I Have a Few Questions

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Kate,

In response to your question about the Jim Crow laws, LBJ's Great Society, etc.: My personal opinion is that every generation (or even decade) has seen political, social, and economic policies that have fostered the looming welfare state.

I'm not dismissing this lightly, but my dear mother lived to be just shy of 95 before her death three years ago. To her dying day, she still blamed Eleanor Roosevelt for a lot of things! And my mother was a product of the Depression era and a life-long Democrat. I remember coming home with my new college degree in 1965 with a very liberal outlook on many issues. Her comment was, "Just wait, you'll learn to see things differently and view people for what they truly are."