• grte@lemmy.ca
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    Nearly half of Americans, 49 percent, say that the best times of the country are behind them

    This has been true since Reagan gutted the New Deal.

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      Reagan wasn’t alone in gutting legislation from that era, fucking over the working class has been bipartisan. Every present since Reagan has been an extension of his terms

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        21 hours ago

        Since Reagan, its hard to name a worse president than Bill Clinton for the working class in America.

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          Clinton was by far worse than any of them, he positioned himself as an ally to the marginalized and working class. While dismantling every protection the working class had.