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FDR's second bill to Congress after taking office during the Great Depression was cutting government expenditures. Most things were cut including Congress's salaries and benefits. Congress quickly vetoed that, FDR introduced it again and this time Congress really dumped it.That old GOP corporate crony rhetoric is not going to work for many more years as jobs dry upDemocratic Socialism allows you to make money before taking it away. Marxism prevents you from making money in the first place.
You know, when 60% of Americans start to vote for Socialist candidates instead of open borders free trading Globaloney Republicans that sort of thing isnt going to help anyone.
For Americans to do well we have to figure out what about socialism is compatible and what is not and why, adopt what is compatible with American culture and oppose the rest.
The problem is that Republicans are very, very good at making people afraid. Fear is their bread and butter. And the moment you say 'socialism', they compare it to Nazis.
Universal healthcare? Nazis.
Paid maternity leave? Nazis.
Or some equally hysteric equivalent.
Sure it will. You just blame the liberals. Or 'socialism'. Or the federal government. The poor. 'Entitlements'.
The list of boogeymen is endless. And they're experts at sowing fear and distrust. All they need is a single anecdotal example and their constituency will nod without question. I mean, how many times have conservatives played the Obamaphone lady?
And she's just one lady.
Remember the black panthers at all the voting locations keeping white people away? With Fox News playing videos of it again and again for years?
It was one guy. At one polling station. One time. And he didn't stop anyone from voting.
The message of the GOP is anger and fear. And they're really, really good at it. The advantage they have is that humans are hardwired to pay closer attention to the negative. As an abundance of berries won't kill you. But the lack of any food eventually will.
This link below should open the eyes of the Reagan Republicans and the rest of the hoi polloi (i.e. the common people) that a vote for the current iteration of Republicans is a vote against their best interest and the best interests of the country.
Of further note, the Tea Party Republican's want to cut Social Security Benefits for their vote to increase the debt limit, or they'll shut down the government costing the taxpayers billions, YET
not one of them has suggest the pay and benefits of Members of Congress be cut.
Retirement: CEOs Have Millions More Put Aside Than Their Workers - Fortune