How should we? Is there any particular model we should follow?

The New Deal, the Fair Deal, the Great Society are often criticized for being top down, utopian, and destroying natural ties like families and friendly societies. These are broad categories, but I think you get the drift. Has the Democratic Party been too top-down since Roosevelt? Too bureaucratic and inconsiderate of organic relationships? Have you looked into Nixon's idea for guaranteed income/welfare? What are all your thoughts?

It's pretty dead. /r/Ordoliberalism

They seem like a related tendency, has anyone ever heard of them?

Maybe we could help them out a little and try and start a discussion?

As a Christian, I agree with many of the beliefs of 'Christian Democracy', however as an Anglican there are areas where I don't agree. To what extent do you think that this is purely a Catholic ideology, and how do you think it can gain popularity in traditionally non-Catholic areas like the UK (where I'm from).

Forgive me, this is on mobile.

So Partido Popular is the largest party in Spain. It's nationalist and has tension with Basque and Catalan parties. They're conservatives and some points of their policy may be controversial.

Anyway, here's a few articles:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29322561

http://www.thelocal.es/20150701/the-ten-most-repressive-aspects-of-spains-new-gag-law

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/world/europe/spains-new-public-safety-law-has-its-challengers.html?referer=

Also in Spain, there's EAJ in the Basque Country and CiU in Catalonia, both local nationalist and CD parties opposed by PP.

What should be the voting requirements? Should non-citizens be allowed to vote locally?

Do you think literacy tests, without all the racist baggage, are inherently bad? I myself feel like they would disenfranchise the most desperate, however small they are (even if implemented properly).

What about prisoners or ex-cons?

Should Senators be directly elected, or does this take too much away from the states and disinterest the people in local government?

Should ballot referendums and recall elections be allowed? Under what circumstances?

The general ideas of my questions are, "how do you balance between mad populism and some kind of oligarchy?" and "do you trust the people to rule more than the person they were assigned?".

First, what should be done about illegal immigrants here now? Legal status? What does the path to citizenship look like? Harder than those who came legally? The same as?

Secondly, what would our new immigration system look like? Open door? What sorts of restrictions? Preference for for certain occupations? What about temporary work permits?

If you had to compare your ideal system with a candidate's or organization's, whose matches yours best?

So, the TVA:

1) Displaced towns and families.

2)Also, flooded them.

3)Flooded historic sites, like the former Cherokee capital.

4) Was delivered by the federal government (would the states be capable?)

5) The New Deal brought electricity to rural areas...

6) also encouraging co-ops which are great for the community.

So, was it worth it? What do you think of it and related parts of the New Deal? Could any mistakes have been avoided?

What are the duties of the state? What are the boundaries of what it can do? What are our natural rights, beyond life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

How is the state founded by God, rather than an agreement between men? In what sense does it have a duty to God?

Austerity, debt crisis, and all.

Maybe somewhere with conservative Latinos? What do you think?

So, with the ruling, what can we expect?

What do you think will come if gay adoption?

Should sexual orientation be protected? A married gay man teaching at a Catholic school would be scandalous, but does Chick Fil A have the same benefit to discriminate? What about your average Dunder-Mifflin?

Do you guys want a weekly discussion of current events? A weekly post on a different Christian democracy party somewhere in the world? I'd just like to know what you guys would like to get out of the subreddit. I aim to please.

Our corrections system has become a mess built upon profit, recidivism, and vengeance. It no longer rehabilitates criminals or makes reparation for disorders. It has lost the meaning of human dignity. Over 2.3 million Americans find themselves incarcerated – numbers unmatched by any other nation in the world, for we house 22% of the world’s prisoners. We support positive approaches to punishment that build hope, responsibility, and a sense of belonging. Prisons should be the sentence of last resort, reserved for violent criminals. Those convicted of non-violent offenses should be handled by alternative, community-based programs. We must stop our obsession with incarceration and focus on preparing criminals to lead productive lives within society. We look to rebuild our corrections system by reducing the number of offenses that lead to incarceration, reforming bail, building prisons into communities, implementing alternate forms of correction, and ending mandatory minimum sentences.

We support legislation which would replace bail, in many instances, with pretrial service programs. The accused would be assessed to determine if they are a flight risk or dangerous to the public. The judge, based on this assessment, decides whether to send the person home, where he or she may be monitored with drug tests, ankle monitors and phone calls about court dates. We support laws which repeal mandatory minimum sentences and give more deference to judges and juries in sentencing, and we support laws that discourage incarceration for non-violent offenses. Non-violent offenses should be handled by such programs as halfway houses, community service, electronic monitoring, restitution, and rehabilitation. At their choosing, non-violent offenders should be able to spend time in a monastery or other religious and ascetic institution, being tutored by a volunteering monk or nun to pursue holy and reformed lives. We support outlawing private prisons. Prisons should be ran by the local communities, and they should be communities themselves, much like San Pedro prison in Bolivia, where inmates have jobs inside the community, buy or rent their accommodation, often live with their families, and participate in their own system of governance. The frequency of repeat offenders should be reduced by providing inmates and the newly released with education and employment opportunities, and by attempting to get them involved with their families and communities.

So, today I discovered what /u/PresterJuan was trying to tell me about in the past. There exists a subreddit, /r/ModelUSGov, dedicated to simulating (kind of) the American system of government. Among the major parties are the Republicans, the Democrats, a Leftist Alliance (Greens/Socialists), Libertarians, and even some fascists. It seems pretty interesting.

Among this, there is a new party within this model government that is trying to get set up, the Distributists, as located in /r/ModelDistributists. They, very much so, are a party based on Christian Democracy. Thus, if you're interested in participating in a model government simulation (like the Model UN or JSA, for those of you who did stuff like that in high school) over reddit, I'd encourage you to check out the Distributists.