1/ Per @Thom_Hartmann http://bit¬-ly/2JBxUbT ¬- “Is The 40 Year Republican Plan Disintegrating? People are wondering why Donald Trump melted down yesterday in his press conference¬- but there's really a simple explanation¬- Back in 1980 when David Koch ran for president on the

2/ libertarian ticket of ending all income taxes¬- privatizing the Post Office¬- giving Social Security to the big banks¬- ending Medicare and Medicaid altogether¬- and closing all the nation's public schools¬- he and his friends had a meme that they thought would help them

3/ accomplish these goals¬- All they had to do was convince people that the American government that administered all these programs was actually evil¬- incompetent¬- and useless¬-Because of the Buckley v Valejo Supreme Court decision of 1976¬- billionaires like Koch were able

4/ to heavily fund the Reagan campaign¬- which explains why Reagan¬- in his 1981 inaugural address¬- told us that government was not the solution to our problems but¬- rather¬- that it was the problem itself¬-The 40-year plan of the billionaires was supposed to be realized by

5/ Donald Trump turning America into a complete oligarchy¬- but the coronavirus has reminded Americans of the importance of government as lives are on the line and true leadership and government is badly needed¬- More than anything except¬- possibly¬- his own narcissism¬- this

6/ narrative arc explains the complete collapse we are witnessing of the Trump presidency and the Republican party¬- It's just a shame it took 40 years to happen¬--Thom

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