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The page on the history of Union County North Carolina has incorrect information on it. Sub-category Politics, law and government. Specifically, "Following Nixon's election, the trend towards liberalism in the Democratic Party has turned Union into a strongly Republican county over the past half-century." Liberalism is a word invented by the Republican Party. If one really understood the history here; they could see the Progressives, The Democratic Socialist Party was started by Teddy Roosevelt. He ran on the Square Deal. "The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program. He explained in 1910: When I say that I am for the square deal, I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service." [1] Roosevelt thought that labor should have a voice just as business. That is where unions really got a boost. Resources should be conserved. Consumers should have protections.

That philosophy, promoted greater equality by placing government regulations on Corporations, Natural resources, and Protection for Consumers. Every President even when we had 2 Republican president's believed in a philosophy of higher taxes on those with the most resources, regulations to promote greater equality and health, and respect for the planet.

What Happened in the South wasn't because the Democratic Party was "too far left" as has been pounded in to the American people's heads for forty or more years; courtesy of the Koch Brothers. It was because of the Civil Rights Movement, which put forth REGULATIONS, laws that tried to prevent discrimination based upon color. Simply look at voting. This country wasps a majority blue. The Democratic Party controlled the country though the years that built the middle class. Those with money were tired of paying taxes so they began a propaganda media blitz filled with lies and half truths about the Democratic Party.

In January 1981 Ronald Reagan took office. He changed the taxing structure from 70% being the highest bracket down to 50% in 1981, then cut the highest bracket to 28%, and increased Capitol gains from 20-28%. The end result is a debt that has gone from 990 Billion to 23 Trillion. All due to the FACT that we still spend more than they take in, that is why we have had deficits, but if one really notices those deficits are the highest during Republican Presidencies.

If we don’t change course we will have no roads to drive upon.