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Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Rise of The Regressive Right



The Rise of The Regressive Right And The Reawakening of America | NationofChange:


"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."

Regressive side wants to return to the 1920s — before Social Security, unemployment insurance, labor laws, the minimum wage, Medicare and Medicaid, worker safety laws, the Environmental Protection Act, the Glass-Steagall Act, the Securities and Exchange Act, and the Voting Rights Act.


We need to learn from the Past:
1920s Wall Street was unfettered, the rich grew far richer and everyone else went deep into debt, and the nation closed its doors to immigrants.


original was on blog:
 http://robertreich.org/


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