Born 1951. I remember a brand new library down the street, well paid and well respected teachers, Route 95 was completed from NY to FL, new trains, new airports, new schools (schoolbooks were provided to students at no charge), new fire houses., new hospitals. We had the $$ to do these things because EVERYONE paid their share of taxes. T…
Born 1951. I remember a brand new library down the street, well paid and well respected teachers, Route 95 was completed from NY to FL, new trains, new airports, new schools (schoolbooks were provided to students at no charge), new fire houses., new hospitals. We had the $$ to do these things because EVERYONE paid their share of taxes. Then came the real hoax … “trickle up.” I left the Republican Party shortly afterward. They were telegraphing exactly what their agenda was and it wasn’t pretty. Now we have hospitals closing, roads and bridges failing, schools crumbling, teachers fleeing the profession, stagnant wages for workers, union busting, child labor making a comeback while the wealth made on the backs of American workers flows ever upward. Our media is corporate owned and right wing biased, ignorance is praised, cruelty is seen as strength, rights are being taken away, and too many Americans have been oblivious, disinterested, or apathetic. America WAS once the greatest nation on earth. We became complacent and here we are. TAX THE RICH and have them pay their fair share. It’s only 1 out of 10,000 things we must do, but funding our government will strengthen it. And when we strengthen our government we can start working on the other necessary things and get them done.
Born 1951. I remember a brand new library down the street, well paid and well respected teachers, Route 95 was completed from NY to FL, new trains, new airports, new schools (schoolbooks were provided to students at no charge), new fire houses., new hospitals. We had the $$ to do these things because EVERYONE paid their share of taxes. Then came the real hoax … “trickle up.” I left the Republican Party shortly afterward. They were telegraphing exactly what their agenda was and it wasn’t pretty. Now we have hospitals closing, roads and bridges failing, schools crumbling, teachers fleeing the profession, stagnant wages for workers, union busting, child labor making a comeback while the wealth made on the backs of American workers flows ever upward. Our media is corporate owned and right wing biased, ignorance is praised, cruelty is seen as strength, rights are being taken away, and too many Americans have been oblivious, disinterested, or apathetic. America WAS once the greatest nation on earth. We became complacent and here we are. TAX THE RICH and have them pay their fair share. It’s only 1 out of 10,000 things we must do, but funding our government will strengthen it. And when we strengthen our government we can start working on the other necessary things and get them done.