Excellent video, Professor Reich, that every American should see.
We need to consider something very important about how the Progressive Era was an accident of history. the Progressive Era began when Theodore Roosevelt became President after the assassination of President William McKinley. The Republicans needed TR on the ticket, due to his Spanish American War popularity, but he was viewed as a loose cannon that wasn't trusted by the leaders of the GOP. Mark Hanna, who viewed TR as a "Madman" was terrified to have TR as McKinley's VP because of exactly what happened. The goal of the GOP leadership was to end Roosevelt's political career by making him VP, considered a dead-end job for national politics at that time ... it didn't work out that way.
TR started the Progressive Era, and furthered it when his challenge of Taft in 1912 put Wilson in the White House. FDR would never have been considered for President had there been no cousin Teddy's record to put the wind in his sails. And Eleanor being TR's niece didn't hurt things either.
Point being ... there should have never been a Progressive Era to begin with, and now the Regressives want to take us back to 1901 and put the bullet back in Leon Czolgosz's gun.
Progressives need to protect the benefits our predecessors gifted the United States with.
It is our duty.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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