Could the Bushies really hate FDR's legacy enough to dismantle Social Security? In light of this, "It's difficult to discern the short-term political gain for Republicans to try to dismantle Social Security now. So the payoff must be more psychological or intellectual. Now that they indisputably control all three branches of government, Republicans finally have the opportunity to slay some of the liberal demons that have been bedeviling them for so long." Finally after 70 years, they might get their way. Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Pulitzer Prize-winning series about FDR is a good introduction to the social and economic goals of New Deal policies in light of the Depression, for those with a taste for reading more about why Social Security was necessary.
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