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In reply to the discussion: I was 19 years old when Ronald Reagan was first elected... [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)just as silly as blaming it all on Falwell, or Limbaugh, or Bush or my Uncle Kochs.
The speech from V comes to mind. "There are certainly those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you are looking for the gulty, you need only look into a mirror."
Millions of people voted for Reagan, twice. And for Bush twice. And for JR Bush twice.
Then there was Clinton. He also embraced Reaganomics. "Tax cuts are good". He promised a "middle class tax cut" and attacked Bush for going back on his pledge to not raise taxes. It was Clinton who promised to "end welfare as we know it" and in his SECOND term, when he need not fear re-election, he proposed and signed into law, tax cuts which favored the rich. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2665533
And it is Obama who gave up on "yes we can" and has continued the slide.