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> Is it really as political as that as in "the big bad republicans ate my pension"? Which party / ideology is trying to get rid of the public Social Security i
by throw0101a 5y ago
> Is it really as political as that as in "the big bad republicans ate my pension"?
Which party / ideology is trying to get rid of the public Social Security in the US?
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_debate_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_debate_in_the_...
Do you think it's a coïncidence that wealth and income inequality in the US as exploded since 1980, the year that Reagan got elected? (Though the Democrats in Congress have been complicit.)
The American oligarchs have put on a concerted effort since the 1970s, and they've largely been succeeded. Good history of the subject published in 2020:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Geniuses:_The_Unmaking_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Geniuses:_The_Unmaking_of...