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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Whoever said it, I think it is a legitimate point, although I'd modify it more to turning us into a European-style social welfare state. Gradually implement such reforms over time and eventually we wake up to find ourselves a European-style state.
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IMO, the data support a contrasting interpretation--America remains far from socialism. Since 1960, there have been 27 congresses. Of these, only nine have seen the Democrats in control of both chambers and the Oval Office (33%).* FWIW, more election data are available here <<
LINK>>.
Moreover, as Tables 662, 663, 664, and 665 in this
document indicate, since 1960, America has seen fewer work stoppages, with fewer workers participating in those stoppages, and fewer work days lost to such stoppages. Equally telling, since 1985, union membership has declined across most sectors of the economy.
MOO, the watershed event will be when communists stop tolerating the presence of anarchists at public rallies and start cracking skulls. YMMV.
[See how I did that? By centering my argument around political and social data, and holding national security policy in reserve, it is left to others to analyze public policy legislation of the last twenty-seven Congresses <<LINK2>>.]
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* See attachment. (Does not include breakdown for 112th Congress.)