"Any quality strategy should include a performance matrix to analyze said strategy. The progressive strategy, jump started in 1913 (16th Amendment and Federal Reserve Act-later amended in 1977), put on steroids under Franklin D Roosevelt’s 'New Deal' and Lyndon B. Johnson 'Great Society,' has failed Americans. If the intention of the progressive movement was birthed by virtuous or evil hearts is a completely different debate. Performance metrics used to grade the impact on either the individual or society as a collective shows that the progressive movement has failed (continues to fail)."
"This analysis will in large part ignore the desecration of individual liberty and focus on the deterioration of the quality of life of the collective due to progressive policies."
"The following tenets are at the heart of the progressive strategy:
• Politicians, government planners and bureaucrats (Federal Reserve, “Department of XYZ”, etc) are required in order to provide equality to society through the sacrifice of individual liberty.
• Politicians, government planners and bureaucrats are capable of managing, manipulating and forcing the economy in a manner that serves society; through law (controlling interest rates, regulations, tax code, fees, etc).
• Politicians, government planners and bureaucrats are required to protect citizens from themselves, bad luck and the acts of others (via regulation, educations, etc).
• Politicians, government planners and bureaucrats can be trusted with power.
• Assets (private property) are first and foremost the property of the government.
• Policies designed to provide ‘safety nets’ for ‘unlucky’ citizens (lost jobs, limbs, health, etc) are a fundamental right and providing for such will benefit society.
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