Kimball Shinkoskey did a good job of defining the Republican party, but perhaps space limitations prohibited more.
Ronald Reagan started the war on unions, and the middle class in general, by firing the air traffic controllers, and he removed Jimmy Carter's solar collectors out of spite and ignorance.
Our own Sandra Day O'Connor helped give us George W Bush instead of letting the wheels of democracy work. He gave us one unwinnable war and an unnecessary war, and layered huge tax cuts on top.
It took Barrack Obama eight years to dig us out of W's caused Great recession, and handing Trump a flourishing economy - which he squandered by the end of his term.
The pattern Republicans have set is one of 'give aways to the wealthy via tax cuts and deficits to cover basic government operations. Democrats run deficits too, but they direct the money to projects and people that build the economy and social services.
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Ted Morrison
Midtown
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