I've been reading a mystery book series set in the FDR (depression and early WWII) time frame. The books were written by one of FDR's sons, Elliot Roosevelt, in the mid 80's or so. The words and right wing sources of them describing FDR and what he and his policies would do were almost word for word the same as the ones the current generation of right wingers use against Obama. Just updated slightly to reflect the current enemies of the right wing.
Funny how so many of the current right wingers and tea party folks are living on Social Security and kept alive by Medicare but don't consider themselves to be socialists, let alone communists.
The repubs like to insist that we are a "center right" country . . . which may be true. But the center has generally shifted to the left for many decades. I remember in the 50's when federal involvement in education was BAD per the repubs. Funny how Bush did the federal no child left behind thing. Darn socialist.
Didn't medicare increases actually pass under that socialist Nixon?
It will be fun to watch where the repubs try to cut spending other than to make stuff to use in ads in 2012 given their stated highest priority being to defeat Obama.
Are they going to cut SS and Medicare given their and the tea party base age?
How about farm subsidies given their mid west and southern base?
Defense contractor spending given their "only we can defend the country and the world" base?
Not much money left elsewhere compared to the deficit.
I like the idea of INVESTING tax money in things like OUR infrastructure instead of Iraq's and Afganistan's. Spend it on aging roads, bridges, power grid, or whatever is falling apart that is obviously needed. Real jobs for real people at all levels in this country. What a potentially bipartisian concept. US government has been investing in infrastucture since at least the Erie canal days. Remember the interstates started under that socialist Eisenhower? Not a new concept.
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