Papantonio: GOP Sociopaths Learn Empathy

[GoLeft TV]

Lyndon Baines Johnson understood that his war on poverty was certainly designed as a way for Americans to responsibly help the least of our society live day-to-day with some small amount of dignity.

But LBJ was also responding to the advice of talented economists and sociologists who educated him on the idea that the way to build a sustainably strong economy is to begin at the bottom and grow upward. In other words, LBJ understood that when an American lives on the margins, where that individual is struggling to provide food and shelter for his family, then every dime that he gets by way of public assistance is going to be used to buy everything from groceries to clothing for his family.

LBJ and his advisers understood that the war on poverty was also in effect a building block for economic prosperity.

When the crazy train hit Washington, mostly during the Reagan years, intellectually dishonest conservative think tanks and opportunistic politicians told America that they had a new invention. They told America that their new invention would turn old worn-out notions of economics on its head and create even greater prosperity for our economy.

Full text at Ring of Fire.

[liberal N proud]

1. It would be the only war they ever worked to end

There was not enough bullets in it.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Fake it till you make it.