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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Wow...and I always thought it was FDR's programs that were largely responsible for the explosive growth of the middle class.
But of course, that would not sit well with the libertarian arguments about the New Deal, labor reform, etc. Fortunately, the facts are a stubborn thing to ignore.
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It has nothing to do with 'IMMEDIATE' effects. Take a look at the bigger picture for once.
Yes, FDR's admin and the dem majority AT THAT TIME made the middle class swell, but at what cost? What did the government attain for doing that? Quite a damn bit of power they did. The deal with that was the parties looked at things as short term as you appear to be doing. They made things great for a short term, but they seemed to care damn little what happened to people in the long term. The only thing that the government looked out for was what their long term power grab could accomplish.
Now, does this mean that i'm denigrating ONLY the democratic party for it? hell no. BOTH parties, and please understand this, BOTH PARTIES screwed the american people over for POWER and CONTROL.
It isn't about dem, repub, or libertarian at this point. It's about a government entity using you as a pawn in a power grab over the economy of a nation and the world.
What part of that don't you get?