Republicans need to name it the Obama “Spread the Wealth” Economic Plan and not let up. Everytime his plan is mentioned, that phrase needs to be put in there very emphatically. Don’t let it out of anyone’s mind before the election. Please need to be walking into the voting booth with that playing over and over in their heads. THAT’S what will resonate.
There was a time (Sixties) when the phrase “share the wealth” equated to “socialism” in the mind of the average American. And, in that same mind, socialism was a bad thing. I just get the feeling these days that the sinew that once held these ideas together just doesn’t exist anymore.
That memories are too short to connect “share the wealth” to socialism is not surprising. What is a little surprising to me is the number of people in this country who are ready and even eager to adopt socialism, in all or in part, as our economic model.