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In reply to the discussion: America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]MiddleClass
(888 posts)I can do it all by myself, not need healthcare, Social Security, unemployment, zoning laws, to help with anything, government regulations forbade freedom, no social safety net, FICA was something that took 100 dollars a week away for nothing, Medicare took another chunk, I would never need. I bought into the whole, it won't be there for me when I get older.
By the time Bush senior was running, I was like, this Reaganomics destroyed society gave the rich everything, but senior called it voodoo economics, so he was okay. By 92. We were living the results of Reaganomics, so Bill Clinton was a breath of fresh air.
Sadly, we are still living through Reaganomics and the results. The modern-day Republican Party are all dreaming, not of a flourishing middle-class like we got from the new deal, fifties, sixties, seventies, yes, unions, workers rights, and protections for the minority, but a man love of Reagan. Yes, I'm talking about you. CNN's Jeffrey Lord, the economist, who told Brownback, tax cuts for the rich will spur 5 or 6 percent growth in Kentucky, Stephen Moore.
Ignorance was bliss
The Gilded Age is right now