When I was 20, I was part of the New Left. The Old Left was the 1930s.
We went to Fighting Bob Fest this month. It was great.
Fighting Bob was Robert LaFollette, a progressive Republican who later formed a third party, the Progressives, exactly 100 years ago. If you don't know this, read more about him.
Speaker after speaker outlining the problems of America.
Time and again, they accurately portrayed the problems.
And time and again, they provided 20th century answers.
* High price of gas. Wrong answer: low prices. Right answer: trains.
* Jobs going to China. Wrong answer: trade barriers, no free trade. Right answer: knowledge jobs.
* Low worker pay. Wrong answer: strikes. Right answer: college for everyone.
* Wealth concentrated in the top 1%. Their answer: tax the rich. Right answer: Tax the rich!
(o.k., they got one right)
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