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In both 1933 and 1965, liberal majorities imposed vast expansions of government that have never been repealed, and the current financial panic may give today’s left another pretext to return to those heydays of welfare-state liberalism. Americans voting for “change” should know they may get far more than they ever imagined
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Full disclosure: I am aligned with true Republicanism in the libertarian sense. I voted straight Republican up until W. in 2000. I too have misgivings about the Democratic party’s socialistic bent.
BUT….
I would argue that the biggest period of expansion of the government was 2001-2006, far surpassing 1933 and 1965. The neo-con hijacking of the Republican party — controlling all three branches of the government — brought us full on Big Brother, unprovoked and bankrupting militarism, and nationalization of the markets to the tune of more trillions of dollars than borrowed by all previous administrations combined. Sadly, we have the choice of something crappy, Obama’s new New Deal, or something far worse, McCain’s more of the same that brought us to this point of emergency.
If Obama wins, the Republican party can take full credit for putting him in the White House. They have completely lost their way and chased away everyone who used to vote for them except for the evangelicals.
