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2011-12-26 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-26 13:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "What's important is that things just went too far."

Waaaaaaay to far. >:-(

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-26 13:36|| 2011-12-26 13:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Only due to reforms, largely backed by Democratic presidents before most of us were born, was the balance corrected.

No - not corrected. More like shifted from 'Robber Barons' and 'Monopolies' to Government and 'Labor Monopolies'.

There is little difference between the old-style monopolies and the new monopolies held by the labor unions (see Teachers Union).

And some would say that the Robber Barons of old are still there in the guise of the Federal Reserve.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-26 14:03|| 2011-12-26 14:03|| Front Page Top

#3 There's the corporate rent seeking party and the govt-union rent-seeking party.

Increasingly they overlap, to the countries detriment.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-26 14:48|| 2011-12-26 14:48|| Front Page Top

#4 I think I'd prefer the Robber Barons, CF - at least they wouldn't care what I eat, where I live, etc., unlike today's libruls. :-(

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-26 14:49|| 2011-12-26 14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem with FDR is that he was the first US President who did not feel constrained by the US Constitution. As a result, many of the changes he made are certainly things that need to be rolled back.

Posted by Iblis 2011-12-26 16:04|| 2011-12-26 16:04|| Front Page Top

#6 The problem with FDR is that he was the first US President who did not feel constrained by the US Constitution.

Woodrow Wilson.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-26 21:31|| 2011-12-26 21:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Thedore Roosevelt.

Posted by gorb 2011-12-26 21:41|| 2011-12-26 21:41|| Front Page Top

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