Friday, April 10, 2015

This post from Jared Bernstein's blog from back in 2012 accurately notes the notable shift.  


You’re on Your Own vs. We’re In This Together

September 6th, 2012 at 11:17 am
In a speech that was as compelling as it was persuasive, President Clinton (“the hoarse whisperer to the middle class”—this AM’s WaPo) made a number of references to the difference between the two starkly different political philosophies: “you’re on your own,” and “we’re in this together.”
These two different political philosophies came into stark focus for me in the early 2000s—the GW Bush years—and I wrote about them at length in the book All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy.  The “common sense” part is a reference to Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet which seemed relevant then and more so now (you’ll see references below).

Read the full article here.

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