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Baby Boomers

murielm99

(30,717 posts)

2. I am not sure where you are going with this.

Reply to rusty quoin (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2020, 03:50 AM

May 2020

My son, a millennial, and I had a conversation about this. We both like FDR. We think we are going to need a new FDR, an FDR on steroids, to take care of the current crisis. People will need more help than ever, more jobs than ever, to get our country back on track.

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So FDR is not good enough for you. [View all] rusty quoin May 2020 OP

Post removed Post removed May 2020 #1

I am not sure where you are going with this. murielm99 May 2020 #2

Best thing for US after Biden is voted in is to re-instated the fairness doctrine to Alwaysna May 2020 #3

The first step in a long journey. Grokenstein May 2020 #4

100% Soxfan58 May 2020 #5

+1,000 Lulu KC May 2020 #7

The Fairness Doctrine never applied to cable, so Fox News would not come under its purview. Celerity Apr 2022 #9

That said, I'm not sure it could not be made applicable.. whathehell May 2022 #10

it can't be applied to private cable/satellite networks, you instantly run into 1st Amendment issues Celerity May 2022 #11

The First Amendment is not absolute.. whathehell May 2022 #12

It's not absolute, but it's damn close & will likely be a very key part of the national suicide pact Celerity May 2022 #13

"The national suicide pact"? whathehell May 2022 #14

'National suicide pact' meaning constitutional long wave flaws that will, if not altered and also Celerity May 2022 #15

Seeing he died before us boomers were born Soxfan58 May 2020 #6

No, we weren't planning on resurrecting him, whathehell Jan 2021 #8