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To: SilentZ who wrote (341741)	6/29/2007 8:53:30 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575617

I don't know what you mean by the '40s and the '60's but I can't think of one instance where our freedoms, the American way of life were gotten easily. I'm saying that the people in power (Roosevelt and his New Deal and Johnson and his Great Society) were actually trying to help people. Yes, they had to.........there were food riots in American cities and other acts of violence. The wealth and power had gotten so concentrated in the rich, there was little left over for the rest. And the Great Depression was the straw that broke the camel's back. Communism was making inroads among the workers. The fledgingly middle class which didn't really exist until the early part of the 20th century was ready to go under.........and the poor were getting much poorer. Had FDR not come along when he did, there probably would have been a revolution. What makes this country great is that there have been groups of people with the willingness and conviction to fight for what is right. Oftentimes, it has taken decades to win that fight but we persist because we have bought off on the principles that were created by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Having said that, IMO the rich and powerful are not very much different here than they are in other countries. There are exceptions but as far as I can see, they are not the norm.