Advocate wrote:
Sadly, you are totally correct. In a way, I think Reagan started it all. He taught the public to hate taxes, and that we could have it all without paying for it. Further, he worked hard to further enrich his billionaire buddies, and most people were supportive of this or, at least, blase about it. The pols are paid off by the wealthy and are not about to rock the boat.
he certainly made a point of "bringing america back". like a dumbass, i bought into it and voted for him.
then i realized he wanted to bring back america circa 1890, or some other "good ol' days" nonsense.
shoulda taken the invite to work on kennedy's campaign after all.