Leftists have been pushing collectivism since the beginning of time. If you lament the abysmal failure of LBJ’s Great Society, just remember that sort of thinking didn’t begin in 1965. Read this November 1949 column from the New York Daily News. Link at Red State gives further information here.
The thing about being Progressive,
Is their taxing-and-spending’s excessive,
So we on the Right
Against taxes we fight
To the point some might say is obsessive.
While they’ll pull out their playbook of fear,
Demagogue, lying and smear
We’ll tell folks the truth
From LA to Duluth,
And throw them all out come next year!
scary……but then again gives me peace knowing it’s not our failure to communicate…..they just don’t WANT to know the truth,…..then or now….