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In reply to the discussion: They hate(d) FDR because he was right. Until America gets back to these principles, it is screwed. [View all]world wide wally
(21,734 posts)9. Republicans have been trying to undo "the New Deal" since it came into existence...
The sad part is that they are chipping away at it with the help of the people it was designed to help because of their "allegiance" to Fox News.
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They hate(d) FDR because he was right. Until America gets back to these principles, it is screwed. [View all]
Triana
Sep 2014
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Dems and repukes won't let it happen. There's too much money to be had for both parties.
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#12
Republicans have been trying to undo "the New Deal" since it came into existence...
world wide wally
Sep 2014
#9
That's what you get when you screw teachers and saddle students with huge debt!
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#23
There was an internet email going around a couple years back. It listed a whole
brewens
Sep 2014
#11
Most of that is from the 50's which was the only time one person working could support a family.
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#13
That is fine in non-globalized world and USA enjoyed a substantial technology advantage over every
srican69
Sep 2014
#14
The world has been global since we dumped Chinese tea into the Boston Harbour.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#17
We need new leadership that has the courage to stand up the way he did then...
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#20
Same here -- Even Newt Gingrich admitted he was the greatest president of the 20th Century
whathehell
Oct 2014
#40
Hell, even our modern day sell-outs, the "Democratic Party," runs screaming away from FDR. They're
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#25
In 2009, National historians named FDR as the 3rd Greatest President in American History
whathehell
Oct 2014
#38
Wish he had lived a little longer. But imagine if he had never been president
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#45
Yes, that is merely another talking point to put down anyone who makes today's
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#50
What a great post, thank you. Like everything worth while, nothing happens overnight
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#46
I did see Inherit The Wind, thanks for providing more facts about the actual case.
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#49
My dad was a union member, paid off his home in 10 years, took us on airline vacations twice a year,
Snarkoleptic
Sep 2014
#34