“If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.” IfsAmericaMilitaryFinancialBurdenBritishMassiveRejectedMaintainingMilitarismColonistsFinancial Burden Author:Rachel Maddow
“For 40 years, the American middle class has been disappearing. Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages despite a huge increase in technology and productivity. And what we have seen during that period is a massive transfer of trillions of dollars from the middle class to the top one-tenth of 1 percent of America” PeopleYearsHas BeensAmericaHoursClassMillionsTechnologyMiddleHugePeriodsPercentIncreaseDollarsDisappearProductivityDespiteMiddle ClassMassiveWagesTransfers Author:Lindsey Graham
“First, this law - the National Defense Education Act - ended years and years of debate about one controversial question: 'Shall the Federal Government, with all its massive resources, get directly involved in aiding American education?' The answer this law gave was a loud 'Yes!' - and thus we paved the way for a new era of support for education in America. This law, in fact, helped make possible more than 50 new education laws passed in my administration.” WayYearsFirstsFactsGovernmentAmericaLawAnswersEducationSupportInvolvedResourcesDefenseDebateAdministrationErasLoudMassiveFederal GovernmentControversialNew EraNational DefenseAmerican EducationEducation In America Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“I can't imagine what it would be to be president when the United States at war with yourself. People killing each other here in America on a massive basis. Just can't imagine what it would be.” PeopleI CanWarStatesWould BeAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesImagineBasesKillingMassiveKilling Each OtherWar With Yourself Author:George W. Bush
“Every day, it seems, a new extreme weather catastrophe happens somewhere in America, and the medias all over it, profiling the ordinary folks wiped out by forest fires, droughts, floods, massive sinkholes, tornadoes.” SeemsHappensAmericaFireOrdinaryFolksExtremesForestsWeatherOver ItMassiveFloodCatastropheDroughtTornadoesForest FiresExtreme WeatherSinkholes Author:Jane Velez-Mitchell