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The left wing has the GI bill, the new deal, social security. What about the right wing?
"President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted a postwar assistance program to help transition from wartime, but he also wanted it on a need-basis for poor people, not just veterans. The veterans' organizations mobilized support in Congress that rejected FDR's approach and provided benefits only to veterans of military service, including men and women. Ortiz says their efforts "entrenched the VFW and the Legion as the twin pillars of the American veterans' lobby for decades."[5]Harry W. Colmery, a former national commander of the American Legion and former Republican National Chairman, is credited for writing the first draft of the G.I. Bill."
"The bill that President Roosevelt initially proposed had a means test--only poor veterans would be aided."
"President Lyndon B. Johnson believed that many of his “Great Society” social programs negated the need for sweeping veterans benefits. But, prompted by unanimous support given the bill by Congress, Johnson signed it into law on March 3, 1966."
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"President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted a postwar assistance program to help transition from wartime, but he also wanted it on a need-basis for poor people, not just veterans. The veterans' organizations mobilized support in Congress that rejected FDR's approach and provided benefits only to veterans of military service, including men and women. Ortiz says their efforts "entrenched the VFW and the Legion as the twin pillars of the American veterans' lobby for decades."[5]Harry W. Colmery, a former national commander of the American Legion and former Republican National Chairman, is credited for writing the first draft of the G.I. Bill."
"The bill that President Roosevelt initially proposed had a means test--only poor veterans would be aided."
"President Lyndon B. Johnson believed that many of his “Great Society” social programs negated the need for sweeping veterans benefits. But, prompted by unanimous support given the bill by Congress, Johnson signed it into law on March 3, 1966."
Poverty pimp FDR buying votes with veteran's benefits?
LJB happy to lump returning vets in with his lazy *** mooches?
Who wouldn't have predicted that?
Thanks Harry W. Colmery for creating the GI bill.
Why didnt you quote the next 5 sentences ?
" He reportedly jotted down his ideas on stationery and a napkin at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.[7] U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland, D-Arizona, was actively involved in the bill's passage and is known, with Warren Atherton, as one of the "fathers of the G.I. Bill." One might then term Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass, who helped write and who co-sponsored the legislation, as the "mother of the G.I. Bill". Like Colmery, her contribution to writing and passing this legislation has been obscured by time "
" He reportedly jotted down his ideas on stationery and a napkin at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.[7] U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland, D-Arizona, was actively involved in the bill's passage and is known, with Warren Atherton, as one of the "fathers of the G.I. Bill." One might then term Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass, who helped write and who co-sponsored the legislation, as the "mother of the G.I. Bill". Like Colmery, her contribution to writing and passing this legislation has been obscured by time "
1. it claims we had a 25 year boom under Reagan even though he and Bill Clinton had drastically different ways of governing, and there were 3 recessions between 1981 and 2007.
2. Again, Clinton tax rates were higher than Obama's and included more people in the higher percentiles
If Clinton is included in the 25 year boom then how is simply raising taxes considered to be the opposite of what happened in the boom ?
3. The majority of this article is comparing dollar amounts from 1981-1988 to 2009,2012, and 2013 (which in and of itself is moronic), as well as comparing Obama tax rates to Bush,not Reagan as it claims( look at the tax rate numbers it describes and the percentage of increases).
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Harry W. Colmery
better?
im guessing there is suppose to be something in that large blank space in your post, however its not showing up on my pc. That or you just hit the space bar a lot.
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