I'll Buy That Dream

[kalian]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/jarvis/jarvis67.html

Of course, from the prospect of 1945, it wasn’t too far-fetched. Amazing technological advances were being made, i.e., the first all-electronic computer was developed that year. Two parent families were the norm and only one parent had to work outside of the home. The wife kept house and cared for the children and the husband earned enough to support the family. In 1945, the American Dream was alive and well.

But in the decades following the end of World War II, our nation has been besieged with imperialistic escapades; dubious social theories, imprudent legislation, ill-considered Supreme Court decisions and unchecked immigration. I think it would be enlightening to examine a few of our government’s major blunders made during the 50 year period following the end of the World War II; not a detailed economic analysis, but a brief overview of some of the leading gaffes.

Our government’s first serious mistake was made only two years after the war ended when Washington developed a new concept: Foreign Aid.

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Sigh... All too true.

[struggle4progress]

1. Another right-wing rant from Lew Rockwell's site

Personally, I strongly disagree with most Jarvis's crap, since I think:

the Marshall Plan helped create a stable western Europe after WWII;
that Earl Warren was a great SCOTUS justice;
that Brown v. Topeka was a great SCOTUS decision;
that civil rights legislation is good and necessary;
that the War on Poverty made important progress before the right-wingers started to disassemble it;
and that the extreme states' rights view of (article author) Jarvis has been thoroughly discredited.

I'm not sure why this bilge being posted on a site for progressive Dems. It's true Jarvis eventually disses the Patriot Act (which is all to the good, since the Act should have a wide spectrum of enemies) but what he says about the Act is vague and garbled.

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