"Two weeks ago I suggested that the Republicans would try to undo the expansion of the role of the federal government since 1933, if not since 1901..." DK
I made a comment on his site, so hesitate to clutter it up again, but here is another observation.
It seems obvious that Trump's Presidency is not actually the biggest threat, domestically, and that, itself, is a huge qualification, because I believe the biggest threats are elsewhere.
But to continue with threats on the domestic scene, it seems to me that recent history, for decades now, clearly shows that a strong tendency of the Republican Party has been to go back and undo the expansion of the role of the federal government, not just since 1933, or even 1901.
The real, and deeper, goal is to undo the federal expansion effected after the Civil War in 1865. I believe that this is plain for anyone who has reviewed that history to see.
I believe, for example, that the post Civil War constitutional amendments, rammed through by a Northern Congress after 1865, during a Reconstruction Era of martial law and terror throughout the South which went on for many years, at a time when the South was not actually yet represented again in Congress, are finally now back on the table.
Here is an old post from 2011. I am with Franklyn, as he stood at that time. The Civil War was not a joinder:
I believe, for example, that the post Civil War constitutional amendments, rammed through by a Northern Congress after 1865, during a Reconstruction Era of martial law and terror throughout the South which went on for many years, at a time when the South was not actually yet represented again in Congress, are finally now back on the table.
Here is an old post from 2011. I am with Franklyn, as he stood at that time. The Civil War was not a joinder:
Sunday, August 7, 2011
RE WIN TOGETHER OR LOSE TOGETHER THOMAS FRIEDMAN NYT EDITORIAL JOIN OR DIE ALL OVER AGAIN
WIN TOGETHER OR LOSE TOGETHER
We are still, politically, deep down, weak as a kitten.
He, Friedman, actually has some good, or not so bad as usual, ideas this time: Rogoff, mortgages, etc. He actually sounds a little like a 'communist' here. But all within the context of the existing 'framework' of course.
Unfortunately, not much has changed, really, regarding this framework, since the Albany Congress of 1754.
Maybe that is one reason why so many Americans are disenchanted with the current Congress members' performance: it pretends to portray a united entity.
But that was never what the colonists, from each colony, or perhaps more accurately, each big town, wanted, for various reasons. And it was not what they, or we, got.
What was that Conference about? Not what you may think.
A video reference: Before 1776, Allison, Teaching Company, Lecture 29.
We are still, politically, deep down, weak as a kitten.
He, Friedman, actually has some good, or not so bad as usual, ideas this time: Rogoff, mortgages, etc. He actually sounds a little like a 'communist' here. But all within the context of the existing 'framework' of course.
Unfortunately, not much has changed, really, regarding this framework, since the Albany Congress of 1754.
Maybe that is one reason why so many Americans are disenchanted with the current Congress members' performance: it pretends to portray a united entity.
But that was never what the colonists, from each colony, or perhaps more accurately, each big town, wanted, for various reasons. And it was not what they, or we, got.
What was that Conference about? Not what you may think.
A video reference: Before 1776, Allison, Teaching Company, Lecture 29.
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