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This scam has been killing wages and enriching billionaires for decades.
https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/two-santa-clauses-or-how-gop-conned-america-nearly-40-years
applegrove
(118,767 posts)cbreezen
(694 posts)Haven't seen mention of the "Two Santa Claus" theory in ages.
betsuni
(25,610 posts)when I was still a lurker, vital for understanding American politics.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Dems should play the big Santa Claus as well as the grinch when they return to power. Healthcare presents. And a whopping wealth tax on GOP billionaires.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)that always put party above Country.
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)I just sent the article to two people. Thanks!
appalachiablue
(41,170 posts)oxbow
(2,034 posts)Use it to Lower the natl debt and give back to the poor, break the GOP and break this cycle!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,409 posts)This should be a sticky somehow.
Too many people don't understand the change that came with rotten Ronnie.
The Republicans got what they wanted from Wanniski's work. They held power for thirty years, made themselves trillions of dollars, and cut organized labor's representation in the workplace from around 25 percent when Reagan came into office to around 6 of the non-governmental workforce today.
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When this happens, Democrats must remember Jude Wanniski, and accept neither the cut to disability payments nor the entree to Social Security reform. They must demand the cap be raised, as Bernie Sanders proposed and the Democratic Party adopted in its 2016 platform.
And, hopefully, some of our media will begin to call the GOP out on the Two Santa Clauses program. Its about time that Americans realized the details of the scam thats been killing wages and enriching billionaires for nearly four decades.
sinkingfeeling
(51,471 posts)spanone
(135,863 posts)Ninga
(8,277 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Thom has been shouting about that for some time. Run up deficits when in control, then whine about deficits when they arent.
It works because after 20+ years of pervasive right wing propoganda from Fox and right wing radio thei zombies have forfeited their reasoning skills to become right wing zombies.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Damn
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,409 posts)Just because we need to remember as the election draws near.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with first pair mostly timed to hit after the midterms and designed to increase over time, when it's very possible they'll be able to blame it on the Democrats.