Its not Medicare, Social Security and some of the Welfare State programs that are the problem. It is all the laws being written in favor of the Overclass. It is allowing the banks and lenders to pursue outrageous usury on those that work while the elite Overclass actually get negative interest rates, meaning they get money every time they spend. It is the unconstitutional DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS that is squashing freedom. DEA can just seize your car just for driving down the road with a joint. The police can take your money for no reason at all. The encroaching police state year after year especially since 911. Add TSA to the list, 'the sexualized authority' feeling people up at the airports. Thanks Jew Lieberman for your contribution! Thanks Dubya the Village Idiot. The list goes on and on and on. How the rich have ripped us all off.
Little history lesson, they hate Roosevelt for the same reason they hate Trump. Both from prestigious families, and both wealthy. Both called 'traitors to their class' with Trump being called racist/bigot on top of it. Roosevelt actually used the government to put people to work and make sure elderly had a modicum of income if they lived to see it: Social Security. Trump has done the same sorts of things but for a different time, like building the wall with all America steel. Or making sure his tax cut was broad based for everyone except a very few living in the coastal cities. People compare that to Reagan's 'tax cuts' which were not tax cuts but huge wealth transfer to the Overclass elites financialized investment banker class while many in the middle class had their taxes go up. Trump's tax cuts were for everyone.
Trump ain't no 'conservative' at least how it's been defined since Reagan. He is a nationalist, a populist with some right leaning issues, but overall he is an old fashion FDR/Truman/Eisenhower type liberal.
He was a Democrat from New York after all.
(FYI: this was a comment I posted on another discussion, thought I'd make my own post out of it)
Well I don't agree with all of your political points but that underscores that your main point is correct. Trump is in no way an extremist, and he put together the largest political coalition since at least Reagan, with people from the left and the right. MAGA is the biggest tent party there is.
Well the big issue with alot these programs is that the money doesn't get to them. They're horrendously mismanaged. I'm pretty sure a good 2.5 mill goes to the Social Security Administrators auto insurance for no particular reason. Most public programs are run like that.
Think about how they did the COVID releif bill. 600 for every American and then the rest went to thier foreign friends. It's like the modern equivalent of how the Byzantines would pay war indemnities to invading barbarians to keep them out at the expense of starving their own people instead of going to war.
As an ex-republican (go patriot party!) I don't mind public programs. There are people that do need help BUT can't stand administrative mis-management. I guarantee you that your state level DOL manager has no idea where half the budget went without digging through 60 different spread sheets. Even then they for sure can't explain why Bill from Department 3 ended up with a $6,000 suit on a 30,000 a year salary.
agreed
I recall early in the 15' his positions were not that different from Hillary on a lot of things. Hard to believe that but it's true. Only real difference is that he tried to actually deliver those things, most of which he did. Mexico probably would have paid for the wall with another 4 years. They are really hurting there with crime. It's totally out of control over there. They would pay for it if we helped clean it up.
The depravity now though of the world. It's so bad. I'm not sure what can be done. Good people don't have the stomach for it. Rather just look away and pray. Everyone knows Biden, his family, friends, associates are evil incarnate. Same for China, BigTech. Just diabolical. We would need Jesus at this point shooting fucking lazers beams 24/7 all over the globe.
Fully agree. As a Bronx born New Yorker.
FDR/Truman..
Add Wilson for the unholy trinity.