Read the whole thing \u2013 it won\u2019t take very long. Well-reasoned.<\/p>\n
Robert Reich (Why Governor LePage Can’t Erase History, and Why We Need a Fighter in the White House)<\/a> <\/p>\n The Governor\u2019s spokesman explains that the mural and the conference-room names were \u201cnot in keeping with the department\u2019s pro-business goals.\u201d<\/p>\n Are we still in America? \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Big business and Wall Street thought Perkins and Roosevelt were not in keeping with pro-business goals. So they and their Republican puppets in Congress and in the states retaliated with a political assault on the New Deal.<\/p>\n Roosevelt did not flinch. In a speech in October 1936 he condemned \u201cbusiness and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.\u201d<\/p>\n Big business and Wall Street, he said,<\/p>\n \u201chad begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous<\/strong> as Government by organized mob.<\/font>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Robert Reich (Why Governor LePage Can’t Erase History, and Why We Need a Fighter in the White House)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read the whole thing \u2013 it won\u2019t take very long. Well-reasoned. Robert Reich (Why Governor LePage Can’t Erase History, and Why We Need a Fighter in the White House) The Governor\u2019s spokesman explains that the mural and the conference-room names were \u201cnot in keeping with the department\u2019s pro-business goals.\u201d Are we still in America? \u2026 … Continue reading “Are we still in America?”<\/span> \n
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