Only a fringe of American morons think that abolishing Medicaid, Social Security, minimum wage, child labor laws, environmental regulations, etc. are a good idea... but that was the platform David Koch ran on when he was the Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate in 1980. Today, the Republican mainstream shares his extremely damaging ideology. In 1980, [Koch] believed that Ronald Reagan was much too liberal. Despite Mr. Koch putting a substantial sum of money into the campaign, his ticket only received 1 percent of the vote. Most Americans thought the Libertarian Party platform of 1980 was extremist and way out of touch with what the American people wanted and needed. Fast-forward 34 years and the most significant reality of modern politics is how successful David Koch and like-minded billionaires have been in moving the Republican Party to the extreme right. Amazingly, much of what was considered extremist and kooky in 1980 has become part of todays mainstream Republican thinking... Libertarian vice-presidential candidate David Koch ran on a platform that called for abolishing the minimum wage. Thirty-four years ago, that was an extreme view of a fringe party that had the support of 1 percent of the American people. Today, not only does virtually every Republican in Congress oppose raising the $7.25 an hour minimum wage, many of them, including Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell and John McCain, are on record for abolishing the concept of the federal minimum wage. Please read and share Bernie Sanders important essay.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:55:56 +0000
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