its funny this line “For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost,” he said. “Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.” if you polled people they would probably agree 60/40 70/30 or maybe 80/20. The issue is when the few have so much and get to call the shots and the bottom 60 or 70 percent live paycheck to paycheck and the policies from both sides of the aisle don't seem to materially impact the regular person, that chasm may or may not be irreconcilable. On the most important issues most Americans agree on, whether they vote for either side. Abortion/Minimum wage increases/Union protections etc. When these issues have been on the ballot they have been largely successful. Both sides of the ideological spectrum need to put aside their differences to an extent or concede a bit and work on the important issues where there is broad agreement. Too many times politicians on both sides use these issues to tear people apart and not get stuff done so they can keep campaigning and recycling the same issues.
I think you can go back one more Roosevelt... Teddy was the original progressive...
its funny this line “For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost,” he said. “Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.” if you polled people they would probably agree 60/40 70/30 or maybe 80/20. The issue is when the few have so much and get to call the shots and the bottom 60 or 70 percent live paycheck to paycheck and the policies from both sides of the aisle don't seem to materially impact the regular person, that chasm may or may not be irreconcilable. On the most important issues most Americans agree on, whether they vote for either side. Abortion/Minimum wage increases/Union protections etc. When these issues have been on the ballot they have been largely successful. Both sides of the ideological spectrum need to put aside their differences to an extent or concede a bit and work on the important issues where there is broad agreement. Too many times politicians on both sides use these issues to tear people apart and not get stuff done so they can keep campaigning and recycling the same issues.
"Government is the problem". Trump and MAGA clearly have taken this idea of Reagan's as gospel without understanding what he really meant...
Reagan always said that those who claimed he wanted to repeal the New Deal were wrong. It was the Great Society, not the New Deal, where things took a wrong turn. Historians should really explore this because he saud it often. https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-01281982?srsltid=AfmBOordRgEHjeshYUOK5buE4Kr0xurOZWy_ZZjjGczq3lLZjoKDq1A5