1/ The modern demonization of government began with Ronald Reagan saying “The most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’” That gave the right wing the cover it needed to reduce govt’s power to serve people.
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2/ But it was all a ploy. They were just transforming the mission of government from helping the people to helping the corporations. Whereas corporate taxes used to cover 33% of our public treasury - a time during which we had a healthy middle class! - it now covers only 11%

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3/ The propaganda has been so thick - and for so long - convincing people that government is the enemy, that millions of people have willingly put their power in the hands of thieves who steal their daily bread. It’s the gaslighting behind the policies that led us to where we are
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss We are at the end when Yertle can no longer hold up the Greedy turtles...
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It’s time for the American people to receive a higher return on their taxes. There’s plenty of money... it’s just going into the pockets of corporate greed and the 1%.
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Like I said, the function of government is not to help anyone, but to protect one from another, otherwise leaving them to their own devices, and not to "take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned".
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That's why they are bend to see that no country in this world should practice a government for the people.
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