal time, effort, or wealth to help them. Image File history File links Gtk-dialog-info. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box: Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... For the business meaning, see Wealth (economics). ... American liberalismâ€”that is, liberalism in the United States of Americaâ€”is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, from the existing class structure, or from multi-national corporations. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ...

The term was coined by 1969 Democratic New York City mayoral hopeful Mario Procaccino to describe Mayor John Lindsay and his wealthy Manhattan backers. It was a populist epithet, carrying an implicit accusation that the people it described were insulated from all negative consequences of their programs intended to benefit the poor, and that the costs and consequences of such programs would be borne in the main by working class or lower middle class people who were not so poor as to be beneficiaries themselves. In particular, Procaccino criticized Lindsay for favoring unemployed blacks over working-class white ethnics. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Mario Angelo Procaccino(1912-1995) â€” of New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

In the 1970s, the term was applied to wealthy liberal supporters of open-housing and school busing. In Boston, Massachusetts, supporters of busing, such as Senator Ted Kennedy and Judge Arthur Garrity, both sent their children to private schools or lived in affluent suburbs. To some South Boston residents, Garrity's support of a plan that "integrated" their children with blacks and his apparent unwillingness to do the same with his own children, seemed like hypocrisy. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Forced busing is the concept of achieving racial or economic integration in United States public schools by transporting schoolchildren to schools outside their area of residence. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area - City 89. ... Edward Moore Ted Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Mural in South Boston saying Welcome to South Boston in English and FÃ¡ilte go mBoston dheas in Irish. ... Children at a parade in North College Hill, Ohio Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). ...

By the late 1990s and early 21st century, the term has also come to be applied to those who support environmentalist or "green" goals, such as mass transit, yet allegedly still drive large SUVs or literally have a limousine and driver. This term is also applied to those who support other liberal beliefs, such as gun control, but allegedly don't practice them themselves. Bold textHello ... In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gun politics. ...

Recently, the New York Observer has applied the term to 2008 Democratic candidate John Edwards, because he once paid $400 for a haircut and, according to the newspaper, "lectures about poverty while living in gated opulence". [1] The New York Observer is a weekly newspaper first published in New York City on September 22, 1987 by Arthur L. Carter, a very successful former investment banker with publishing interests. ... Johnny Reid John Edwards[1] (born June 10, 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. ...

A recent and related term is Lexus Liberal, which refers to leftists of the upper-middle class. Unlike the limousine variety, the term is usually used to deride a person's supposed lack of common sense concerning politics and society despite having completed some sort of higher education. "Lexus liberals" supposedly demonstrate naïve ignorance as opposed to hypocrisy.^{[citation needed]} Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. ...

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In Australia and New Zealand, a roughly equivalent insult of chardonnay socialist is used; in the United Kingdom the phrase champagne socialist or Bollinger Bolshevik is preferred, and in France such people are referred to as the gauche caviar ("caviar left"). In Portugal "Esquerda caviar" is used, basically a direct translation of the French term. In the United States, the synonymous phrases "latte liberal" and "lakefront liberal" are sometimes used. Chardonnay socialist is a derogatory Australasian term used to describe those on the political left with comfortable middle-class (or better) incomes, tertiary education, and a taste for the finer things in life. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Liberal elite. ... Bollinger Champagne Bollinger is a brand of champagne (see all other Bollingers). ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Gauche caviar is a French term to describe someone who claims to be a socialist without feeling the need to espouse an appropriate lifestyle. ... Latte or Caffelatte For the type of pillar found in the Marianas Islands, see Latte stone. ...

In Peru, many of the Maoists and Fidel Castro supporters who worked in state agencies during the governments of Valentín Paniagua (2000-2001) and Alejandro Toledo (2001 - 2006) had very high wages in comparison with the average population income; they were given the name of "Izquierda Caviar" or "Izquierda Rosa", terms similar to gauche caviar and parlor pink, respectively.^{[citation needed]} This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... ValentÃn Paniagua Corazao (b. ... Alejandro Toledo (Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique) (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician. ... Gauche caviar is a French term to describe someone who claims to be a socialist without feeling the need to espouse an appropriate lifestyle. ...

In the Netherlands, a near equivalent of "limousine liberal" would be "salon socialist". The point of a salon socialist, however, is not that he does not spend money charitably, but rather that he or she is not actively involved in the class struggle. Charity is seen as a capitalist and conservative project, because it leaves the alleged social structures of exploitation intact, and would even reinforce them (by making the poor dependent on the rich for charity). Charity also requires the application of freedom of choice to private property, which is generally opposed by the left. Class struggle is the active expression of class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective. ...

Note that in the United States, the usage of the term liberal differs from most of the world. In many countries outside the United States, "liberalism" refers to right-of-center politics, and particularly to support for laissez faire capitalism, or libertarianism. Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... â€œRight wingâ€ redirects here. ... Laissez-faire (IPA: ) is a French phrase meaning let it be (literally,Let do). From the French diction first used by the 18th century physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it became used as a synonym for strict free market economics during the early and mid-19th... This article does not adequately cite its references. ...

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