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Unknown Beatle

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9. Ever since the New Deal and the Second New Deal plus

Reply to peecoolyour (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 02:46 AM

Jun 2015

the enactment of Glass-Steagall, which was one of the first acts of FDR’s New Deal, the republicans have strategized and planned on how to destroy these programs. So far they're succeeding.

A couple of Democratic presidents have also been involved in dismantling our safety nets and letting Wall Street and Big Banks run wild with our tax dollars.

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