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Old 09-06-2008, 03:04 PM   #153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth View Post
It started before the 1950s as well. Todays political power grabs and upper class vs. lower class is a direct result of FDR's administration. So much power was consolidated in to a government entity at that time, that this is what we have left of it.
Wow...and I always thought it was FDR's programs that were largely responsible for the explosive growth of the middle class.

But of course, that would not sit well with the libertarian arguments about the New Deal, labor reform, etc. Fortunately, the facts are a stubborn thing to ignore.
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