The Reagan Revolution: Privatize the profit and socialize the loss!
I write this out of anger with the Reagan Revolution and what it has done to our government and, by extension, our society. Reagan took down the solar panels that Jimmy Carter put up in a concerted effort to pander to fossil fuel. college education for California was shuttered under his term as governor, he essentially waged a war on Unions, etc. It just seems like the route of government privatization was created under him or at least a LOT of the groundwork was laid.
Am I the only one who feels like the progress we made in moving forward as a country in innovation, opportunities, etc. was just plain frozen or pushed to a halt. Sure it started up again with Clinton somewhat but that was tempered with NAFTA and Glass-Stegall being repealed but the effects weren't immediately felt.
It seems like all of his nonsense has had ripples in the political community in general, even amongst Democrats. I know some of you will scream at me 3rd Way Dems. but this is deeper than that. This is an anchor being thrown off a ship halfway to it's destination.
Why are all of us Liberal, Democrat, etc. who are Dreamers letting this man who has been dead for a while stop us? Hillary has been severely effected by this and believes "good enough" is the only possibility. Bernie knows we're Dreamers and serious and Hillary? Well, we'll show Hillary we want change when we boot out most of the Republicans in office who are coming up for election and replace any Democrats who don't snap out of the Reagan infection.
Major change is coming and it comes in the color of Brown, Black, White, Asian, male, female, young, old, immigrant, etc. We will march on the streets of Washington for Social and Economic Justice in prisons, schools, jobs, business, voting, housing, taxation etc. We will march to the State House as well, everywhere.
That last sound, that word forever said, "Ahimsa!, Ahimsa!, Ahimsa!". As Gandhi and MLK did before, so shall we now.
Sorry, just feel so charged up.
