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Octafish

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20. Social Security was part of the New Deal

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:05 PM

Jun 2015

Look at Pete Peterson, the presidents' fiend...er, "friend."

We’ve written before about the billion dollar anti-Social Security lobby, led by Wall Streeter Pete Peterson and his myriad number of astroturf front groups, here, here and here. These CEO and Wall Street friendly groups are spending a lot of money to convince Congress that grandma and grandpa’s Social Security is to blame for our economic woes rather than talk about the real problem...$1 trillion in corporate loopholes and income inequality which is destroying the middle class.

Hats off to the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government for their new report detailing the truth behind America’s CEO-led campaign against Social Security. Thanks also to the Huffington Post for this terrific infographic highlighting the report’s key findings:

LOTS o' LINKS:

http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/2040/Meet-the-CEO-s-Who-Want-to-Cut-Your-Social-Security

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The kind of Democrat I endorse works to support the New Deal. [View all] Octafish Jun 2015 OP

I was also looking at the savings and loan crap game Ichingcarpenter Jun 2015 #1

I read about it throughly in Mother Jones back then. FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #5

When they were loaning at 125% of appraised value Downwinder Jun 2015 #10

Silverado Neil Bush, BFEE Octafish Jun 2015 #13

grok Etymology.......... I forgot that term Ichingcarpenter Jun 2015 #15

Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Smooth talker, that Bush Sr was. But it doesn't fool anyone sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #40

Whitewashing the Bush boys Octafish Jun 2015 #46

it just keeps getting more terrible doesn't it. roguevalley Jun 2015 #14

Well actually I think that the curtain has become more transparent Ichingcarpenter Jun 2015 #16

The internet definitely made them more vulnerable. Makes you wonder why they allowed it to happen? sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #41

K & R L0oniX Jun 2015 #2

Social Security was part of the New Deal Octafish Jun 2015 #20

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #3

Ten Lessons We Must Learn from Charles Keating (Just-Us v Justice) Octafish Jun 2015 #21

Thank You For That !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #34

"It's just all one big club FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #4

Vonnegut, too, understood the System. Octafish Jun 2015 #43

thank you for the excerpt FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #45

Well there you have it whatchamacallit Jun 2015 #6

Even Bartcop went through the roof when Robert Parry mentioned it the first time. Octafish Jun 2015 #47

Mine would expand and update the New Deal to better reflect the 21st Century. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #7

FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights does IT for me, and is the reason I am a Democrat. bvar22 Jun 2015 #25

Ugh...All the Bankster stuff makes me sick. SoapBox Jun 2015 #8

Know your BFEE: Phil Gramm, the Meyer Lansky of the War Party, Set-Up the Biggest Bank Heist Ever. Octafish Jun 2015 #24

Paulson delivered the Extortion Note, and I have never forgotten. bvar22 Jun 2015 #26

...and Geithner drove the getaway car FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #31

I wish I could kick & rec this post. TM99 Jun 2015 #36

as always, Octafish - Kick, rec and thanks! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2015 #9

Agreed MissDeeds Jun 2015 #11

He did all this just in his first two years. pampango Jun 2015 #12

out of words. dpatbrown Jun 2015 #17

Never cared for Clinton either. bvar22 Jun 2015 #35

They don't even try very hard to hide it..... daleanime Jun 2015 #18

I didn't like that Glass-Steagall was repealed either, however let's not romanticize the past YoungDemCA Jun 2015 #19

African Americans and the New Deal: A Look Back in History Octafish Jun 2015 #22

Propaganda that suggests the New Deal harmed African Americans peecoolyour Jun 2015 #23

Great connection, there. Cato Institute? Octafish Jun 2015 #28

Nice try YoungDemCA Jun 2015 #37

Like when the Tag Team smears me as a ''Conspiracy Theorist'?' Which sounds nice. Octafish Jun 2015 #44

FDR also signed the papers that allowed BLack Men to obtain Officer Rank, bvar22 Jun 2015 #27

Wasn't just the enlisted corps from south of the Mason-Dixon line who resented that, either. Octafish Jun 2015 #29

It wasn't easy, especially after returning home. bvar22 Jun 2015 #33

Great thread, bookmarked for future reference. Thanks Octafish and other contributors. Scuba Jun 2015 #30

Agreed. As long as we're naming names here let's not forget Chris Dodd. pa28 Jun 2015 #32

KR&B...this thread should be required reading, Octafish! ms liberty Jun 2015 #38

This thread should be enshrined on DU's Home page. snagglepuss Jun 2015 #39

Huge K&R, SO with you on this CrawlingChaos Jun 2015 #42

K&R for the original post and subsequent informative posts and links. JEB Jun 2015 #48