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TheMastersNemesis

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96. I Have Followed Developments Since Reagan. He Started So Many Bad Trends.

Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:15 PM

Jun 2017

Trump is the fruition of Reaganism on steroids. Changes are so vast it is hard to elaborate them. I see the Trump cabinet as what Reagan wanted to do. Every Cabinet pick is in place to dismantle and sabotage the department's mission.

I worked for DOL for 24 years and I could witness the erosion of labor law enforcement back the. Right now wage theft is rampant . There are now very few workers enforcing laws that protect workers wages. I saw our own state wage and labor division gutted. So if you do not get your paycheck or your employer falsified your time card it is hard to have that issue addressed.

Many of our agencies will start to cut back service as employees leave and are not replaced. The GOP wants Social Security checks to lag or environmental degradation to happen.

I worked with a lot of programs at DOL that are now either gone or deficient. The GOP has successfully gutted unemployment insurance and workman's compensation and work site protections. Just in trucking alone there are a lot of safety regs that will go unenforced.

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Radical Left Is A Myth And A Lie. Common Decency/Sense Now Framed Radical. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 OP

When the Democratic party moved to the center in tbe 1990's Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #1

Agreed.. whathehell Jun 2017 #76

I disagree...what you describe are Democratic beliefs..radical is the belief Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #2

That's not accurate. I disagree based on personal experience here at DU alone. KPN Jun 2017 #30

Yeah I'm so confused now i Just say fuckit. OriginalGeek Jun 2017 #37

As someone said on the Tom Hartman show today...keep criticizing the Democrat party Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #38

Lol. I see it exactly the other way around. KPN Jun 2017 #62

with all the criticism the Democratic party took in 2016...they lost. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #68

That's because no one said shut up and fall in line stevenleser Jun 2017 #82

There was constant criticism of the Democratic Party both during the primary and Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #91

That's a matter of perspective. KPN Jun 2017 #100

Shut up and fall in line sounds way better than President Trump (gag). Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #90

I would guess most here, if not all, DID vote Democratic and always do. KPN Jun 2017 #101

I would hope so...but some progressives or so they call themselves didn't. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #103

I personally do not know any registered Democrats who voted for someone other than Hillary KPN Jun 2017 #104

I know some...my older kids friends voted for Stein even though my daughter tried to Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #105

Vote Democratic always, and if you want to lose ...keep up Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #89

It's party members pointing out problems to the party and the KPN Jun 2017 #98

I don't agree...no one will vote for a party its own member consider shit...you talk up your Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #99

+1000! mcar Jun 2017 #41

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #80

Good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. "Normal" is now "radical." Vinca Jun 2017 #3

OFFS! Foamfollower Jun 2017 #4

No, it means I am not gonna work with Democrats to get things done, you cannot make me! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #5

+1000 MADAM Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #92

What is decent or common sense about essentially supporting Trump? Nonhlanhla Jun 2017 #6

Yes, it's all part of the Right's aim of destroying The New Deal programs of FDR whathehell Jun 2017 #7

Yay morning take-down of the DEMS! Yumm with my breakfast! weeh! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #8

Sorry about that.. whathehell Jun 2017 #9

This is the most inane OP I have ever seen. nt brer cat Jun 2017 #10

Really?...Care to explain? whathehell Jun 2017 #14

Issues that ALL Democrats support cannot be brer cat Jun 2017 #15

they call themselves the 'base' Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #17

Wrong.. whathehell Jun 2017 #19

I have no idea why you are asking that. brer cat Jun 2017 #22

The new deal is the past ...we need to keep what have and move on to new and better Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #39

So is the Constitution.. whathehell Jun 2017 #49

We already tossed slavery. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #50

"Kennedy would never have gotten Civil rights through"...Really? How would you know? whathehell Jun 2017 #52

No he wouldn't Johnson basically sacrificed re-election in order to pass Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #53

Did Harvey J. Kaye tell you that? Must be the gospel truth then, Lol whathehell Jun 2017 #65

JFK did nothing on the domestic agenda...and I doubt he would have. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #66

My ass he didn't...Heard of The Minimum Wage..He fucking created it, as well as whathehell Jun 2017 #72

Really? Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #75

I don't appreciate your condescension. I enjoy reading and have read Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #67

