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In reply to the discussion: GOP Setting The Stage For A Truly Radical President Like Santorum, Rubio, Rand Paul et al. [View all]TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)All it did was make them double down on their efforts. The fact that so many state legislatures went strongly GOP is appalling really.
Their strategy is to infiltrate as many states as possible and put in GOP policies. They can succeed with this new plan and it is far along.
What they are doing is a lot like disease in that they are undermining institutions and laws incrementally. Even though things look good on the surface there is erosion on many fronts. Perhaps things will be blocked. And where some things were blocked there still has not been movement forward on fronts like the labor front or the war on women.
I hope you are right, but I am not hedging my bets. And the reason I am not hedging my bets is what I have seen in the 30 years erosion of labor and employment since Ronald Reagan. From my DOL perspective the employment market has been terribly damaged and is practically on life support compared to where it was 32 years ago.
What has happened is very complex and profound. And it is not easy for the average person to really see what is going on. Middle class income is on the verge of total collapse because the job market as now designed will NOT create enough life sustaining jobs that will allow for retirement in the future for 80% of the work force.