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Valerie's avatar

Whenever someone complains to me about Trump going too fast, or ‘using a sledgehammer instead of a scalpel’ I remind them that these things have needed to be done for at least 30 years. Any President could have chosen to improve the border/economy/tariffs/health, etc in their own way, BUT THEY DIDN’T. So at least we have someone who is trying to right the ship. They need to stop complaining and give his policies a chance to work.

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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

You mean 60 years.... there, fixed it.

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Valerie's avatar

I did say ‘at least’. It depends on your age, it seems. I think all the problems started in the 60s, but my dad, who turns 93 this month, swears it started with Woodrow Wilson in 1913. Still, my point stands.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

The older I get the clearer it becomes that this has been going on since 1913, before my parents were born.

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

My father was born in 1913.

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CStone's avatar

Your Dad is right. That’s when the Federal (I isn’t) Reserve (it isn’t) Bank (it isn’t) was started. That’s when the Big Long Heist of taxpayer money began.

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Valerie's avatar

Exactly. Well stated.

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Bill Campbell's avatar

your Dad is 100% spot on. God bless him.

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Valerie's avatar

He’s great. Lots of orthopedic issues but sharp as a tack mentally. And he loves politics and political history. Fascinating conversations. I’m so lucky to still have him.

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Tim R's avatar

your dad is right on this one.

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Politico Phil's avatar

Your dad is exactly right. And this is because he knows the history - due to his age if nothing else. For the most part, Americans are woefully ignorant of history.

1913:

...The Seventeenth Amendment (direct election of Senators - the final act of centralizing power in the Federal Gov't and gutting the Constitutional protection of the Sovereign States which began with Lincoln's War of Northern Aggression in 1861)

...The Federal Reserve Act signed into law by Pres Wilson which enslaved America to the international banking debt system

...The Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) which put the shackles of debt slavery upon each and every American in servitude to the international banking system.

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Lynn46's avatar

It has to happen fast he only has 4 yrs. Maybe even only 2 if those that voted him in defect in 2026. Horrors! We don't need a repeat of Trump 1.0.

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