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And more Scott Walker failures!! (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2023 OP
Bamboozle by thieving Republicans. LakeArenal Aug 2023 #1
Republicans have never hatched a plan that actually worked. Meadowoak Aug 2023 #2
The GOP needs to be reminded of how poorly Focker's legacy aged Blue Owl Aug 2023 #3
Today's Republicans--Not what they once were Vogon_Glory Aug 2023 #4
Trump was standing next to Walker with gold plated shovel when this horrow began. riversedge Aug 2023 #5
Was he? Mr. Infrastructure Week? Vogon_Glory Aug 2023 #6

Vogon_Glory

(9,141 posts)
4. Today's Republicans--Not what they once were
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 05:20 PM
Aug 2023

Gilded-Age Republicans were a rotten bunch: business-friendly, labor-hostile, and more than willing to do big business and millionaires big favors. Sounds like today’s Republicans, right?

Not quite. Unlike Scott Walker’s brand of Republican, when Gilded Age Republicans raided the taxpayers’ purse, THEY ACTUALLY GOT THINGS DONE. And at least once in a while they tried to get the government a good bargain.

Scott Walker-style Republicans, and every Republican we’ve seen this century. CAN’T! Not only grifters, but incompetent grifters.

Vogon_Glory

(9,141 posts)
6. Was he? Mr. Infrastructure Week?
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 10:39 PM
Aug 2023

Grant, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley got railroads built and water projects started.

Trump and Walker?

Nah!

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