What the Final Stage of Reaganism Looks Like, Thom Hartmann

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52. MAN-oh-MAN, what you said, Skittles!

Damn reagan was the beginning of the “Gimme Era”. He raised selfishness and shortsightedness to the level of sacraments. He made the “ME First and you later, maybe” attitude of governing okay. And he was always first in line to claim holier-than-thou status. THAT was his idea of “leadership”: money-grubbing and who could get the most.

He even said, in answer to a complaint that he prioritized the rich, that he was about making it possible to GET rich. But that phony populism only worked for the already-rich. It was like all the rest of us were invited in at the BOTTOM of the chain-letter list. Everybody else higher up already got served. YOU, on the other hand, were left waiting til some magical moment when YOU’D work your way up to the top of the line - which NEVER came and NEVER happened. I burned with hatred for that bastard. He made my lip curl without even thinking about it.

I understood the power of the effective sales pitch. Learned it from my salesman dad.