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Thu Jun-24-04 02:22 PM
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61. Every year the New Deal was in place up to about 1973, the middle class

grew in numbers and in average wealth.

From 1973 to 93, the corporations took back all that wealth. Clinton increased wages and empolyment, and Bush took that all back for the corporations again.

I don't know what satisfies you in terms of absolute terms, but it's beyond doubt that Democracy improved as the middle class gets wealthier, and declines when they lose power.

If Clinton hadn't built up democracy, Bush wouldn't have had to get the assist from the Supreme Court for his velvet coup in 2000. But, had Clinton done a better job maybe Bush wouldn't have been able to take the presidency at all.

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