Everyone In America Is Even More Broke Than You Think

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127. yes, there was economic deterioration, but NOT

because of the progressive government, as those on the right constantly insisted. It was in the 1970s that many wealthy families went to work, establishing charitable organizations and thinks tanks as fronts, to covertly convince Americans that government itself was causing their problems and that the solution was dismantling the regulation of business and the progressive programs that were encouraging poverty, shiftlessness and crime. Major efforts were funded to subvert teachings in universities, especially the Ivy League.

The timing is no coincidence. After the many changes, civil rights especially, and the turbulence of the '60s and '70s, many people were in a mood to believe it, decided it was time for change, and started opposing government efforts to solve often very solvable problems. And voters replaced the Democrats with a Republican landslide. You know, we have to get off the backs of business And get rid of big government.

Ever since, the ultra-right npow extremely well established work to subvert thinking has continued. I read their teachings here on DU every day, promoted as gospel by people who once again, amazingly after the era of conservative destruction, believe it is the Democrats who are ruining our country.

It is very important to realize that what they've accomplished so far is only the beginning of what these ultraconservative plutocrats have planned for America. BTW, Krugman has reported on this many times. I can't copy, or I would grab you a couple of pieces.