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bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts) Thu Jun 22, 2017, 06:05 PM Jun 2017

On this day in 1944, FDR signed the GI bill. The rich hated him

But nevertheless he persisted and rebuilt this country. Republicans destroy programs that help Americans. Democrats build them. Don't think there are any differences between parties?

In the words of the late political scientist Bernard Crick, "too often the revolutionary is the person who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives."

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On this day in 1944, FDR signed the GI bill. The rich hated him (Original Post) bronxiteforever Jun 2017 OP

My father got his college education from the GI Bill iamateacher Jun 2017 #1

iamateacher

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1. My father got his college education from the GI Bill

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Thu Jun 22, 2017, 06:10 PM

Jun 2017

Went on to get a PhD and work on the Apollo moon shot program.

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