George W. Bush to Caterpillar Inc: You didn't build that.
CCCP/GOP
There were more Republican Marxists, of course. In fact, the party's history is lousy with 'em:
Richard "Comrade Tricky Dicksky" Nixon froze wage and steel prices, was the first President to propose a national health insurance system (one that was more "leftist" than Obamacare), and even proposed a Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) for all Americans that was based on principles which included "economic democracy," "family stability," and "rehabilitation."
George Bush the First raised taxes.
And as for for Ronald Reagan, Paul Krugman explains that "no peacetime president has raised taxes so much on so many people" as Reagan did during his two terms.
Now we know why they color Republican territory red.
Better Dead Than Well-Read
There are only two explanations for these actions and comments: Either the Republican Party's greatest heroes were all closet Communists -- or even the most right-leaning among them were not completely irrational human beings. Either explanation opens a yawning chasm between them and today's conservatives.
Inquiring minds want to know: Were these Republican icons all Marxists, or has today's right gone completely off the deep end? Would today's "conservatives" have been considered radical extremists during any other period of American history, too far outside the political mainstream to be taken seriously?
As their billionaire-funded network likes to say: We report, you decide.(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
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