With Obama, It’s 1935 All Over AgainRandy Shawbyline‚ Feb. 27‚ 2009As President Obama follows a $800 billion recovery act by proposing nearly $700 billion for universal health care, and financially ambitious programs for energy independence and education, the United States is experiencing 1935 all over again. That’s the year that followed huge Democratic gains in the 1934 election, and which saw Congress enact the two most significant measures of Roosevelt’s presidency: Social Security and the National Labor Relations Act, which gave federal protection to workers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining. The confident and visionary Obama has left the GOP as befuddled as they were in the 1930’s, with backward-looking Bobbie Jindal embodying their inability to challenge the progressive agenda. |