Jefblog

We've just come off of 26 years of a widening income gap, decline of the middle class (which, when strong, creates the America we all want), massive waste and indebtedness. Certainly the New Deal had some failed experiments, but I would hardly call them socialist. They were an attempt to stave off outright socialism and to ultimately save the wealthy from themselves. And they worked! They ushered in the greatest era our country has ever had, 1945-1795.
The New Deal's programs ran their course, but the solutions of Reaganism were destructive and crude. That's how we got where we are now. No social cohesion, ruined economy, dumbed-down and disenfranchised middle class, weakened military, the list goes on and on. All brought about by faux conservatism sold to a gullible public by thugs, facists and con men.
What's needed is a New New Deal. Can Obama do it? Can America imagine it?
Time will tell, but I'm not holding my breath.
Let's also remember the words of leader ship from back then. Roosevelt and Churchill, for all their flaws (which were many), knew to inspire the many, calling out to their courage, fortitude, ingenuity and moral strength. And it worked!
So, while I am not holding my breath, I have no other choice than to be Optimistic!