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In reply to the discussion: The Humiliation of Bradley Manning. Had he only checked first to see if he meet with Whistleblower [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)"welfare reform" and NAFTA. I haven't seen any studies or statistics on the suffering Clinton's welfare reform inflicted on the poor during the financial collapse of 2007-09, but I'll bet it was significant and something deserving of scorn from any true progressive. NAFTA's depredations on the working class hardly require any further annotation or elucidation by me, I think.
Here's a little exchange between my Mom (now passed) and me from August 1974:
Mom (an inveterate Nixon hater going back to the days of Helen Gahagan Douglas): "This time they've got him" (said with cackling glee).
Me (at the time 15 years old and just discovering politics and political activism): "I don't know, Mom, he may pull another Checkers speech."
Mom: "Nope, this time he's done. It's over."
That was the last time the system worked to police itself. It's been a long, gradual decline into senescence ever since, not that those words get much credence here.
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