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      3 months ago

      Let us not forget that Republicans opposed Social Security in the early 1930s.

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      Yep. The racist and anti-intellectual undertow goes back a long way. It is not just Ronnie Raygun (or donnie, for that matter), it’s a very long tradition of this nasty stuff.

      Democracy in Chains details efforts underway long before Ronnie Raygun slithered into office.