I didn't appreciate your arrogance.. whathehell Jun 2017 #70

How do you know that? I don't recall mentioning my age. And I was not arrogant...perhaps you should Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #71

Heh heh.. whathehell Jun 2017 #73

Thank you it is an honor to make your 'big I' I list; I am sure it will be a long one! Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #74

I would also add that any Roosevelt Democrat would have voted for Clinton in the Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #58

It has been framed that way, yes. In reality, the right-wing is the radical wing. alarimer Jun 2017 #11

Bernie Sanders voted for the crime bill. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #18

The point remains that his administration was one of the most damaging to liberal causes alarimer Jun 2017 #23

That is not true...that is revisionist history to suit your current ideology. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #40

It's amazing that person doesnt see the irony of their comment in relation to the OP stevenleser Jun 2017 #83

I completely disagree...I thank God that Bill Clinton put an end to a 12 year run for the Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #51

Nope. Reagan, Bush. And now Trump admin is the most damaging to liberal causes in the US emulatorloo Jun 2017 #79

Most of the developed world uses multi-payer mechanisms for universal health care ehrnst Jun 2017 #21

I meant to say universal health care. alarimer Jun 2017 #24

Single payer could be the holy grail...not saying it is...but it doesn't matter. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #42

+11111! KPN Jun 2017 #33

The demise of the Black Panther Party in the early 70s spelled the end of any KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #12

I think the phrase is used these day as a descriptor of right wing enablers on the left. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #13

True, it is. But it's also used pejoratively by many moderate KPN Jun 2017 #29

By far is is most often used here to describe the likes of Stein, Goodman, etc. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #31

BS charge? What BS charge? KPN Jun 2017 #34

I'm not sure how to reword it to make it more clear. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #35

Oh ... thanks for that. Should have read your post again. It is clear. KPN Jun 2017 #36

FDR: Japanese-American internment camps: WHY TO GO! YAY! betsuni Jun 2017 #16

Besuni: One mistake invalidates ALL other accomplishments...Riiiight!! whathehell Jun 2017 #25

I'm not sure you are getting that person's point. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #60

I don't know how I could miss it.. whathehell Jun 2017 #63

I still don't think you got it. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #84

That's okay.. whathehell Jun 2017 #85

Nice of you to acknowledge that other folks have freedom of thought, as if there is an alternative. stevenleser Jun 2017 #86

Aw now, don't be like that.. whathehell Jun 2017 #87

it wasn't a mistake JI7 Jun 2017 #64

The implementation of the New Deal ended up creating white wealth.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #93

P. S. It's "way" to go, not "why". whathehell Jun 2017 #26

Anything that is not RW BS is now radical malaise Jun 2017 #20

Amen. KPN Jun 2017 #27

On Fox News this morning... SpankMe Jun 2017 #28

K&R.. disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #32

Yeah well the 'left of left' or whatever should have gotten off their derieres and voted...because Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #43

Yes. This. Thank you! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #46

I was reading an article where an older gentleman described his parent's Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #55

It's the ultimate (and worst) example of self-serving vanity that I can imagine! These... NurseJackie Jun 2017 #61

And I see a similarity in indifference to suffering of people in both the far right Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #69

No what your peddling is a myth and a lie. Trumpocalypse Jun 2017 #44

Yes. This, too. Thank you! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #48

Radical left is used by the corporate media to narrow the acceptable political spectrum. jalan48 Jun 2017 #45

No it's not. It exists. NurseJackie Jun 2017 #47

The radical left is not a myth Fresh_Start Jun 2017 #54

++++++++++++ JHan Jun 2017 #57

+1000 Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #59

Been that way for a long time. Orsino Jun 2017 #56

The radical left does exist and has actually run nations in the past Progressive dog Jun 2017 #77

radical left are those who rather sacrifice the future of america by not supporting beachbum bob Jun 2017 #78

Always enjoy yr posts and yr hyperbolic flair. But those are mainstream Democratic values. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #81

I Do Not Believe I Am That Hyperbolic At All. Here Is Why. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 #94

Fair enough. Trump is definitely in the tradition of Reagan but much much worse. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #95

I Have Followed Developments Since Reagan. He Started So Many Bad Trends. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 #96

nice strawman. Mosby Jun 2017 #88

Agreed 100% Arazi Jun 2017 #97

Radical left is not what you think is, they are the type who beachbum bob Jun 2017 #102