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K&R 99Forever Aug 2013 #1
About the time this came out fredamae Aug 2013 #2
a "public" policy that relies upon the apathy and ignorance of a majority of the people Supersedeas Aug 2013 #6
"could no longer afford the tab" = good explanation AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #3
So it turned out we could not have both guns and butter, and we chose the guns. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #4
this ^^ exactly this ^^ phantom power Aug 2013 #5
I remember that discussion well. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #7
Good insight. malthaussen Aug 2013 #8
I believe the statistic is 4% increase in income (excluding the top 10%) truebluegreen Aug 2013 #14
Reagan provided thr story line zentrum Aug 2013 #9
The Reagan's are social terrorists - Frank Zappa n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #16
We'd better get used to never leaving our homes. The cost of traveling on roads, once valerief Aug 2013 #10
Lets not forget Reagan started this and the republicans never got over it. That's why they love him. BrainMann1 Aug 2013 #11
Reagan really did not start it hfojvt Aug 2013 #13
Very true. I'd include Nixon's little jaunt over to China as another turning point to help set up gtar100 Aug 2013 #19
article does NOT live up to its title hfojvt Aug 2013 #12
We should add into that the failure of "leaders" who could use their power for good, but jtuck004 Aug 2013 #17
but in some ways though hfojvt Aug 2013 #21
They might be able to use that excuse for a bit, but once they can draw a large audience it jtuck004 Aug 2013 #24
The "perfect storm" SoCalDem Aug 2013 #15
Good synopsis!! K&R!! hue Aug 2013 #18
I dislike the premise of the article. Un rec mick063 Aug 2013 #20
If you boil down conservative ideology... chuckstevens Aug 2013 #22
I've often thought that there was a racial component. Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 #23
Oh I have no doubt gollygee Aug 2013 #25
divide + conquer. we have been losing the class war that was a COLD class war. pansypoo53219 Aug 2013 #26
Yep! They are still working at it too. Little Star Aug 2013 #28
We've come a long way baby. GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #27
This article seemed to explain the how but not the why Sanity Claws Aug 2013 #29
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