YES! We have undone all of the economic advances that they made.
88%
NO! But we have stopped progressing further since that time.
12%

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Dane's picture
Dane 10 years 33 weeks ago

The New Deal has been dismantled piece, by piece since 1980.

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bpentony 10 years 33 weeks ago

And the GOP, more so than the Democrats, who work for the corporations and the one percent, can't wait until they finally get their hands on social security. Don't allow them to touch Social Security and never allow the most successful social safety program to be "privatized" on Wall Street.

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Roland de Brabant 10 years 33 weeks ago

The New Deal was FDR's baby. The "Greatest Generation" benefited from it, then commences tearing it down.

Roland

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