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In reply to the discussion: Is FDR Dead... In The Current Democratic Party... Because if It Is... [View all]KoKo
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served this country well for decades. They served so well that they had to be dismantled bit by bit and it was our own Democrats (DLC/Third Way) that were complicit. Full Disclosure:I believed the DLC new tack to support more Business emphasis was the way forward for us Dems after our painful candidates losses pre-Clinton. So....I bought it... But..."live and learn." Clinton no sooner left office than the results of the DLC policies started to kick in with NAFTA passing in his first months in office and the Deregulation in his Second Term which caused harm that we are still living with today.
And, we still had strong labor up through Carter. NAFTA got rid of that. Send the manufacturing to China, Mexico..wherever the labor is cheap and force a Consumer Society, at home, hooked on Credit Cards.
Both parties leadership are to blame. And, now that we see that....we've got to do something about it.
But, WHAT...is the question. What we Dem voters and activists have tried, so far, since Reagan, has not worked out. Those we elect don't deliver. They blame everything on Republican obstruction. While there truly is Republican Obstruction, that doesn't mean that we couldn't have done better.