Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Dad Saves America"
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@ransakreject5221 I saw it in the '70s. This didn't just happen in the '90s. Most of it happened in the 1960s, although the philosophical Rubicon was crossed much earlier in the century, with the income tax and Social Security, when we committed to always growing, so that stealing from the youth to care for the elderly was sustainable. Now, of course, that Ponzi scheme has run its course, with fewer young people than retirees being the trend.
It was clear in the '70s that government was growing far faster than the economy, and eventually it would crash. Reagan was demonized for trying to bring the size of government in line with the size of the nation's economy. It was brutal.
In the '90s was when Republicans stopped making economic arguments, entirely, and re-branded themselves as "kinder and gentler," which meant they were all-in on the welfare state and government intervention into every aspect of our lives, because the Democrats were kicking their asses with government giveaways that helped a few, but hurt everybody else. But they'd always parade the few who were helped in front of the cameras, and not the guy whose business went under because the taxes went up or inflation just drove him out of business.
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