R.I.P. Scout26
I remember an anecdote about George McGovern. He was giving a political speech somewhere in the rural midwest. He advocated 100% taxation for all income over $100,000 per year. He expected applause, but instead was greeted with dead silence. The farmers knew he was advocating socialism, and they knew socialism doesn't work.McGovern was stunned. He told one of his aides later, "they must all think they're going to win the lottery."
I remember an anecdote about George McGovern. He was giving a political speech somewhere in the rural midwest. He advocated 100% taxation for all income over $100,000 per year.
some years a farmer might make $100K
As I recall, my anecdote dates back to the early 1970s or maybe as early as 1968 when he ran for president. $100,000 bought a few more iPods back then than it does now.
Sure, but $100,000 in 1929 could have bought a lot of TV's so you could watch FDR address the nation.
It is with great pleasure that I bring you:http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_garbles_Depression_history.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jf17Yo7hBM
It is no coincidence that the most fertile grounds for growing Leftists, academia, college campuses, government, etc, are places where people are generally shielded from reality and real consequences for actions.
The Wild BlueThis 2001 book offers another chapter in the apparently unending story of the B-24 Liberator. Like all of Stephen Ambrose' s books, it is detailed and readable, but this one is controversial (or least surprising) for two reasons. First, the book is almost entirely devoted to George McGovern and his crew. McGovern went on to become U.S Senator from South Dakota, and in 1972, a peace candidate for President. As such, he was unpopular with traditionally hawkish veterans groups. It's a fair measure of McGovern's character that he never boasted of his real, heroic combat career, which earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, in contrast to Nixon's desk-bound service. Thus the book is not really about "the men who flew the B-24s," as much as it is about setting the record straight about one man who flew B-24's.