Stealing as Policy, from the Iron Curtain to Robert Byrd
People everywhere love free lunches, and American politicians also began using the redistribution of wealth to promote themselves. Lyndon Johnsons Great Society, built with Americas tax money, had the secret purpose of stitching together a pro-Democratic voting coalition needed to keep him in power. It accomplished its goal, but it shifted the U.S. budget into the red.
Lyndon Johnson opened a new American era, in which stealing tax money to build monuments to yourself has become a legal policy.
Posted by: Beavis 2011-11-25 |