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Egalitarian Thug

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18. There's not going to be any again. They wrote this nation off and have spent the last 30 years

Reply to Pretzel_Warrior (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:37 PM

Dec 2012

looting everything they could on their way out the door. We the citizens, built up enormous wealth and equity after WWII because of the changes made after the Great Depression. The entitled class doesn't share and spreading the wealth around is unacceptable to them. So they set about finding a way to take it all back and to move someplace where the people don't believe they have a right to anything.

Everybody's heard the adage "Only Nixon could go to China", but very few have asked why he did.

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It wasn't the Reagan Revolution. The William F. [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 OP

I could not believe how many people fell for Reagan's act Skittles Dec 2012 #1

I was older than that - but he didn't fool me either. calimary Dec 2012 #4

I wish I could recommend this madokie Dec 2012 #6

wish I could recommend this Flashmann Dec 2012 #10

about the only Reagan legacy i look at is the old antichrist 666 stuff.. oldhippydude Dec 2012 #7

This needs to be an OP, calimary. Excellent assessment! Thanks! Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #11

Excellent post Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #12

I agree Calimary. Make this an OP Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #15

Done! Here: calimary Dec 2012 #17

worthy of its own thread Skittles Dec 2012 #16

saw right through him from the start Flashmann Dec 2012 #9

So right you are! maddiemom Dec 2012 #19

I suspect Buckley would be horrified at what the GOP has become Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #2

No disagreement there. But he helped set in motion the Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #3

Welcome to DU, Demo_Chris! calimary Dec 2012 #5

K&R The plans and decisions that reagan implemented were made in the 60s. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #8

They can do it again. Jim DeMint Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #14

There's not going to be any again. They wrote this nation off and have spent the last 30 years Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #18

I kind of know what you mean Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #20

RWR was a B-class actor, with very little Rex Dec 2012 #13