LMAOff!!!.......So FDR..as a matter of keeping the country from going full bore commie or some other nasty populist movement..went with giving out some candy for the masses.
And it was wildly successful.
... People did NOT expect help from the government prior to FDR's "New Deal" programs........
You can "disagree" all you want. Your argument is flawed. And your knowledge of history is remarkably limited.
Coal Strike of 1902 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Matewan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bonus Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That should steer you in the right direction.
Dude, you have GOT to be kidding!? Do you know that there are people BORN in this country and work their WHOLE LIFE in this country and DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!?
Your lack of historical perspective is just staggering. FDR had been dead nearly 20 years before the notion of Social Security became accepted enough that over half the population as a percentage would even go sign up for Social Security!
And MUCH of that had to do with the fact that you were ISSUED a SS card with your uniform if you enlisted or with your time card if you took a job producing war goods. Hell, I know personally of 5 people that died of old age and NEVER drew a SS check or had a SS card. 2 were in my extended family!
And NO...we ain't Amish!
Fox is DEAD RIGHT! It is our staunchly independent natures that has made this country great and kept it WORKING for the most of it's history. It is progressive nannyisms that will DESTROY this country.
EVERY ONE of the incidences you linked to AND a dozen or so MORE that I could cite were NOT aimed at getting government handouts. They WERE aimed at ending some sort of oppressive practices like company stores and paying in company tokens that could only be spent in company stores. That INCLUDES the Bonus Army march which was meant to end the SAME KIND OF PRACTICE by our own government in the form of Service Certificates. They are PERFECT examples of the fiercely independent nature Americans have ALWAYS possessed and their willingness to PERSONALLY confront injustice where ever it occurs!
By posting them...you make Fox's point!
As to the ASININE claim that FDR inflicted all that HISTORICALLY socialist CRAP on Americans to "save" the Union...WHAT?
Just exactly WHERE do you think the nickname "Uncle Joe" that is used as short hand for Joe Stalin came from? I'll give you a hint. It was NOT modern conservatives that came up with it. And it was DAMN sure not what he was called in Russia or Europe!
It came from a remark FDR made in a press conference after meeting Stalin. Besides liking the man personally, Roosevelt IDOLIZED Joe Stalin for his ability to centralize ALL banking and governmental policy in a CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. Which...as we ALL know....is antithetical to our founding principles AND the Constitution.
THAT is a matter of historical FACT...NOT revisionist conjecture!