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How do you explain that there was a plot by conservatives in 1934 to remove FDR from office in favor of a government resembling Mussolini or Hitler?
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Reaganism and the privatization of government services has weakened the middle class, enriched the corporatists beyond their wildest dreams, and has victimized the most defenseless in our society -- children in foster homes, the mentally ill who have been put in "outpatient" services and end up on the streets, and so many other categories. Anybody who supports 'reaganism' either is dense, a loon, uneducated, or malignant.
Reaganism and the privatization of government services has weakened the middle class, enriched the corporatists beyond their wildest dreams, and has victimized the most defenseless in our society -- children in foster homes, the mentally ill who have been put in "outpatient" services and end up on the streets, and so many other categories. Anybody who supports 'reaganism' either is dense, a loon, uneducated, or malignant.
I feel corruption in the average human makes both fear of damnation to hell necessary and a large number of government regulations. Similar corruption makes socialism not work.What we need now is complete deregulation of the economy not more of it.
Yeah...We have to redefine terms, yet again.
FDR's depression busting was sooooo successful that it caused another depression!
I don't think they have a solid definition of any word in their vocabulary.
FDR won by a landslide his second term. So will Obama.
And you like bying Chinese? Me too. The difference is that I understand the negatives to doing it.
Doesn't affect you? Don't you have kids, neighbors and friends who might not all be as successful as you? Don't you care about them? You only care about yourself? Typical righty.
Reaganism and the privatization of government services has weakened the middle class, enriched the corporatists beyond their wildest dreams, and has victimized the most defenseless in our society -- children in foster homes, the mentally ill who have been put in "outpatient" services and end up on the streets, and so many other categories. Anybody who supports 'reaganism' either is dense, a loon, uneducated, or malignant.
You mention this as if it is a crime.
I feel corruption in the average human makes both fear of damnation to hell necessary and a large number of government regulations. Similar corruption makes socialism not work.What we need now is complete deregulation of the economy not more of it.
Did the New Deal Work? Yes in that we never had a socialist revolution. The rest I suppose economists can argue either way.
On that train of thought, what country has a democratic government w/o the socialist ideal of the new deal in place or where is the country where the ideal small government is in place? Its an honest question. When I think no government power I think Mexico. There HAS TO be a better example.
The New Deal was a socialist revolution.....In fact, FDR stole it lock, stock and barrel from the avowed socialist Eugene Debs.Did the New Deal Work? Yes in that we never had a socialist revolution. The rest I suppose economists can argue either way.
Reaganism and the privatization of government services has weakened the middle class, enriched the corporatists beyond their wildest dreams, and has victimized the most defenseless in our society -- children in foster homes, the mentally ill who have been put in "outpatient" services and end up on the streets, and so many other categories. Anybody who supports 'reaganism' either is dense, a loon, uneducated, or malignant.
You mention this as if it is a crime.
That the corporatists were enriched on the backs of the most helpless in society, yes, that is criminal as well as immoral.
How do you explain that there was a plot by conservatives in 1934 to remove FDR from office in favor of a government resembling Mussolini or Hitler?
The problem with govt regulations for the purpose you are presupposing is that a crime will take place and that we have to to do preventive law enforcement but then we would be punishing people for crimes they have not committed yet or we think they will commit in the future due to our own prejudices.
It would be like locking up a large number of minorities for no reason other than we thing they might commit a crime in the future. That would justify us putting up extra "regulations" on their lives in order to prevent them from harming society but this fear is really based on a prejudice that is unfair to them and would be unfair for corporations for the same reason.
It's contradicted in history, which you have no grip of.
The marriage of the corporate world and the feds started way back in 1871, with the creation of the mega-corporation known as "District of Columbia" (16 stat 419).
Records of the Government of the District of Columbia
But I don't expect true historical facts to sink into the thick skulls of partisan party man hacks, who seem to believe that history started the day that they were born.