Let's take a look at where we are right now. There is battle royale underway between inhabitants of two entirely different universes over what's wrong with our nation and what should be fixed.::::::::

Congress in Session, by Tom Durham
On the one hand, the entire political establishment, blessed by Wall Street, wants the conversation to be all about debt and "entitlements." We are told 24/7 that we're living over our heads, that our social safety net is too expensive, and that we need to cut, cut, cut trillions of dollars from public budgets so we don't become the next Greece.
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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (
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