tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post166775082547774951..comments2023-07-20T10:37:28.692-04:00Comments on Grumpy Abe: The Roosevelts: Then, and nowGrumpy Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-54179938556639857112014-09-25T15:48:49.130-04:002014-09-25T15:48:49.130-04:00Thank you. Trouble is, even if folks aqree with y...Thank you. Trouble is, even if folks aqree with your thoughtful comment, they fear the slightest exposure to their opinions. It has been this reticence that has permitted the Tea Partiers to gain currency. FDR was right: The only thing that they have to fear is fear itself. . Grumpy Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-71911640667105866662014-09-24T12:15:34.034-04:002014-09-24T12:15:34.034-04:00You asked the right question sir, "Does the e...You asked the right question sir, "Does the equation ever change?" The effect of wealth, turning people sour and against their fellow citizens does not change. (Having wealth is better protection than having a country, whereas a country is the only protection the poor have.) The effects of lack on the poor does not change. Mealy-mouthed politicians doing the bidding of the wealthy do not change. So the answer to your prescient question must be no, the equation does not change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com