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The Real Cost Of America’s Dream

Ever since FDR’s new deal reinvented the role of government in American society, the political right in America has been attempting to reverse this concept by focusing on taxes, specifically on cutting taxes and shrinking the role and size of government.

Since Ronald Reagan, Republicans have been infatuated with the idea of trickle down economics, that a free market will naturally achieve abundance, and that the lower your taxes, the higher your standard of living will be. In the last decade, they have put all their energies into cutting taxes for the wealthy, dismantling agencies, repealing regulations, and undermining democracy.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves, not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

It was all a lovely, infantile, childish, selfish, Ayn Rand-fueled fantasy of epic proportions and therefore, it never worked. Conservatives have all but abandoned anything remotely resembling fiscal responsibility, and have chosen a scorched earth approach to economics. Build up your generational wealth now while the ride is still going. Get everything you can while the getting is good, then get out.