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Likewise, along with its well-known anti-Semitic and expansionist planks, the Nazi Party program included a number of less-remembered demands that were (and are still) considered “progressive.” For example: “the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of [http://www.livingwagecampaign.org/ living decently and earning a livelihood]”, “a generous increase in [http://www.socsec.org/ old-age pensions]”, “specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be [http://www.nea.org/home/LegislativeActionCenter.html educated at the expense of the State]”, “help raise the standard of [http://www.healthreform.gov/ national health]” by “providing [http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/take-action/ maternity welfare centers], banning child labor, [http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/sites/default/files/files-wfm/files/09.15.09-HCReformPositionPaper-RWJFCenter.pdf increasing physical fitness] through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young,” etc.

Likewise, along with its well-known anti-Semitic and expansionist planks, the Nazi Party program included a number of less-remembered demands that were (and are still) considered “progressive.” For example: “the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of [http://www.livingwagecampaign.org/ living decently and earning a livelihood]”, “a generous increase in [http://www.socsec.org/ old-age pensions]”, “specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be [http://www.nea.org/home/LegislativeActionCenter.html educated at the expense of the State]”, “help raise the standard of [http://www.healthreform.gov/ national health]” by “providing [http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/take-action/ maternity welfare centers], banning child labor, [http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/sites/default/files/files-wfm/files/09.15.09-HCReformPositionPaper-RWJFCenter.pdf increasing physical fitness] through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young,” etc.

The Nazi platform attacked the concept of economic freedom, asserting that the “first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically”, that “all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished... breaking of [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/obama-decries-fat-cat-bankers/ the tyranny of interest]”, that “that “[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/obama-calls-for-an-extrem_b_204903.html usurers], profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death, regardless of creed or race”, “total confiscation of all [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200703/032007.html war profits]”, “[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/24/nationalizing-banks-aig-c_n_169388.html nationalization of all trusts] that have gone public [i.e., publicly-traded companies]”, “profit-sharing in large industries”, “ immediate [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/cities-of-exuberance/stopping-the-big-boxes communalization of large stores]”, “enactment of a law to [http://www.ij.org/images/castlecoalition/docs/victimizing_the_vulnerable.pdf expropriate the owners without compensation] of any land needed for the common purpose... abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all [http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/02/real_estate_spe.html speculation in land]”, etc.

The Nazi platform attacked the concept of economic freedom, asserting that the “first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically”, that “all [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/26/obama-wants-higher-capita_n_170237.html unearned income], and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished... breaking of [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/obama-decries-fat-cat-bankers/ the tyranny of interest]”, that “that “[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/obama-calls-for-an-extrem_b_204903.html usurers], profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death, regardless of creed or race”, “total confiscation of all [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200703/032007.html war profits]”, “[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/24/nationalizing-banks-aig-c_n_169388.html nationalization of all trusts] that have gone public [i.e., publicly-traded companies]”, “profit-sharing in large industries”, “ immediate [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/cities-of-exuberance/stopping-the-big-boxes communalization of large stores]”, “enactment of a law to [http://www.ij.org/images/castlecoalition/docs/victimizing_the_vulnerable.pdf expropriate the owners without compensation] of any land needed for the common purpose... abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all [http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/02/real_estate_spe.html speculation in land]”, etc.

As against individualism and the free market, the Nazis demanded “creation of a [http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/03/19/under-president-obama-big-government-is-back.html strong central authority] in the State”, “[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9238.html COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD]” [Capitalization in original], that “No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all”, that “ ruthless war be waged against those who work to the injury of the common welfare”, etc.

As against individualism and the free market, the Nazis demanded “creation of a [http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/03/19/under-president-obama-big-government-is-back.html strong central authority] in the State”, “[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9238.html COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD]” [Capitalization in original], that “No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all”, that “ ruthless war be waged against those who work to the injury of the common welfare”, etc.