This quote about Republicans is as true today as when Harry Truman said it in 1948:

“They approve of the American farmer — but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home — but not for housing. They are strong for labor — but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor a minimum wage — the smaller the minimum the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all — but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools... (1/2)

@augieray
Wow. That's an eye opener. I thought the GOP "came" to be this way in the last couple of decades. I was way off.
@stargazersmith @augieray Read "No Ordinary Time," by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The Republican industrialists refused FDR's plea to begin shifting to wartime production until he agreed to give them preferential bids on Pentagon contracts. Patriots, my eye!