From the Square Deal, to the New Deal, to the BFD.

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The Square Deal brought the Gilded Age to an end.
The New Deal brought Business Über Alles to an end.
The BFD has brought the 'Reagan Revolution' (aka 'The Raw Deal') to an end ...

and that's a BFD.

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1. BFD

Might want to fix your subject line.

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2. Fixed. :blush:

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3. ...

It is a BFD. I don't think a lot of people realize that yet. It's also very possibly the beginning of a transformative period in our history.

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4. It's the end of 'The Raw Deal'

You can put money into working people's pockets, without monstrous transfers to the wealthy.

The Build Back Better Bill will tie taxes on the well off, to the infrastructure the Republic desperately needs.

It's a well thought out political strategy.

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5. the end of 'The Raw Deal'

I like that one. The tax cuts from Ronnie, W, and the Donald got us in this mess and accomplished nothing. One wonders what we could have done with all that money if applied to infrastructure, education, poverty, homelessness. The list goes on and on.

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6. ...

The legislation is expected to drive down the nation’s poverty rate from 12.3 percent to 8.3 percent, which means it will pull about 12 million people out of poverty, according to research led by Columbia University’s Zachary J. Parolin.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/10/stimulus-bill-transformation-poverty-covid-relief/

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7. The BFD

Rec just for that!

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8. My friends called the 'Reagan Revolution' - The Raw Deal, back in the '80s

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9. They were correct

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10. K&R