Make America Better II

Donald Trump's campaign slogan: Make America Great Again. Does that mean we're not great now? Well then when were we great?

Are we referring to the 1950's and 1960's ? A time of the greatest expansion of the middle class in our history. When made in America meant made in America and that meant quality. A time when we led the world in the space race and landed men on the moon. A time when the American dream thrived. But wasn't that the era of the greatest socialist experiment in US history? The GI bill. The establishment of the Veterans Administration, social security, medicare, NASA, the US freeway system?

Well if not then, when? The era of Ronald Reagan? A time when our president negotiated hostage release by illegally selling weapons to Iran, our enemy? A time that saw the tradition of huge government deficits begin. Ronald Reagan increased the national debt by $1.86 trillion – nearly twice what his eight predecessors did combined - in large part through tax cuts to the wealthy, and despite massive cuts to social programs. As just one example, mental health funding was slashed resulting in a massive exodus of the severely mentally ill out of hospitals to the streets - all the while racking up huge debt while he funded the wealthy with his tricle down economics. We now know what was trickling down and it wasnt prosperity for the poor and middle class, quite the contrary.

Make America Great Again? America is great, right now. But it can always get better. Let’s stop living some childish fantasy about bygone eras that never existed. Instead, tells us Mr. Trump: How Exactly Are We Going to Make America Better?