Robert Reich:The Rise of the Regressive Right and the Reawakening of America

[cal04]

http://robertreich.org/post/11511074902

A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward.

We are going to battle once again.

Progressives believe in openness, equal opportunity, and tolerance. Progressives assume we’re all in it together: We all benefit from public investments in schools and health care and infrastructure. And we all do better with strong safety nets, reasonable constraints on Wall Street and big business, and a truly progressive tax system. Progressives worry when the rich and privileged become powerful enough to undermine democracy.

Regressives take the opposite positions.

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[Quantess]

1. They absolutely do want to take us backwards,

and they say so unequivocally in their own words.

[RainDog]

2. k&r n/t

[Kablooie]

3. Question, what broke the back of the guilded age of robber barons?

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[CTyankee]

5. I only wish it WERE "guilded." We wouldhave been better off...

but wasn't "the gilded age" broken by Teddy Roosevelt and other trust busters? sorry, my history is lame here...I am guessing...