When the federal tax was created nearly 100 years ago, one senator said it could be the end of our "American experiment of individual freedom."
After the minimum wage, overtime rules, and Social Security were created, people screamed that these were plans to "Sovietize America" and that America was being steered into the direction of "Communism, fascism, and Nazism."
When the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Brown Vs. the Board of Education (Topeka, KS), 101 members of Congress signed a statement that called the ruling "naked judicial power that would sow chaos and confusion, and diminish American greatness."
Wow.
It seems we have a history of losing our shit anytime Congress enacts laws or the Supreme Court rules on social issues that benefit everyone. The skies never fall, there isn't anarchy in the streets, and the government doesn't collapse. We eventually just shrug our shoulders andgo about our business, so I'm very disappointed (but not surprised) that health care, DADT, and tax increases on the rich are still issues that should NOT be issues.
Some of this comes from an interesting article I read on the New York Times this morning. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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