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Sanity Claws

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29. This article seemed to explain the how but not the why

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 05:24 AM

Aug 2013

The so-called tax revolts pulled financial support away from public institutions. That explains why they deteriorated. But why were the tax revolts so successful? Why were people that warned that the collapse of public services would result from a so-called tax revolt ignored?

Were the so-called tax revolts engineered with the end game of drowning government in the bathtub in mind? Were the tax revolts propaganda given inordinate attention and thus power as the tea party has been in the recent past?

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Here's Why America Stopped Caring About The Public Good [View all] Scuba Aug 2013 OP

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